Emeritus Professor Sittampalam Shanmugaratnam,also known as Shan Ratnam,was a Singaporean obstetrician and gynaecologist.
Naguib Pasha Mahfouz is known as the father of obstetrics and gynaecology in Egypt and was a pioneer in obstetric fistula.
The International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics,usually just FIGO ("fee'go") as the acronym of its French name Fédération Internationale de Gynécologie et d'Obstétrique,is a worldwide non-governmental organisation representing obstetricians and gynaecologists in over one hundred territories. It was founded on 26 July 1954 in Geneva,Switzerland,to "promote the well-being of women and to raise the standard of practice in obstetrics and gynaecology". Membership is currently composed of 132 professional societies of obstetricians and gynaecologists worldwide.
Narendra Babubhai Patel,Baron Patel,is a Tanzanian-British obstetrician and cross bench peer,and a former Chancellor of the University of Dundee.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is a professional association based in London,United Kingdom. Its members,including people with and without medical degrees,work in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology,that is,pregnancy,childbirth,and female sexual and reproductive health. The college has over 16,000 members in over 100 countries with nearly 50% of those residing outside the British Isles. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales became the RCOG's patron in 2018.
John Martin Munro Kerr was Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow from 1927 to 1934. A scholar and surgeon of international acclaim he won both the Katherine Bishop Harman Prize in 1934 for his book Maternal Mortality and Morbidity (1933) and was the first recipient of the Blair Bell Medal for obstetrics and gynaecology.
Dr. Sheila Balakrishnan is an obstetrician and a gynaecologist. She has authored three books on obstetrics and gynaecology. She is currently the associate professor at the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at Government Medical college,Trivandrum. She has pursued her MD and DNB from Trivandrum Medical college. She was awarded membership at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1994 and then conferred fellowship in the year 2008. She has received Commonwealth scholarship award in the United Kingdom. She is a member of the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) and the Indian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Currently,she is a member of the contraception and medical disorders committee of FOGSI.
In November 2013,the medical team headed by Dr. Balakrishnan announced the birth of South India's first in vitro fertilization babies in Trivandrum Medical College Hospital. She has authored three books,Textbook of Obstetrics,Textbook of Gynaecology and Clinical case discussion in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and has published numerous research papers.
Prof. Datuk Dr. Thirunavuk Arasu Sinnathuray,better known as T.A. Sinnathuray,was a Malaysian obstetrician and gynaecologist. He was the first Malaysian doctor to possess both the diplomas of MRCOG and the FRCS.
Savita Halappanavar was a dentist of Indian origin,living in Ireland,who died from sepsis after her request for an abortion was denied on legal grounds. In the wake of a nationwide outcry over her death,voters passed in a landslide the Thirty-Sixth Amendment of the Constitution,which repealed the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland and empowered the Oireachtas to legislate for abortion. It did so through the Health Act 2018,signed into law on 20 December 2018.
Professor M. Sivasuriya is a Sri Lankan Tamil physician,academic and former chancellor of the University of Jaffna.
Professor Mapalagama Liyanage Neville Kingsley Pierre De Silva FRCS,FRCOG FCOG (SL) was a Sri Lankan obstetrician and gynaecologist who served as president of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians &Gynaecologists in 1985–87. He was Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital from 1984. He was also a senior lecturer at the University of Colombo,and subsequently Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Peradeniya (1976–1984).
Jayatissa Nalin Rodrigo was a Sri Lankan Obstetrician and Gynaecologist,Surgeon,Medical Teacher and Medical Administrator.,
Bhalchandra Nilkanth Purandare,was an Indian gynaecologist. He was the son of Dr. Nilkanth Anant Purandare. He was the director of the Dr. N.A. Purandare Medical Centre for Family Welfare and Research,Mumbai. He served as the president of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) from 1973 to 1976 and the Mumbai Obstetric and Gynecological Society (MOGS) from 1966 to 1968. He was an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (1961). The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan,in 1972,for his contributions to medicine. His brother Dr. Vithal N. Purandare was also an acclaimed obstetrician and gynaecologist,renowned for his surgical prowess. He served as President of the Mumbai Obstetrics and Gynecology society(1973–1975) and FOGSI President in 1981. Their nephew Dr. C. N. Purandare,is a prominent gynaecologist and an ex President of FIGO.
James Haig Ferguson LLD FRSE FRCPE FRCSEd was a prominent Scottish obstetrician and gynaecologist. He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1929 to 1931 and was president of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society. He chaired the Central Midwives Board of Scotland and was manager of Donaldson's School for the Deaf. In 1929 he was a founder member of the British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Hein Odendaal is a South African medical doctor and internationally recognised specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Francis James Browne (1879–1963) was professor of obstetrics and gynaecology and first director of the obstetric unit at University College Hospital,London,which was opened in 1926. He was known as "FJ".
John R. Fraser FRCOG (1890-1959) was a physician on the staff of the Obstetric and Gynaecological Department at McGill and in 1929,professor,chairman and head of department at McGill and Royal Victoria Hospital.
Ernest Chalmers Fahmy FRCSEd,FRCOG was a Scottish obstetrician and gynaecologist. Shortly after qualifying in medicine,he played for the Scotland international rugby team on four occasions. He became an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Edinburgh and was a founder member of the British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He served as president of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society.
