Name: Dr. Nirja Chawla
Designation: Director, Obstetrics Gynaecology & Endoscopic Surgery
Location: Paras Bliss, Panchkula
Mon-Sat, 10:30 am to 01:00 pm
Profile: Dr Nirja Chawla is a well known and successful Gynecologist, with patients from all over the world. She has an experience of about 32 years and is well equipped to manage all kinds of gynecological and advance surgery problems. She is a pioneer of this region and a trainer/educator specialising in Hysteroscopy, Laparoscopy and all kinds of advanced gynae procedures.
Languages Spoken: English, Hindi, & Punjabi
Previous Experience:
- Senior Consultant – Private Practice- Running self owned Gynae Endoscopy Centre
- Pool Officer (Junior Consultant) – PGIMER, Chandigarh
- Senior Residency – Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi and PGIMER, Chandigarh
- Junior Residency – Lady Hardinge Medical College & Assoc. Hospitals, New Delhi
Professional Memberships:
- Indian Medical Association (IMA)
- Federation of Obs. and Gynae Societies of India (FOGSI)
- Federation of International Gynaecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO)
- Indian Society of Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy (ISPAT)
- Indian Association of Gynaecological Endoscopists (IAGE)
- Indian Menopause Society (IMS)
- Indian society of Minimal Access & Gynaecological Endoscopic, urogynae Surgery (IMAGES)
- Indian Society for Bone and Mineral Research
- Obstetric and Gynaecological Society of Northern India
- Indian Society of Perinatology and Reproductive Biology (North Zone) (ISOPARB)
- National Association of Voluntary Sterilization and Family Welfare of India (NAVSI)
- Academic Coordinator for The Indian Menopause Society, Chandigarh Chapter
Education and Fellowships:
- MD (Masters in Obstetrics & Gynaecology), Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi (1982 to 1984)
- MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery), Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi (1975 to 1980)
- Diploma, Endoscopic Surgery, Staten Island University Hospital, New York, USA. (1997)
Specialty Interests:
- Minimal Access Surgery. Gynae Endoscopy. Laparoscopy, Hysteroscopy, Balloon Therapy
- Fibroids, Endometriosis, Gynae Cancers
- Infertility, IVF.
- Menopause
- Gynae endocrinology including PCOS, hirsutism, obesity, delayed periods
- Urogynaecology
- Advanced Gynae & Micro-Surgery
Awards & Honors:
- Indian School Certificate, Cambridge University (Carmel Convent School, New Delhi) Distinctions in Physics, Biology, Maths with Addl. Maths.
- B.Sc. (1st Year), Delhi University (Miranda house) First rank, Delhi University
- MBBS, Delhi University (Lady Hardinge Medical College)
- Distinctions with Honours in Anatomy, Physiology with Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Forensic Medicine
- Topped with first prize certificates in subjects of Anatomy, Physiology with Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Forensic Medicine, Surgery Theory, Surgery Practicals and Preventive and Social Medicine
- Mary Pickford Prize for best in Anatomy dissection
- Topped (LHMC) in first and second professional examinations
- Lady Chelmsford Medal and Kamla Ghosh Prize for highest in first professional examination
- Lady Harding Medal and Kamla Ghosh Prize for highest in second professional examination
- Atul K. Keswani Merit Medal – highest aggregate in College
- Topped Delhi University in first and second professional examination.
- R. Viswanathan Gold Medal (President’s) 1980 for highest aggregate in Delhi University among medical graduates (Lady Harding Medical College, Maulana Azad Medical College and University College of Medical Sciences)
Research and Publications:
- Asia-Oceania Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Volume 16, Issue 2, pages 127–130, June 1990. Chawla N, Dhaliwal LK, Gopalan S, Rajwanshi A. Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of the Ovaries and Appendix: A Case Report
- Cytopathology Volume 4, Issue 6, pages 357–360, December 1993 : Fine Needle Aspiration Cytodiagnosis of Endometriosis Arising In Scar Tissue and In the Caecum—Case Reports
- Indian Menopause Society 2004;6:17-18: Plant derived estrogens and menopause
- Fogsi Focus April 2006: Uterine Balloon Therapy vs LNG-IUS (Mirena)
- Fortis Multispeciality Hospital Newsletter, November 2006: Hysteroscopy
- Fortis Medical Journal, Sep ’09-Nov ‘09 2009 Vol 1 Issue 4:Moving towards a new era: Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (TLH)
- Association of Obs & Gynae Delhi (AOGD) Journal, Volume 14-12; April 2015: Gynae Oncology Section: Management of suspected/benign ovarian masses
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