Mirudhubashini Govindarajan
Mirudhubashini Govindarajan (born 1947) is an Indian born, women’s healthcare expert. She has been providing comprehensive women's healthcare and infertility management[1] for the over 30 years in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Background
Mirudhubashini was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (India). She was the eldest child of professional parents. Her father was a lawyer, freedom fighter and politician with a passion for organic farming. Govindarajan however followed in the footsteps of her mother who was the first female doctor in the city of Coimbatore.
Her early education was in Coimbatore, India and then she moved on to the alma mater of her mother, Stanley Medical College in Chennai to obtain her medical degree. On completion of her medical studies in Chennai, she moved to New York and then to Winnipeg, Canada. She later became a Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Canada in 1977 and a lecturer at the University of Manitoba, Canada.
On her return to India in 1981, Mirudhubashini joined Sri Ramakrishna Hospital and started their Obstetrics and Gynecology department. She was instrumental in the formation of Women’s Center. Over the years she has leveraged her contacts across the global healthcare network to bring many new technologies to women’s healthcare in India and been actively involved in continuing medical education. In early 2011, she moved into a brand new facility of her own Women's Center, built on par with world standards, located in the Northern part of Coimbatore providing all women's healthcare services under a single roof.
Mirudhubashini has received various awards and honors in recognition of her service to the society.
Current Positions
- Clinical Director, Womens Center, Coimbatore
- Clinical Director, Assisted Reproductive Technology Center Coimbatore
- Director, Center for Perinatal Care Coimbatore Pvt Ltd
- Director, Womens Center and Hospitals Private Limited, Coimbatore
- Adjunct Professor, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University
Author / Scientist
- Inheritance of Infertility [4]
- Journal of Human Reproductive Medicine [5]
- Fertilization and Development: Theory and Practice [6]
- ART, PGD effective treatment for infertility[7]
Memberships
- Indian Medical Association
- Coimbatore Obstetrics and Gynecology Society - President, 2002-2003
- Federation Gynecological and Obstetrics Societies of India
- Indian Association of Cytologists
- Perinatal Committee-FOGSI
- European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
- American Society of Reproductive Medicine
- Member, Editorial Board international Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, published in New Zealand
- Founder President Coimbatore Ultrasound Society
Trivia
- Gold Medal winner in Medicine/Pharmacology - Stanley Medical College
- Professors Merit Certificate and Scholarship during Post Graduate training in Canada -1974
- Organized First National Workshop on Colposcopy with Prof. Adolf Stafl Wisconsin, USA in 1991
- Establishment of Cervical Cancer Screening program in 1991, screening over 2000 patients in the first year
- Perinatalogy workshop with British Faculty Dr. Donald Gibb, King's College London
- Conducted first Workshop and training course in Assisted Reproductive Technology in collaboration with National University of Singapore
- Conducted adolescent girls health education program among the schools involving over 20000 girl children in 2001
Awards
- Rotary for the Sake of Honor Award for the services in Women’s Health care
- Dinamalar award for - for Women “Achievement in Medical science”
- Distinguished alumni award for lifetime achievement from Mani High School
- The Professor Arnold H. Einhorn's Endowment Orator in 2008 [9]
Patent
- Patent in relation to methods for the treatment of endometriosis and related disorders and conditions [10][11]