Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals
Team of Doctors
DR. RANJANA SHARMA
DR. RANJANA SHARMA
DR. RANJANA SHARMA
MBBS, MS, MRCOG(UK), FROG (UK), MFFP (UK), FICOG, PG Cert in Med Edu
Gynecology & Obstetrics
36 yrs+
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Sarita Vihar, Delhi-mathura Road, New Delhi - 110076
- Dr Ranjana Sharma is a skilled surgeon with more than 35 years of experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology during which she has worked with both teaching and non-teaching hospitals in India,
- the UK and Saudi Arabia, having spent a decade or more in each country. In India, foreign nationals from a number of embassies consult with her. Her strength lies in vast professional experience and knowledge, proficiency in surgical skill, unmatched counselling skills involving patients in decision making, and empathy for patients. Obstetrics Expertise
- Care of pregnancies including high risk pregnancies
- Vast experience in normal and operative vaginal deliveries
- modern methods of fetal monitoring, painless labour, water-birth and VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Section)
- Modern methods of antenatal screening including screening for Down Syndrome, Fetal anomalies, fetal echo, Gestational Diabetes mellitus
- Caesarean sections with minimal blood loss and morbidity Gynaecology
- Medical (non-operative) management of gynae disorders including ectopic pregnancy
- Urinary leakage and related problems
- Infertility, IUI, IVF
- Menopause and adolescent medicine
- Polycystic Ovarian Disease (PCOD), fibroids, prolapse, bleeding problems, period problems, ovarian cysts and tumours, endometriosis, cancers and pre cancers of the uterus, cervix, ovaries and other genital organs, problems of vaginal discharge
- Vaginal surgery
- Aesthetic vaginal surgery, Vulvoplasty, Vaginoplasty
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Abdominal surgery including hysterectomy, myomectomy (removal of fibroids),
- Fertility preservation surgery
- Tubal surgery
- Family Planning
- Cancer surgery
- Pre marriage counselling
- Pre conception counseling Minimally invasive surgery
- Almost all gynae surgeries mentioned above
- Laparoscopy/ Robotic surgery: Ovarian cystectomy, Myomectomy, Hysterectomy (removal of the uterus), Adhesiolysis, Treatment of ectopic pregnancy and endometriosis, Treatment of prolapsed uterus or vagina, Fertility preservation surgeries, Tubal surgery
- Hysteroscopy: Diagnostic, Myomectomy, adhesiolysis, polypectomy, TCRE, Uterine septum resection, lost IUCD
- Colposcopy and directed punch or loop biopsies for Cervical cancer screening Urogynaecology Incontinence (leakage) and other urinary problems in women. Medical and surgical management including minimal access surgery (Tape) for Stress Urinary Incontinence.
- Senior Consultant (Obs & Gyn) – Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals1998 – 2015
- Senior Consultant Obs & Gyn at Fortis La Femme-2005 – 2009
- 1998 – 2009 -Senior Consultant Obs & Gyn at Max Balaji, Shanti Mukand Hospital, Pushpanjali
- Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London , UK
- Elected Representative of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ Co-ordinating Committee for North Zone, India 2003-2006 and 2007-2010
- Secretary of the Delhi Chapter of Indian Menopause Society 2009 • Elected member of the Governing Council, Indian Menopause Society 2002-05
- Delhi City Coordinator for ‘Growing up progrmamme’ of Adolescent Health Committee of Federation of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists’ Societies of India (FOGSI) – 2009
- Member of the ‘Core Committee for Prevention of Cervical Cancer’ of FOGSI (Federation of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists’ Societies of India) – 2009
- Member of the Executive Council of Delhi Gynaecologists’ Forum (East).
- Life Member of Delhi Gynaecologists’ Forum (East).
- Life Member of Federation of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists’ Societies of India
- Life Member of All India Gynae Endoscopists’ Society
- Life Member of Delhi Gynae Endoscopists’ Society
- Life Member of Indian Menopause Society
- Life Member of Indian Medical Association
- Life Member of Indian Fertility Society
- Life Member of Indian Endometriosis Society
Awards and Achievements
- Developed expertise in managing pregnancies and deliveries, gynae problems and gynae surgeries. Delivering treatment that is based on evidence, recognized and recommended internationally and agreed mutually with patients.
- Special emphasis on patient counseling, discussion regarding management and patient education
Positions:
- Chairperson: Urogynae committee of Association of Obs and Gynae of Delhi (AOGD) 2015-17
- Chairperson: Urogynae committee of Association of Obs and Gynae of Delhi (AOGD) 2015-17
- Secretary, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ International Representative Committee, North Zone, India
- Faculty for the Extended Revision Program (ERP) of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London , UK for MRCOG examination
- Member of the Executive Council of Forum of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, South Delhi
Research and Publications
- A study of the histopathological findings of endometrial samples in post menopausal women without vaginal bleeding with thickened endometrium (ET > 5 mm) on ultrasound.
- To study dietary habits and weight changes in women in post partum period.
- A case of postmenopausal pyometra caused by endometrial tuberculosis, IOSR J of Dental and Medical sciences vol. 14, Issue 11, November 2015.
- Cardiac Disease and Menopause: ‘Menopause’ Jaypee Brothers Med Publishers (P) Ltd, 2014; 198-203.
- Why and when Robotic surgery in Gynaecology. Apollo Life: The Robotics Issue 2013-2014; 84-86. www.apollolife.com.
- What are endometrial polyps? Should they be removed? Can they be malignant? 000 JULY 2013 • PREVENTION.
- HPV vaccine: A breakthrough in prevention of cervical cancer, Apollo Medicine 2012 June Volume 9, Number 2; pp. 87-90.
- Article in ‘The Working Woman’s pregnancy book” by Marjorie Greenfield, Times Group Books 2009.
- National Consensus and Policy Development Document ‘Menopause and the role of HRT in Indian women’ 2007.Member of Consensus Expert committee and Working Group.
- ‘Sarcopenia after Menopause’ Obs & Gynae Today Vol IX No 11 Nov 2004.
- National Consensus and Policy Development Document ‘Menopause and the role of HRT in Indian women’ 2002.Member of Consensus Expert committee and Working Group.
- A number of articles on various issues related to women’s health in ‘India Today’, National and local news papers and magazines