Asha Kasliwal

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Asha Kasliwal
NationalityBritish Indian
Known forPresident of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH)

Asha Kasliwal is a British physician and past President of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH). [1] [2]

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Education

Asha Kasliwal immigrated to the UK in 1995 after studying in Mumbai and working in Oman. [3] After graduation, she was a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) trainees committee as a representative of overseas doctors. [3]

Kasliwal's main areas of academic and medical focus are care and clinical standards quality, gynaecology within communities, hormone replacement therapy for women undergoing menopause, pregnancy and abortion, and the commissioning of accessible contraceptive and sexual health resources. [1]

Kasliwal was inspired to pursue medicine by Anandibai Gopal Joshi, one of the earliest known Indian women physicians. [3]

Career

Other titles that Kasliwal has are: Consultant in Community Gynaecology and Reproductive Health Care, Clinical Director for Manchester's Contraception and Sexual Health service, and Clinical Director for the South Manchester Community Gynaecology service. [1] [4] She is also a specialist member of the "Quality Standards for Contraceptive Services" committee within the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and has been featured in the Royal College of Physicians exhibition, Women in Medicine. [5] [6]

Before becoming the president of FSRH, Kasliwal was the Vice President of Quality and Standards in the FSRH from September 2014 to her election as president of the group, and the Clinical Director & Consultant in Community Gynaecology and Reproductive Health. [1] [5]

As President of FSRH

Succeeding Chris Wilkson's five-year term, Kasliwal became the President of FSRH on 28 July 2016, after being elected to the position in May 2016. [5]

Her priorities within this office included:

She was succeeded by Janet Barter in September, 2022. [2] [7]

In 2024, Kasliwal is a member of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, and the Chair of their Committee on Contraception. [8] She also runs a menopause clinic. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Dr Asha Kasliwal President of FSRH". www.fsrh.org. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "A message from outgoing FSRH President Dr Asha Kasliwal - Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare". www.fsrh.org. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Women in medicine: Asha Kasliwal and Anandibai Gopal Joshi". RCP London. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Manchester Royal Infirmary - Dr Asha Kasliwal". Manchester Royal Infirmary. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Dr Asha Kasliwal announced as FSRH President - Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare". www.fsrh.org. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Women in medicine". RCP London. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Governance - Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare". www.fsrh.org. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  8. ↑ International Federation on Gynecology and Obstetrics website, World Contraception Day 2024: Advocating for global access and reproductive rights
  9. ↑ Manchester Evening News website, The lesser known symptom of the menopause that a leading doctor wants all women to know, article by Sophie Halle-Richards dated 20 March 2023
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