About Dr.Indrani Lodh
MBBS | MS - Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Diploma in Advanced Endoscopic Gynae Surgery
Name: Dr. Indrani Lodh
Contact No.: +91-9830175415
Email:drindranilodh4@gmail.com
Clinic Address: Urvaraa IVF, 40/1A Hazra Road, Kolkata 700019.
Dr. Indrani Lodh is a Consultant Gynaecologist, specializing in IVF, IUI, OBGYN, Infertility , Laproscopy&Hystercopy. She has over 30 years of experience & is practising in leading hospitals & nursing homes of Kolkata – Apollo Multispeciality Hospital Kolkata, Manipal Hospital, Bhagirathi Neotia Woman & Child Care Centre, Woodlands, Bellevue & Dewan Medical Centre. She excels in advanced laparoscopic techniques like laparoscopic hysterectomy, ovarian cystectomy, endometriosis ablation for infertility treatment, and other fertility related issues.
Graduated from Calcutta Medical College (MBBS) , Dr Lodh is one of the best Gynaecologists of the Country. Receiver of awards such as “ President’s Award for the Best Lady Medical Graduate” and winner of 17 medals & scholarships during the MBBS course in Medical College ,she was also the Gold medallist & topper of her batch in MS OBGYN in Medical College, Indore. She holds a diploma in pelvic endoscopic surgery from Kiel, Germany. Her expert hand in minimal invasive procedures for treatment of heavy bleeding such as transcervical resection of endometrium, hysteroscopic resection of fibroids & endometrial ablation, is par excellence. During her tenure as a registrar in different U K Hospitals she worked in busy obstetric units with more than 5000 annual deliveries, dealt with medium to high risk pregnancies effectively,& has solved innumerable fertility issues. Having trained & practised for so long, she now has her own clinic–URVARAA ( meaning “fertile “) , which is a one stop solution for all women for all their feminine issues. Dr Lodh’s aim is to provide the best diagnostics & solutions in her field, under her strict supervision.
Educational Qualifications:
- M.B.B.S. (Medical College Calcutta) 1988
- M.S. Obstetrics & Gynaecology (MGM Medical college, Indore) 1993
- Diploma in Pelvic Endoscopy, Kiel, Germany
Work Place:
“Urvaraa IVF” and “Umang Clinic for women” is a one stop women’s clinic and a Centre for Women Care & Research in South Kolkata. It is a “state of the art” women’s clinic, test tube baby centre and advanced laparoscopy and hysteroscopy centre with world class day care facilities. It is a clinic which provides total gynae, fertility, maternity, endoscopy solutions under one roof in one single floor. It is equipped with all modern facilities for maternal and child health and family welfare and ART (Assisted reproductive techniques).It will be recognized for training of Doctors, Nurses and Health Workers. Centre for Advanced Laparoscopic Gyn. Surgery & Assisted Reproduction Technology.
- Advanced Laparoscopic surgeon in Institute of Reproductive medicine under the aegis of Prof. BN. Chakravarty
- Senior Visiting Consultant at most of the corporate hospitals in Kolkata
- Columbia Asia Hospital, Kolkata
- Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata
- Apollo Gleneagles Heart Centre Gariahat, Kolkata
- Bhagirathi Neotia Women and Child care Centre Kolkata
- Fortis Hospital, Kolkata
- Bellevue Clinic, Kolkata
- Woodlands Hospital, Kolkata
- Dewan Medicare, Sodepur
Professional Positions Held:
- Consultant and Medical Director, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Endoscopist, Fertility specialist at Urvaraa IVF and Umang Clinic for women, Kolkata
- Consultant Ultrasonologist, Infertility & A.R.T. specialist
- Coordinator for Club 35 a women’s health initiative
- Research fellow with Prof. B N. Chakravarty and IIT, Khragpur.
- Research mentor in Heritage Institute of Engineering ,Biotechnology department, Kolkata
- Active member of Endometriosis Society of India
- Executive member of Indian Menopause Society, Kolkata Chapter
- Active member of Club 35 Plus
- Secretary of “Jaggaran”, a society for social upliftment of women and children
- Active member of All India association of women doctors.
- Active member of GESI(Gynecological Endocrinological Societies of India)
- Active participation in Adolescent Gynaecological programmes in schools and sex education programmes in various schools in and around Kolkata
Lectures & Papers Presented:
- Attended over 100 Indian, National and local Conferences. Presented papers and talks on various aspects of Obs. & Gyn. & Gynecological endoscopy.
- Attended many International Conferences of Obs. & Gyn. and presented Research Papers in, U.K, Sri Lanka., Dubai, Singapore, Thailand, Nepal, Bangladesh etc.ational and local Conferences. Presented papers and talks on various aspects of Obs. & Gyn. & Gynecological endoscopy.
- Special training in operative Laparoscopy at Kiel Germany.
- Special Training in I.U.I I.V.F., I.C.S.I in Institute of reproductive Medicine Kolkata under Dr BN Chakravarty.
- Special Training in Ultrasound at Malhotra Hospital Agra in 2000.
- Speaker in IGNITE conference in Jamshedpur 2014.
- Faculty, operator, moderator panelist, chairperson in IAGE MISCON Delhi 2014.
- Operative Faculty and speaker in Operative Hysteroscopy Workshop in UP-ISAR- VARANASI in 12th December 2014.
