Dr Pankaj Shrivastar United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Shrivastav graduated with a M.B.B.S. degree from Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore, South India after which he went on to obtain a Diploma in Obstetrics & Gynaecology (DGO) and his M.D. degree. At the same time, Dr. Shrivastav joined the CMC faculty where he was appointed lecturer. Late... Show More r he went on to become a Junior Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. In 1987, Dr. Shrivastav moved to the United Kingdom where he began a Research Fellowship at the Royal Free Hospital of London. Later that year, he began his training in Fertility Medicine at the Humana Wellington Hospital of London under the tutelage of one of the Fathers of Fertility Medicine – Prof. Ian Craft. This was a turning point in Dr. Shrivastav’s career and from then on he devoted his professional life to helping infertile couples. In 1990 Dr. Shrivastav returned to CMC, Vellore to teach at the alma mater. In 1990, he came to Dubai as part of a team to establish U.A.E.’s first ever Fertility Unit – the Dubai Gynaecology and Fertility Centre (DGFC) where he served as Deputy Director and Director for the next 13 years. With the aim of spreading his vast knowledge and experience, Dr. Shrivastav has conducted numerous work-shops and seminars across the Middle East and India, lectured and presented papers at both, national and international platforms and has published chapters on the topics of Fertility Medicine and Ultrasound Usage in several books. He is also a Member of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and other international associations. Dr. Shrivastav has also been actively involved in research. He has devised several new techniques and his contributions to the field of Fertility Medicine include pioneering work in Ovarian Hyperstimulation and Surgical Retrieval of Sperm (PESA and TeSA). The first babies born as a result of PESA were born to an Emirati couple from Sharjah, U.A.E. in 1994. Both PESA and TeSA are now routine techniques carried out in fertility units world over. In 2001, Dr. Pankaj Shrivastav was awarded a Fellowship from The Royal College of London in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (FRCOG).

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Languages

English

Nationality

Indian

Gender

Male

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Obstetrics & Gynaecology

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