Dr. Chitra Shankar

Biography

Dr. Chitra Shankar is a well-experienced gynecologist and obstetrician and IVF specialist with almost 2 decades of committed work in her profession. She passed MD - Obstetrics & Gynaecology with credits from Gandhi Medical College Hyderabad, ranking 2nd in the University. She successfully completed the Diploma in Reproductive Medicine from the University of Kiel, Germany and continues to constantly update herself in the field of art by attending national and international conferences and symposium. She is keen to learn new techniques and recent advances in the area of reproductive medicine so as to pass on the benefits towards improving patient care. During her 10 year period of work in the Armed Forces Hospital in the Sultanate of Oman, she gained vast experience in the field of high-risk pregnancy and won a lot of accolades from patients and her mentors. Having been trained by eminent doctors during that period, she achieved clinical excellence awards and presented papers in the Pan Arabian Conferences. She is trained in minimal access laparoscopy surgery from Lifeline Institute of Telesurgery. Due to her keen interest in microsurgery, she got trained at the center of excellence at the Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai in tubal microsurgery procedures. She was associated with Nova IVI (Spain) as IVF consultant. She is also the director and fertility consultant at Sampath Gowri Clinic for Women’s Health and Fertility Care. Her venture into Pearl Singapore and Fertility Centre is a dream come true to serve all sectors of patients requiring fertility treatments to offer them quality care at affordable cost.

Research Interest

  Gynecologist Obstetrician Infertility Specialist Urogynecologist