- CME and Operative Workshop in Aligarh in Dec 2014.
- Chaiperson in BOGSCON, 2015, Kolkata on 11th Jan 2015 in Pregnancy with GI disorders.
- Speaker in CME in Bhagarathi Neotia on 31st January 2015.
- Faculty in IMSCON 2015 in Indore on "Instrument and technique to master the ART".
- Faculty in ENDOGYN 2015 in Kolkata on "Uterus, Subfertility and Laparoscopy".
- Faculty in ISAR 2015 in Chennai on "Fertility Enhancing Endoscopic Surgery".
- Faculty in ASPIRE 2015 in Lahore, Pakistan on "Fertility Enhancing Surgery".
- Faculty in ISAR 2015 in Chennai in April 2015.
- Talk on Fertility Enhancing Endoscopic surgery.
- Participated in Asia Pacific Women’s Health Symposium in Jakarta in April 2015.
- Faculty in Endogyn 2015 in Hyatt Regency Kolkata in March 2015 Topic – Fibroids in Subfertility.
- Faculty in ISAR Bengal 2015 on 28/6/15 - Annual Meeting in Stadel, Kolkata. Topic- Poor Responders.
- Faculty in FEM Conference Mumbai on 25/7/15. Topic- IUI.
- Faculty in FENIX 2015 Conference in AIIMS New Delhi on 29/8/15 Topic: The place of Endoscopy in Infertility.
- Faculty in ISAR Bengal PG CME in R. G. Kar Medical college on 19/8/15. Topic- Hysteroscopy in Infertility.
- Faculty in AICC RCOG Conference in Hyatta Regency Kolkata on 4/9/15. Topic: Role of Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy in Infertility.
Presented invited lectures at many CMEs in local state and national levels in Kolkata and various parts of West Bengal. Also in Varanasi, Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Patna, Guwahati, Agartala, Silchar, Puri, Bhubaneshwar, Jabalpur, Bhopal, Indore, Nagpur, Goa, Ahmedabad.
Abroad
- Leeds (UK), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Dubai, Pattaya(Thailand), Kathmandu(Nepal), Dhaka(Bangladesh)
- Invited Speaker at SAFOG Dhaka and SAFOG – Agra
- Operator of Gynae laparoscopy and hysteroscopy in many live surgery workshops in Kolkata, AICOG- Varanasi(20120, hysteroscopy live surgery workshop in Lucknow, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Patna, Ahmedabad, Goa.
- Invited speaker in prestigious INFOCOMM conference, the largest information technology conference in India in Kolkata(3 times), Agartala, Siliguri and Patna.
Publications:
- Columnist in The Times of India.
- Guest editor of a Bengali health magazine “Health Mirror”.
- Write the monthly medical women’s health Q and A column in magazine UDITA.
- Guest writer of the women’s health topic in Bengali women’s magazine “CHARULATA”.
- Wrote many women’s health awareness articles in the leading Bengali daily “Anandabajaar Patrika”.
- Wrote many articles in “Economic Times“and “Times Wellness”.
- Wrote many articles pertaining to women’s health in Hindi magazine “Grihashobha”. First of its kind painting exhibition on FEMALE FETICIDE held in ITC Sonar Kolkata in 2007.the painting titled “Female feticide” won the best poster award in
- All India RCOG conference in Kolkata in 2007. This painting titled “female feticide” adorns the cover of the book called FOGSIANISM by Dr.Jaideep Malhotra and Dr.Narendra Malhotra.
- Contributed to a chapter on “Rupture Uterus“in gynaecology textbook “Pregnancy at Risk’-5th edition.
Social Service:
- Actively involved in women’s health issues, family welfare, save the girl child initiative, voice against the heinous crime “female feticide”, school sex education, family welfare education programmes in various colleges clubs, ethnic groups etc
- Actively involved in counseling of infertile couples and promoting adoption in childless couples.
- Organizing health check up camps.
- Given talks on radio FM about various medical topics.
- Giving talks on medical topics on television channel every week on Kolkata TV channel in 2005-2008.
Membership of Professional Bodies(Indian)
- Active member of Indian Medical Association(I.M.A.).
- Active member of Federation of Obstetrical & Gynaecological societies of India(F.O.G.S.I.).
- National Association for Reproductive Child Health India(narchi).
- Indian College of Maternal & Child Health(I.C.M.C.H.).
- Indian Association of Gynaecological Endoscopy(I.A.G.E.).
- Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction(I.S.A.R.).
- GESI-Gynecological Endocrinological society of India.
- ISOPARB-Indian Society of Perinatology.
- AMWI-All India Women doctors Association.
- IMS-Indian menopause Society.
- ESI-Endometriosis Society of India.
Memberships of Foreign Professional Bodies
- F.I.G.O.(Federation of International Gynaecology & Obstetrics).
- A.O.F.O.G.(Asia-Oceania Federation of Obstetrics & Gynecology).
- World Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy.
Awards
- President of India’s Award for Best Lady Medical Graduate, 1987-88.
- Winner of 17 medals and scholarships during the MBBS course in Medical College, Kolkata.
- Winner of gold medal for topping the MS OBGYN course in MGM Medical College, Indore, 1993.
- Winner of many other awards in conferences for poster presentation and medical debates.