Dr. Kalaivani Ramalingam is a gynecologist and obstetrician with 21+ years of experience.
She has won Gold medal in Social and Preventive Medicine; John H Issac’s Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and London Deanery Consultant Scholarship for higher education.
She is a member of Tamil Nadu Medical Council and Indian Medical Association.
Dr. Ramalingam has completed MBBS and DGO from Kilpauk Medical College.
She has written many research papers for national and international journals.
Consultant, Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai
Consultant, Kingston Hospital, Surrey
Consultant, Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton
Sep 2011- May 2014 Substantive Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with special interest in Urogynaecology, Kingston Hospital, Surrey
Nov 2010- Aug 2011 Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton
Working as Post CCT Senior Registrar in Obstetrics and Research Registrar in Urogynaecology
Jul 2009- Oct 2010 Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton
Senior Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Flexible Trainee)
Working in Apollo Hospitals since last Assignment.
Education
FRCOG, 2016, Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, U.K
MBBS, 1997, Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai
Awards And Achievements
2013 London Deanery Consultant Scholarship for higher education
1999 JOHN H ISSAC’s Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
1994 Gold medal in Social and Preventive Medicine, Microbiology first certificat
London Deanery Consultant Scholarship for higher education in 2013 2. John H Issac’s Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1999 3. Gold medal in Social and Preventive Medicine in 1994
Professional Memberships
I was a certified trainer for advanced training module for the London Deanery in Urogynaecology.
Member of the undergraduate committee at St. George’s hospital.
Member of the trust Ethics committee, Gynaecology representative for the transfusion committee and medical student co-ordinator for the St. George’s University students at Kingston Hospital.
Research And Publications
I have done a research attachment as a trainee at St. Thomas Hospital London for 2 weeks in April 2006. This gave me an interesting insight into laboratory based obstetric research. I conducted lab experiments, used animal models and observed the different techniques used in obstetric research.
I have completed research module training at University of Gloucester, 2003 and University of Portsmouth, 2005. I have been trained in Good clinical practice for Research, Oct 2010. I have also peer- reviewed articles for many scientific journals and books for different publishers. I was a member of the scientific committee of the United Kingdom continence society conference, April 2014 and chaired a scientific session.
EMQs for MRCOG: Pt. 2: A Self-Assessment Guide (Paperback) By Kalaivani Ramalingam, Latha Palanivelu, Jeremy Brockelsby, Christian Phillips. Published by Hodder Arnold, UK, 2008.
Book chapters on Colposcopy and early pregnancy bleeding in Oxford Desk Reference: Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Edited by Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Lesley Regan, Aris Papageorghiou, Ash Monga, and David Farquharson. Published in June 2011.
Book chapter on Infectious diseases in pregnancy (herpes, varicella and herpes zoster, toxoplasmosis, CMV, Parvovirus, malaria, tuberculosis) for ‘ A Practical guide to obstetrics ( cost effective, evidence based, safe care)’ edited by Gita Arjun and Uma Ram and published by Orient Blackswan, Pvt. Ltd., India. July 2013.
Book Chapter on Colpocleisis co-authored with Monga AK on invitation for Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery: Challenges and Management Options. Published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. Under production.
Book chapter on Obesity and pelvic floor –co-authored with Monga AK on invitation from best practice reviews. Submitted for review.
