Dr. Sunitha Mahesh
Medical Director & Senior Consultant - Infertility and Maternal Fetal Medicine
Training & Qualification: MBBS, DGO, DNB, FFMM, FRM, FICOG, PGDU, PGDMLE, PGDHHM, MBA and MAMS
Professional Tranining :
- Basic Ultrasound Training in OBG, Divakar’s Hospital, Bangalore, India
- Doppler in Obstetrics, certificate course from FMF, UK
- NT certification, FKF, UK
- Certificate Course in Infertility, GynAcademy by Dr.Chaitanya Nagori and Dr.Sonal Panchal
- Module in Infertility, by ASRM
Experience : 26 Years
Languages: English | Hindi | Kannada | Telugu
Location: J P Nagar, HSR Layout
Field of Expertise:
- More than 26 years of experience as a practicing OBG Consultant with strong base of working in high risk tertiary care hospitals and speciality care infertility institutions, in a wide range of positions with responsibilities of patient management, counseling, creating support systems, departments and managing administrative role in hospital systems.
- Presently working in renowned and path breaking institution – Milann- the Fertility Centre (previously known as Bangalore Assisted Conception Centre) since 2008 as Senior Consultant, Maternal Fetal Medicine, and has been recognized as a responsible and dedicated doctor providing medical care with compassion beyond the expectation of patients. Promoted as Medical Director in 2022 for all Bangalore branches of Milann.
- Able and gentle teacher with experience of working in medical college, presently provides training to the fellowship doctors posted to Feto Maternal Medicine department. Participated in opinion making media interactions on Social and Medico Legal issues of present day society.
- As part of the team of RPL and RIF clinic, able to guide and counsel patients with adverse obstetric outcomes.
Has presented papers and posters at the National and International Conferences and has participated as faculty speaker and panelist sharing and gaining experience in the field of High Risk Pregnancy.
- As part of community services, has contributed to society welfare by organizing various camps in and around Bangalore. Has actively participated in DMCH (Divine Mother and Child Health) program which conducts monthly camps in Chickballapur district aiming to improve the nutrition of pregnant women. As part of the medical team in this most divine venture by Sathya Sai Trust, Muddenahalli, monthly visit is paid to the remote PHC of Chickballapur District, providing regular Antenatal Care to a large number of pregnant women. It is a team work with a number of vounteers supporting the programme distributing regular iron and calcium supplements and protein powder to the pregnant women. As a medical faculty, apart from screening the pregnant women, also does a huge task of educating the pregnant women regarding general hygiene, diet and breast feeding practices to be followed. The analysis of data has shown that there is a significant reduction in maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality, which is the main goal of any obstetrician, showing that a small contribution goes a long way.
- In 2024, elected as an Eminent Scientist and Clinician Member in National Academy of Medical Sciences, ( An autonomous body of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi). It has been a proud moment to have this entry into NAMS from Private Corporate Sector.
- Completed Fellowship in Reproductive Medicine from Medline Academics, affiliated to Sidhartha University, Tumkur.
- As an able administrator, completed the course of MBA in Hospital and Healthcare Systems from BITS-Pilani, and has played a significant role in stringing the medical services with quality medical care keeping in mind the safety of patients.
