Dr. Prabha Ramakrishna
Senior Consultant & Head - Obstetrics & Gynaecology
DGO, DNB (OBG), FRCOG, Diploma in Advanced Gynaecological Endoscopy (Germany)
Department - Institute of Women and Child Health
Department - Institute of Women and Child Health
- Dr Prabha Ramakrishna is a Senior Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with 20 years of experience, both in India and abroad.
- She has a wide range of expertise in managing complicated cases in OBG.
- Prior to joining Sakra, she has worked in many hospitals in Bangalore, including Fortis Hospital, Manipal Hospital and St John’s Medical College.
- She has been instrumental in setting up the Department of OBG at Sakra, since its inception in 2013. She believes in team work, multidisciplinary care and evidence-based practice, and has led Sakra OBG department to gain reputation as the most recommended centre for high risk pregnancy cases.
- After completing MBBS from Bangalore Medical College in 1995, Dr Prabha Ramakrishna did her post-graduation from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, followed by Diplomate of National Board, New Delhi.
- She underwent higher specialist training in various hospitals in the UK under the prestigious and highly competitive Overseas Training Fellowship Scheme of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, and was conferred the MRCOG in 2006.
- She was trained in Laparoscopy at the Minimal Access Training Centre, University of Birmingham, UK. She did Diploma in Advanced Gynaecological Endoscopy at Kiel School of Gynaecological Endoscopy, Germany, where she was mentored by Prof Mettler- a pioneer in the field of Gynae Endoscopy.
- She is one of the few OBG doctors working in India, who have been elevated to the status of Fellow of the Royal College (FRCOG) in the convocation held in December 2018 at London, in recognition of her contribution to the advancement of the science and art of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
- Life member of the Bangalore Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (BSOG) and Bangalore RCOG Trust.
- Invited faculty at MRCOG training courses, Continuing Medical Education programs, Emergency Obstetrics Skill training programs and Hysteroscopy workshops conducted by various professional bodies like BSOG, Bangalore RCOG Trust, and Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Societies of India (FOGSI).
- Awarded 'India Positive award' by CNN-IBN for her pioneering public-private partnership initiative to provide free specialist services at a BBMP hospital.
- Obstetrics (Pregnancy and delivery care, especially management of high risk pregnancies)
- Medical disorders in pregnancy
- Non-surgical/ organ-sparing minimal access procedures for menstrual abnormalities
- Hysteroscopy - Polypectomy, endometrial ablation, resection of septum/fibroid
- Hystero-laparoscopy for infertility
- Laparoscopy/ open surgery for Ovarian Cysts, endometriosis
- Hysterectomy - Laparoscopic/ abdominal/ vaginal
- Myomectomy for fibroids
- Prolapse surgery
- Preventive Oncology and Colposcopy
