Present Position

• Director Mother & Child Hospital, D-64 Defence Colony. N.Delhi 110024

Past Positions

• Past President. Indian Fertility Society.
• Founder President Fertility Preservation Society (India)
• Founder Secretary Asian Society of Fertility Preservation.
• Chief Editor ‘The Onco Fertility Journal’
• Member AOGD oncology committee
• Member FIGO Task force
• Member Endometriosis committee
• Member of FOGSI infertility committee 2002-3, 2003 -2007, 2008. 2011(Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Societies of India.)
• Member of the Executive Council of the Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction.
• Hon.Clinical Secretary ISAR (Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction)2007 – 2009
• North Zone Co-ordinator ISAR (Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction)2007.
• Member Infertility Committee AOGD (Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Delhi) 2007-2009
• Member Perinatal and fetal medicine committee AOGD 2008- 2009.
• On Editorial Board of `Obst & Gynae Today
• On reviewing committee Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences
• Reviewer International Journal for Infertility & Fetal Medicine
• Reviewer International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology (IJRCOG)

Other Positions

• President Asian Society of Fertility Preservation
• Board Member International Society of Fertility Preservation
• Member SIG Endocrinology Committee ASPIRE
• Member SIG Fertility Preservation Committee ASPIRE
• Patron PCOS Society India

Primary Qualifiction

• MBBS 1973, lady Harding Medical College, New Delhi

Post Graduate Qualification

• M.D(OBST & GYNAE) 1979, Delhi University

Additional Qualification

• Masters In Med,Sci (Assisted Reproduction Technology)1994, University Of Nottingham. United Kingdom
• Training in Microsurgery Ethicon school of surgery Glasgow
• Training in Fertility Preservation Sheba Medical School. Tel Aviv Israel.
• Fellow Of The Indian College Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology.

Clinical Experience

• In Private practice since 1983.
• Gynaecology & Obstetrics
• Infertility, Endoscopy & Assisted Reproductive Technology
• Fertility Preservation

International Memberships

• ASRM (American Society of Reproductive Medicine)
• ESHRE.(European Society of Human Reproduction)
• ISFP (International Society for Fertility Preservation)
• ASFP (Asian Society for Fertility Preservation)
• Member oncofertility consortium

Academics

• Past Convenor Education committee IFS
• Guide for Fellows in Reproductive medicine (NOVA IVI Fellowship, IFS , Mopther & Child Hospital fellowship)
• Invited faculty at all major national conferences.
• Presented scientific papers at national and international forums.
• Written original papers
• Written chapters for a number of books on Reproductive Medicine.
• Hold Training workshops in ART.

Papers Presented at International Conferences

• Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) Lower Reference Values Observed in a Population of Indian Women Compared to French Women, Using the Automated VIDAS® AMH Assay. ESHRE 2020
• Challenges To Offering Fertility Preservation Services In India – ISFP Conference. China 2015. Invited lecture
• Survey on Gynaecologist Practices and Perceptions Regarding Fertility Preservation in India. ISFP conference China 2015.
• In vitro activation in POI. IFFS
• Efficacy of Vaginal Progesterone Spray (Luton) in creating an adequate transcriptomic signature during the endometrial window of receptivity. ISAR 2016
• Use of growth hormone in Poor responders. ISAR 2016.
• Evaluation of ERA for endometrial factor. ESHRE 2015
• Comparison of reproductive outcome of Day 3 vs. Day 5 transfer of autologous embryos in frozen cycles. ISAR 2016
• Does Dual Trigger With Gnrh Agonist And Hcg Improve Oocyte Maturity Rates In Ivf? Spain 2015
• Modified Natural cycle IVF an option in patients with Poor ovarian reserve. China 2013
• Use of versapoint to correct cervical canal abnormalities in patients with difficult ET. IAGE Sydney. May 2010.
• Use of Dopamine agonist Cabergoline in patients at risk of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome. COGI Paris 2008
• Use Of GnRH Antagonist in IVF Cycles Does Not Lead To Decrease In Pregnancy Rates. IFFS Durban 2007
• Ultrasound Guided Hysteroscopy. IFFS. Montreal 2004
• Assisted Follicle Rupture And Insemination (AFRI) And Transfer Of Oocyte To Peritoneal Cavity And (TOPI) – Novel Treatment For LUF. Eshre Madrid 2003
• Luteal Phase Endometrial Character As An Indicator Of Implantation. Venice 2000
• Hysteroscopic Tubal Cannulation: Treatment Of Choice In Management Of Proximal Tubal Occlusion. Bolognia. Italy 1999
• Hysteroscopic Tubal Cannulation For Proximal Tubal Occlusion. ASRM San Fransisco.1998. video presentation
• British Andrology Meeting.’ Effect of Pentoxyfylline on sperm motility’. 1994.

Recent National Conferences

• Ovarian activation in POI 2016. Cutting edge Bangalore.
• Use of Growth hormone in poor responders. IFS 2016
• Endometrial Transcriptomics in WOI using Luton (progesterone) Vaginal Spray. 2016 ISAR Indore
• Endometrial Receptivity in LGTB. IFS Pune 2015
• Use of Cabergolin in the management of OHSS. IFS 2008 Dec Chandhigarh
• Impact of endometrial cavity fluid on pregnancy rates in IVF. ISAR 2007.
• DHEA(s) pre-treatment in poor responders. AICOG. Kolkatta 2007 Jan.
• Treatment of LUF. ICCRM. Mumbai sep 2006.
• Use of GnRH antagonist in ART. IFS Dec 2007. Delhi.
• Treatment options in genital Koch’s. ISAR 2006. Pune.
• Evaluation of two molecular diagnostic tests for genital koch’s. IFS 2005. Dec.
• Evaluation of DNA-PCR as a diagnostic modality for tubercular Endometritis. GOGS.2005.

