Ian Patrick Francis MD PhD (He/Him)
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Pediatric Critical Care Clinical Fellow
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611 E. Livingston Ave.2nd floorColumbus, OH 43215
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Summary
- Ian Francis, MD, is a pediatrician specializing in pediatric critical care medicine, currently serving as a Clinical Fellow at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Boston, MA. He earned his MD and PhD from Boston University School of Medicine in 2020 and completed his pediatrics residency and chief residency at Baylor College of Medicine from 2020 to 2023. Dr. Francis expects to complete his pediatric critical care medicine fellowship at Nationwide Children's Hospital/Ohio State University in June 2026. His research interests lie in invasive bacterial infections and host genome mediated susceptibility to severe disease in young children. He is currently working on elucidating the individual contributions of oxidative burst from various phagocyte populations in host defense against Staphylococcal skin infections.
Education & Training
Nationwide Children's Hospital/Ohio State UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2023 - 2026
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)Chief Residency, Pediatrics, 2022 - 2023- Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)Residency, Pediatrics, 2020 - 2023
Boston University School of MedicineClass of 2020, MD, PhD
Certifications & Licensure
OH State Medical License 2023 - 2027
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Stephen R. Preblud, MD, Memorial Award for Pediatrics Boston University School of Medicine, 2020
- Shapiro Academy in Internal Medicine Boston University School of Medicine, 2019
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 4 citationsIsolation of Naturally Released Gonococcal Outer Membrane Vesicles as Vaccine Antigens.Ian P Francis, Xiuping Lui, Lee M. Wetzler
Methods in Molecular Biology. 2019-01-01 - 12 citationsMurine host response to Neisseria gonorrhoeae upper genital tract infection reveals a common transcriptional signature, plus distinct inflammatory responses that vary ...Ian P. Francis, Epshita A. Islam, Adam C. Gower, Y.B. Shaik-Dasthagirisaheb, Scott D. Gray-Owen
BMC Genomics. 2018-08-22 - 30 citationsSpecific Binding to Differentially Expressed Human Carcinoembryonic Antigen-Related Cell Adhesion Molecules Determines the Outcome of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections ...Epshita A. Islam, Varun C. Anipindi, Ian P. Francis, Yazdan Shaik-Dasthagirisaheb, Stacey X. Xu
Infection and Immunity. 2018-05-14
Research History
- PhD CandidatePhD dissertation work completed in the Dept. of Microbiology at BUSM with Dr. Lee Wetzler.2014 - 2018
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