Work Experince:
- Milann- The Fertility and Birthing Centre- Bangalore : Training students pursuing Fellowship courses of Rajiv Gandhi University, National Board and Institutional Fellowship programmes
- Medical Director- July2021-till date
- Senior Consultant- July 2009 till 2021
- Fellowship Doctor- January 2008- June 2009
- M.S.Ramaiah Medical College,Bangalore : Senior Resident- August 2005 to January 2008
- HAL Hospital, Bangalore : Registrar, OBG, Jan 2003- Jan2005
- MVJ Medical College, Bangalore : Registrar, Department of OBG, June 2002- March 2003
Education Courses :
- MBBS : 1997 Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
Karnataka Medical Council – Registration Number- 50138
- DGO : 2002 M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India
- DNB : 2007 HAL Hospital, National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, India
- FFMM : Fellowship in Feto-Maternal Medicine : 2009 Bangalore Assisted Conception Centre, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India
- PGDU : Post Graduate Diploma in Ultra-Sonography : 2013 Karnataka State Open University, Mysore, India
- PGDHHM : Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital and Healthcare Management : 2019 Symbiosis University, Pune
- PGDMLE : Post Graduate Diploma in Medical Law and Ethics : 2019 National Law University, Bangalore
- FICOG : Fellowship of Indian College of Obstetrics and Gynecology : 2022 The Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecological Societies of India
- Advanced Diploma in ART and Reproductive Medicine : 2022 University of Schleswig Holstein, Kiel Germany
- FRM : Fellowship Reproductive Medicine : 2024 Medline Academics, Sidhartha University, Tumkur
- MAMS : Member National Academy of Medical Sciences : 2024 (An autonomous body of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi)
- MBA : Master of Business Administration : 2024 (Hospital and Healthcare Management, BITS- Pilani)
Affiliations :
- Executive Committee Member of BSOG- 2019- 22, Bangalore Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Life Member of FOGSI, India
- Executive Committee Member of Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, India 2015-22
- Member of Indian Fertility Society
- Member of Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction
Awards & Recognizations :
- Topper in Anatomy in 1st MBBS in BMC
- Outstanding student in MBBS 1997
- Graduated Post Graduate Diploma in Ultrasonography with 3 Gold medalsTopper in FRM, 2024
- Topper in FRM, 2024
Publications :
- Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality – A Paper Presented at Karnataka State Obstetrics and Gynaecology Conference at Belgaum, Karnataka, India, 2001
- Vaginal Hysterectomy for Uterine Didelphys – A Paper Presented at the event of “Gnanavarsha” in 2006.
- Ovarian Fibromatosis – A Paper Presented at BSOG Scientific Meet “Back to Basics”, conducted at Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, India, 2007
- Paricipated in panel discussion on Benign Breast Diseases at CME held by BSOG, Bangalore, 2007
- Gynaecological Disorders- Presentation at Jain University, Bangalore, 2011
- Common Obstetric and Gynaecological Diseases- Presentation at HP systems, Bangalore, 2014
- Faculty of LIFE conference 2012 to 2018
- Presented talk on ART pregnancies and complications at Belgaum, Perinatal CME
- Attended and participated in various national conferences
- As Executive member of SMFM I, has conducted various CME at national and international levels.
- Presented paper on preliminary analysis of ROBUST study at ISSHP conference Conducted workshop in Critical Care Obstetrics at AICOG-2019at Amsterdam 2018
- Presented talk on “Recurrent Pregnancy Loss- A Tricky situation” at Gestosis-Lucknow-2019
- Presented talk on Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy at OOO- Bangalore 2019
- Presented talk on Medicolegal aspects of Teenage Pregnancy at Gnanavarsha 2020
- Has participated as panelist in various Webinars held during 2020-21
- Co-author of ROBUST study published in Pregnancy Hypertension- An International Journal of Women’s Health Hypertension- March 2021
- Has authored chapter on Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in Text Book of Obstetric Emergencies- 3rd Edition
- Has authored FOGSI- checklist on Maternal Collapse
- Is presently the concept builder for Web based training module of PEN (I) - Pre- eclampsia Education of Nation (India) in association with ISSHP
- Faculty at Gnanavarsha, BSOG, speaker- Short cervix
- YUVA FOGSI- 2022, Eclampsia Drills
- LIFE conference-2022- Early Pregnancy units
- Karnataka Diabetes Academy- 2022- Fetal surveillance in GDM
- Faculty at AICOG-2023, Kolkata, participated in Panel Discussion on Early pregnancy care
- Faculty at BSOG PG CME-2023, conducted drills, coordinated student presentation
- Faculty at ISSHP- 2023, Bangalore- presented paper and played a key role in community training on Pre-eclampsia- support groups
- Authored chapter in Pre-eclampsia Text book, soft copy of which was released in ISSHP world congress
- Faculty at Gnanavarsha-2023, participated as a panelist on PPH management
- Conducted Virtual Learning series on Pre-eclampsia-2023, and played a key role in enrolling Doctors as members of SMFM(I) through Chapter formation in various places
- Played a key role in planning PEN(I) onsite certificate programmes 2023 through SMFM(I) and Mediknit
- Presented paper on biomarkers in HDP at AICOG- 2024
- Proud to have been invited as a guest in Doordarshan Shubhodaya programme
- Faculty at BSOG- Fempower Conference 2024
- Faculty at BSOG- PG CME 2024
- Poster Judge at Gnanavarsha 2024
- Held workshop in PPH management at KSOGA-2024