Journal Publications

• Window of implantation is significantly altered in patients of adenomyosis with previous implantation failure as determined by ERA
• “Ovarian Stimulation in Assisted Reproductive Technology Cycles for varied patient profiles: An Indian Perspective.”
• Controversies and pitfalls in the diagnosis of EPTB.
• Breast Cancer and Fertility.
• The role of Indian gynecologists in oncofertility care and counselling
• In vitro activation in POI.
• Comparison of ovarian reserve and response to gonadotropin stimulation in fertile and infertile Indian women based on ovarian reserve markers, anti-Mullerian hormone and antral follicle count.
• Serum AMH for diagnosis of PCOS in women of Indian origin: establishing a cut-off value using the automated AMH assay.
• Fertility Preservation for Child and Adolescent Cancer Patients in Asian Countries.
• Endometrial Receptivity Array: clinical application
• Ethnicity as a determinant of ovarian reserve: differences in ovarian aging
• between Spanish and Indian women
• The effects of cancer therapy on women’s fertility: what do we know now?
• Insight into the diagnosis and management of subclinical genital tuberculosis in women with infertility
• Oocyte Donation: An Overview
• How Can We Improve Oncofertility Care for Patients? A Systematic Scoping Review of Current International Practice and Models of Care.
• Cervical Refashioning for difficult embryo transfer’.
• Should mild stimulation be the order of the day’.
• Fertility Preservation in Female Cancer Patients – an Overview’
• DVT in a patient undergoing IVF-OD – case report
• Early OHSS in a patient despite agonist trigger and OHSS prophylaxis – case report.
• Does Dual trigger improve oocyte numbers.
• The Endometrium in ART – how thin is thin.

Books Edited

• Fertility Preservation: Basic Principles
• Infertility Investigations
• FOGSI Focus ‘Stem cell – The miracle Cell’ guest editor
• Handbook on Infertility’ Guest editor.

Written Chapters For

• Fertility Preservation in Cancer patients. ‘Evidence-based Practices in Obstetrics and Gynecology’ edited by Mala Arora
• The Infertility Manual’ edited by Kamini Rao & Peter Brinsden Chapter: Alternatives to ART
• Manual of Advanced Infertility Management’ edited by Dr Mehroo Hansotia, Dr Sadhana Desai, Dr Mandakini Parihar Chapter: Patient selection For In-Vitro Fertilization.
• Role of Endoscopy in the Management of Infertility’ edited by Dr.Shyam Desai Chapter: Hysteroscopy in Infertility
• Beyond the boundaries of Endoscopic Surgery, Infertility – IVF ‘edited by Dr Prakash Trivedi . Chapter: Endometrial Receptivity
• Gynaecological Endoscopy and Infertility; edited by Gautam Allahbadia, Rubina Merchant. Chapter: Fertility Assessment Refined.
• Practical Approach to Infertility Management. Edited by Kanthi Bansal. Chapter: Unexplained Infertility
• Chapter: Hyperprolactinaemia
• FOGSI Focus. ‘The modern pill’ .Edited by Dr. Mandakini Parihar. Chapter: Pharmacokinetics of progestogens.
• FOGSI Focus ‘Stem cell – The miracle Cell’ guest editor
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome – an update.Edited by Dr.B.N.Chakravarty and Dr.Gita Ganguly.Chapter: Obesity & PCOS.
• FOGSI Focus on Infertility – PCOS chapter
• Case reports PCOS – FOGSI Focus
• IUI complications- FOGSI Focus
• Chapter on ‘Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome’
• Mild Stimulation protocols’
• Natural Cycle IUI. In ‘INTRA UTERINE INSEMINATION- An Update’ edited by Dr. B. N. Chakravarty & Dr. Gita Ganguly Mukherjee.
• When to stop Infertility Treatment’?
• Fibroids and Infertility.
• Embryo-Endometrial crosstalk and implantation
• Fertility Preservation: newer concepts

Organized Conferences & CME’S

• Annual conference for ASFP. Delhi 2018, Kochi December 2022.
• Annual conference on Fertility Preservation 2014, 2015, 2016
• IUI workshops 2014, 2015, 2016 thrice in a year.
• CME ‘Fertility preservation‘ May 2014, 2015.
• ‘Recent Advances In OBGYN’ August 2006
• Endoscopy workshop with live relay 18th August 2006
• Ultrasound workshop 18th Aug 2006
• International Congress on Assisted Reproduction Technology & Advances in Infertility Management (2000)
• Endoscopy workshop live relay
• IVF – ICSI workshop live relay
• Annual Congress of the Indian Academy of Human Reproduction (1999)
• National Conference on `New Trends in Infertility Management’ (1997 & 1998)
• Workshop on IUI 1997, 2001, 2003
• Conduct regular CME’S for Infertility Training
• Offer Fellowship in ‘ART’

AWARDS

• Gold Medal for standing first in 10th board examination. J&K university
• President’s Gold Medal – standing first in MBBS. Delhi university.
• Pfizer Gold Medal for Best student in Medicine.
• Saraswat Chander Silver medal – best candidate MBBS
• Honours Master’s in ART
• Best paper presentation for Tubal Cannulation at World Congress at Calcutta in November’97
• Best paper presentation Embryology –‘ Culture of Zona Free Blastocyst’ ISAR’99.
• Best paper presentation for ‘Ultrasound Guided Hysteroscopy’. IFS 2005
• Inca Life Sciences best paper award for short communications 2007 Kolkatta
• Evaluating the efficacy of hysteroscopic tubal cannulation as a treatment for proximal tubal occlusion.