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  • 128, Royapettah High Rd, Chennai - 14.
  • (044) 4949 6666

Dr Aruna Muralidhar

Dr Aruna Muralidhar
MD MRCOG (UK) FRCOG (UK) FICM

Associate Director and Senior Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Fortis La Femme, Richmond Town, Bangalore
Consultant at Shree Clinic, Jayanagar, Bangalore

A senior Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with a rich, wide and varied experience in both the UK and India. Having graduated from Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary in 1998, she went on to do her MD in Bangalore Medical College after securing the seat through merit in the All India Entrance Examination.
She then chose to train and work further in United Kingdom for nearly 9 years from 2003 to 2011. Having trained in centres of excellence such as Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals, her expertise in Maternal medicine, Simulation training, Patient safety, Clinical Governance and Medical Education was enriched. She was awarded MRCOG from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 2006. She has been trainer and faculty for Simulation courses like Advanced Skills and Drills in Obstetrics Course, Obstetric Critical Resource Management (OCRM), etc.
After her voluntary return to her homeland 6 years ago, she has been very active in teaching and training for MRCOG and other examinations. She trains Nurses and Post-Graduates in emergency Obstetrics on a regular basis. She is passionate about community, youth and adolescent health as she truly believes that adolescents are the powerhouses of our future. She regularly addresses schools, colleges and corporate sectors for building awareness on several important topics. Her book on anticipatory guidance for school girls titled Growing Up Right, published in English and Kannada, has been distributed free of cost in more than 50 schools so far. She was awarded FRCOG (Fellowship) for the Royal College in 2018 in recognition for her contribution to the field of OBGYN.
Her special interests are Medical disorders in pregnancy, Obstetric Critical Care, Adolescent Health, conservative gynaecology and Menopause care.
She has held important posts in various forums. She is the Associate Director of Fortis La Femme, a 360 degrees Women and Children Hospital, in the heart of Bangalore. She is a member of the Executive committee and Guidelines committee, Bangalore Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 2016-19. She is a member of the Medical Disorders in Pregnancy committee in the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI). Having held the post of CME coordinator of the local representative society of RCOG (Bangalore RCOG Trust), she has organized several CMEs and has also been the Organising secretary of an International Conference on Intrapartum Care in the year 2015, which was a huge success.
Her Rotary journey started in the year 2016, and she has been the Chairman of Community Services in the year 2017-18 and the Director of Youth Services 2018-19 in the Rotary E-Club, Bangalore Dt.3190. Through this forum, she has organised several community health camps screening more than a 1000 women for cervical and breast cancer, anaemia, DM, Hypertension and eye and dental problems. She has addressed more than 6000 school and college girls on topics such as menstrual hygiene and problems, body image, sexual harassment, peer pressure, media/online safety etc.
She is a popular speaker in regional, zonal, national and international conferences as her talks are very practical and evidence-based. She is an active reviewer of journals such as British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (BJOG) and International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (IJOG). She has a few publications in peer reviewed journals and is keen to publish more in the future.
Her other interests are many including classical Carnatic music, art and poetry. She enjoys running as is a member of the Jayanagar Jaguars running group. Her other interests are tennis and swimming.

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