Mirudhubashini Govindarajan (born 1947) is an Indian-born healthcare consultant, focussing on women's healthcare and

infertility Infertility is the inability of a person, animal or plant to reproduce by natural means. It is usually not the natural state of a healthy adult, except notably among certain eusocial species (mostly haplodiploid insects). It is the normal state ...

management in

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, Tamil Nadu, India. __TOC__

Background

Govindarajan was born in

, Tamil Nadu, India. Her father was a lawyer, freedom fighter and politician focussing on

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. Govindarajan's mother was a doctor in Coimbatore. Her early education was in Coimbatore, India and then she moved on to the alma mater of her mother,

Stanley Medical College Stanley Medical College (SMC) is a government medical college with hospitals located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Though the original hospital is more than 200 years old, the medical college was formally established on 2 July 1938. The medic ...

in Chennai to obtain her medical degree. On completion of her medical studies in Chennai, she moved to New York and then to

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, Canada. She later became a Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Canada in 1977 and a lecturer at the

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and started their Obstetrics and Gynecology department. She was instrumental in the formation of Womens Center. In early 2011, she moved into a new facility of her own Womens Center, located in the Northern part of Coimbatore providing all women's healthcare services under a single roof. She holds a patent in relation to methods for the treatment of

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and related disorders and conditions.

Current Positions

Source: * Clinical Director, Womens Center, Coimbatore * Clinical Director, Assisted Reproductive Technology Center Coimbatore * Director, Center for Perinatal Care Coimbatore Pvt Ltd * Director, Womens Center and Hospitals Private Limited, Coimbatore * Adjunct Professor, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University

Publications and research

* Inheritance of Infertility * Journal of Human Reproductive Medicine * Fertilization and Development: Theory and Practice * ART, PGD effective treatment for infertility

Memberships

Source: *

Indian Medical Association The Indian Medical Association (IMA) is a national voluntary organisation of physicians in India. It was established in 1928 as the All India Medical Association, and was renamed the Indian Medical Association in 1930. It is a society registered ...

* Coimbatore Obstetrics and Gynecology Society - President, 2002-2003 * Federation Gynecological and Obstetrics Societies of India * Indian Association of Cytologists * Perinatal Committee-FOGSI *

European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) was founded in 1985 by Robert Edwards (University of Cambridge) and J. Cohen (Paris), who felt that the study and research in the field of reproduction needed to be encouraged and r ...

American Society of Reproductive Medicine The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) is a nonprofit, multidisciplinary organization for advancement of the science and practice of reproductive medicine. The society has its headquarters in Washington, D.C and its administrati ...

* Member, Editorial Board international Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, published in New Zealand * Founder President Coimbatore Ultrasound Society

Awards

* Rotary for the Sake of Honor Award for the services in Women’s Health care * Dinamalar award for Women "Achievement in Medical science" * Distinguished alumni award for lifetime achievement from Mani High School * The Professor Arnold H. Einhorn's Endowment Orator in 2008http://www.gazette.net/stories/08132008/chevnew224458_32460.shtml Maryland Community Newspapers

References

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