Meet Dr Duru Shah
"For couples struggling to conceive, the Gynaecworld Assisted Fertility Center offers a comprehensive range of successful assisted fertility treatments. The skill and experience of our team of infertility specialists has ensured that the Center is always at the forefront of clinical excellence. We are proud of our continued success, ensuring the maximum chance of achieving a pregnancy". -- Dr Duru Shah, Scientific Director, Gynaecworld & Gynaecworld Assisted Fertility Center
Dr. Duru Shah is the Scientific Director of Gynaecworld and the Gynaecworld Assisted Fertility Center, Mumbai, India, and is a Consultant to the Breach Candy Hospital and, Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai. Dr Duru Shah leads a highly qualified team of Consultants at the Gynaecworld Assisted Fertility Centre that offers a wide range of specialised fertility options under one roof - from IUI, IVF, ICSI, TESA and PESA to freezing of embryos, eggs, sperm, semen analysis, egg donation, surrogacy and embryo donation.
Dr. Shah conducts FOGSI-recognised Infertility Courses and her Assisted Fertility Centre is accredited by both the Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction as well as by the Indian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (ICOG) for a six months Fellowship in Reproductive Medicine. The training workshops are conducted to update Indian medical practitioners and gynaecologists in the country on the latest advancements and developments in this highly specialised area and to assist them in their own practice of infertility management at their own Centres.
Dr. Shah has served as the President of the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI), which is a 27,000 strong professional body of Gynaecologists, affiliated to the International Federation of Gynecology & Obstetrics (FIGO) and also as Chairman of the Indian College of the Obs. Gyn. (ICOG) which is an Academic wing of FOGSI. At present, she is a member of FIGO's Ethics Committee. She also served as Past President of the Indian Menopause Society and the Mumbai Obstetric and Gynaecological Society (MOGS) and is currently the Vice President of the Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction (ISAR) and a member of the Board of the International Menopause Society. She served on many National and International Committees like the "Technical Advisory Committee for Maternal Mortality of FOGSI" and the Ethics Committee of Majlis associated with the Indian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (ICOG) as the Chairman.
On the academic front, Dr. Duru Shah is the past Honorary Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Grant Medical College and a postgraduate guide for DNB. She has initiated many educational programs such as the "Satellite School" in association with the Indian Space Research Organization at FOGSI, the Post Graduate Review Course at ICOG, and the Post Graduate Quiz at the Indian Menopause Society. She is currently the Director of "E-Tutorials" a web based educational program for post graduate students in ObGyn.
Dr. Duru Shah is also a prolific writer and has authored more than 200 chapters and articles in National and International Text Books and Journals. She has also edited and co-edited more than 20 books in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She is a Peer Reviewer for many journals, and is on the Editorial board of "TOG" of the Royal College of Obs & Gyn. the "Climacteric"of the "International Menopause Society" and "Menopause International" of the British Menopause Society.
Dr. Shah is a much sought after speaker and has delivered numerous invited lectures at various National and International Conferences. Over the years, Dr Shah has been engaged in several social awareness initiatives such as "Growing up" - the Urban Adolescent Empowerment project which educated approximately 5 million girls in India on Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health, "Kishori"- the urban slum-based. Adolescent Empowerment program in Dharavi, which is the largest slum in Asia, and a Rural Maternal Health, program "Save the Mothers". Dr. Shah's passion has always been to focus on preventive health, especially in the young girls and women as they are the mothers of tomorrow. Currently, she is focusing her attention on combating Sexual Abuse, especially in young girls. Towards that end, more recently, she was part of a ground breaking campaign on gender violence issues, "Breaking the Silence on Violence" that was undertaken by the NGO, SNEHA and addressed two of their seminars in Mumbai.
She is the recipient of many National and International Awards, the most prominent being, the "Distinguished Merit Award" for service towards women's health which was awarded to her by FIGO at the World Congress in Rome, Italy in October 2012. She is the first Indian to have ever received this prestigious award. Recognizing her work The Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG) conferred an Honorary Fellowship on her in November 2008. She has also been recognized as the Twenty Top women achievers of Indian healthcare.
Dr. Duru Shah is an infertility specialist in private practice in Mumbai for the past 34 years. Her area of interest has always been Reproductive Endocrinology which has been the basis on which the current management of infertility and IVF has been based. Currently she runs training programs in infertility for the younger generation of gynecologists who are interested in infertility management. She has a Fellowship Course for infertility trained gynecologists who need training for IVF and Assisted Reproduction. Being an Infertility and ART specialist, Dr. Shah has lectured on the subject of Poor Ovarian Reserve, Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome, Surrogacy, Egg Donation, IVF, Embryo transfer techniques, Complications of IVF, Ethics of ART, Pregnancies after IVF etc. at various national and international conferences and has written numerous chapters for text books on the subject. Having a good grasp on this complicated subject, allows her a deep understanding of the problems which the couples face. Dealing with infertility involves a lot of emotional, financial and time investment for the couple, hence requires an infertility specialist who will identify the cause of their problem, so that there can be quicker and more efficient results.
She is currently the Senior Vice President of the Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction and runs her own ART and infertility clinic at Gynaecworld –the Center for women's Health & Fertility in South Mumbai.
It is not enough to be an infertility specialist who works by herself. The Infertility Specialist needs a team of gynaec associates, embryologists, nurses, coordinators, nutritionists and sonologists, who can together bring success and happiness into a couple's life.
Being a patient listener Dr. Duru Shah is an infertility specialist who listens, examines, investigates and uses her scientific knowledge and art of practice, integrates them which leads to a successful outcome.