# Rohin Francis

Rohin Francis is a British cardiologist, writer, vlogger, 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.
Francis attended medical school at St George's in London, and he trained as a physician at the Cambridge Deanery in Cambridge. He specialises in cardiology.

## 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.

### Science communication

Francis is a science communicator, with a following of over 500,000 on his YouTube channel Medlife Crisis. 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. In an interview with Men's Health, Francis described why and how people needed to remain positive whilst acknowledging the seriousness of coronavirus disease. He said that it was appropriate for coronavirus disease-related YouTube videos to be demonetised as it could mitigate the spread of misinformation.

#### Public research

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

### 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.