Rohin Francis

British cardiologist and STEMM educator
Rohin Francis
Francis presenting YouTube Educon in 2020
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity College London
OccupationCardiologist
Known forSocial media presence
Medical career
FieldCardiology
  • Medlife Crisis
Years active2017–present
GenreMedical education
Subscribers537,000[1]
Total views42.9 million[1]
Last updated: 25 October 2023
Websitewww.medlifecrisis.co.uk

Rohin Francis is a British cardiologist, writer, blogger, and creator of the YouTube channel Medlife Crisis. He is working toward a PhD on imaging techniques for acute myocardial infarction. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Francis has created content that has looked to educate the public about medicine.

Early life and education

According to Francis, he is of Bengali origin.[2]

Francis attended medical school at St George's in London, and he trained as a physician at the Cambridge Deanery in Cambridge.[3] He specialises in cardiology.[4][5]

Career

University

Francis was a PhD student at University College London, where he studied the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a means to image acute myocardial infarction.[4]

Science communication

Francis is a science communicator, with a following of over 500,000 on his YouTube channel Medlife Crisis.[6] In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Francis started creating more serious YouTube videos, and has since discussed issues such as coronavirus disease, systemic racism and pseudoscience.[7] In an interview with Men's Health, Francis described why and how people needed to remain positive whilst acknowledging the seriousness of coronavirus disease.[8] He said that it was appropriate for coronavirus disease-related YouTube videos to be demonetised as it could mitigate the spread of misinformation.[9]

Public research

Francis has argued against the private ownership and licensing of publicly-funded research.[10] He criticised companies such as Elsevier for their high profit margins, earned by licensing primary research.[10] He has also publicly supported Alexandra Elbakyan, the creator of the website Sci-Hub, for her efforts to make research more accessible.[11]

Academic publications

  • Hausenloy, Derek J; Kharbanda, Rajesh K; Møller, Ulla Kristine; Ramlall, Manish; Aarøe, Jens; Butler, Robert; Bulluck, Heerajnarain; Clayton, Tim; Dana, Ali; Dodd, Matthew; Engstrom, Thomas (2019-10-19). "Effect of remote ischaemic conditioning on clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (CONDI-2/ERIC-PPCI): a single-blind randomised controlled trial". The Lancet. 394 (10207): 1415–1424. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32039-2. ISSN 0140-6736. PMC 6891239. PMID 31500849.
  • Francis, Rohin; Lewis, Clive (2018-06-01). "Myocardial biopsy: techniques and indications". Heart. 104 (11): 950–958. doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2017-311382. ISSN 1355-6037. PMID 29032361. S2CID 41152760.
  • Kotecha, Tushar; Martinez-Naharro, Ana; Treibel, Thomas A.; Francis, Rohin; Nordin, Sabrina; Abdel-Gadir, Amna; Knight, Daniel S.; Zumbo, Giulia; Rosmini, Stefania; Maestrini, Viviana; Bulluck, Heerajnarain (2018). "Myocardial Edema and Prognosis in Amyloidosis". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71 (25): 2919–2931. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2018.03.536. PMID 29929616. S2CID 49336178.
  • Francis, Rohin; Kellman, Peter; Kotecha, Tuchar; Baggiano, Andrea; Norrington, Karl; Martinez-Naharro, Ana; Nordin, Sabrina; Knight, Daniel S.; Rakhit, Roby D.; Lockie, Tim; Hawkins, Philip N. (2017-11-21). "Prospective comparison of novel dark blood late gadolinium enhancement with conventional bright blood imaging for the detection of scar". Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 19 (91): 91. doi:10.1186/s12968-017-0407-x. PMC 5696884. PMID 29162123.

Francis has also written for The Conversation, the journal The Medical Student, and The Guardian.[3][12]

External links

  • Official website
  • Rohin Francis' channel on YouTube

References

  1. ^ a b "About Medlife Crisis". YouTube.
  2. ^ Francis, Rohin (September 18, 2021), Physicist Asks Unhelpful Doctor A Bunch of Questions (ft @SabineHossenfelder), retrieved 2023-10-28
  3. ^ a b "Rohin Francis". The Conversation. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  4. ^ a b UCL (2019-09-09). "Rohin Francis". UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  5. ^ "Rohin Francis". The Conversation. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  6. ^ Premela (2020-02-14). "YouTube Channels Aspiring Medics Should Check Out". The Medic Portal. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  7. ^ COVID-19 and the NHS with Rohin Francis - Pager, retrieved 2020-06-06
  8. ^ Ellis, Philip (2020-03-14). "A Doctor Gives 6 Reasons to Be Optimistic About Beating Coronavirus". Men's Health. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  9. ^ Stokel-Walker, Chris (2020-03-30). "YouTube's Independent Creators Are Mad That They Can't Say 'Coronavirus'". Medium. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  10. ^ a b "The Biggest Scandal in Science". www.medpagetoday.com. 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  11. ^ "Should Knowledge Be Free? - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Medlife Crisis. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  12. ^ Francis, Rohin (9 May 2016). "A good death should be doctors and patients' last life goal". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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