Rotunda

Dr. Gautam Allahbadia, MD is the Director of Rotunda The Center for Human Reproduction, the world-renowned infertility clinic at Bandra, Mumbai, India. Dr. Allahbadia is also the Medical Director at the Deccan Fertility Clinic & Keyhole Surgery Center, Shivaji Park, Mumbai, India, and a world authority on ultrasound guided embryo transfers. He is one of the pioneers in third party reproduction in South-East Asia. Dr. Allahbadia is the first doctor in India to have treated a same-sex couple pregnancy and delivery of twins. Dr Allahbadia has had quite a prolific career -- he has authored over 100 scientific papers, 60 book chapters and 13 textbooks, the latest of which is a comprehensive text, entitled "Embryo Transfer" available from Jaypee Medical Publishers. He directs two franchisee satellite IVF programs in India at Jalandhar and Ahmedabad. He was a lecturer for over four years at the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College followed by a 12 year tenure at the University of Mumbai affiliated Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences before going full time into private practice. He is the recipient of over 25 prizes & fellowships in the field notable among which are the Canadian Young Scientist Fellowship Award for the year 1994, which allowed him to train in Infertility at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver and the National prize Dr Kumud Tamaskar award for original research work in infertility in the year 1991. He is the recipient of six research grants from the International College of Surgeons and the Medical Research Centre of Bombay Hospital Trust. He has been an invited guest speaker or faculty member at over 70 Congresses, Workshops and Scientific Meetings. He was awarded the prestigious Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst fellowship for the year 1996 to train in Assisted Reproductive Techniques in Germany. He has completed his training in IVF/ICSI at the University of Goettingen, Bielefeld IVF Center & the University of Munich. He was awarded the AOFOG-Young Gynecologist Award for the year 1998. He is the Web Master for the SISAB (Society of Indian Scientists Abroad) Website on the Internet (www.sisab.net). He has been awarded the most prestigious FOGSI-CORION National Research award for best original research work in Infertility at the 42nd All India Obstetric & Gynecological Congress held at Hyderabad in December 1998. He has recently been elected as the General Secretary of the World Association of Reproductive Medicine (WARM) headquartered in Rome, Italy and was the Scientific Chairman of the 2nd World Congress of WARM held in Rome in May 2004. He has organized seven International Congresses in the subject and was recently made a visiting lecturer to the University of Tel Aviv- Sackler School of Medicine - the first Indian to be given such a position. Curriculum Vitae Education & Training POST GRADUATION Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College affiliated to the University of Mumbai Achievements: Gold medal in DGO exams ADDITIONAL DEGREES & FELLOWSHIPS

Dr. (Mrs) Kaushal Kadam, became a member of the medical team of Rotunda from January 2002. She has earned her medical and the bachelors degree from the Topiwala National Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital affiliated to the University in Mumbai. During her OB/GYN residency training her active interests were in Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology. She has also done a training course in "Ultrasound Imaging in Obstetrics and Gynecology". She is at present a member of the Mumbai Obstetrics and Gynecological Society(MOGS) and a Fellow of Gynecological and Obstetrical Society of India. She is also a member of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology. She supervises the IT services at the Center & her research interests include the immunology of early pregnancy loss, mechanics of embryo transfer and ectopic pregnancies. Dr. Kadam has one child and enjoys drawing walking and traveling.

Mrs. Goral Gandhi is the Laboratory Director and coordinates the ART Laboratory services like IVF, ICSI and Human Sperm Banking Service at Rotunda - the Center for Human Reproduction. She has more than 9 years experience in the field and has trained in Belgium and the Egyptian IVF Center, Cairo. In addition to being the Laboratory Director at Rotunda, she has helped set up the laboratories at Rotunda's satellite centers and provides ART Laboratory services there. She is the management representative for the ISO 9001-2000 quality assurance standards program implemented at Rotunda, Bandra. Mrs. Gandhi received a Masters degree from University of Bombay for her research on "Quality Control in Laboratories." She has instituted many laboratory technological changes that have contributed to improved pregnancy outcome. She maintains her professional skills by regular participation in meetings and courses offered by the European Society for Human Reproduction and similar organizations. Her research interest is in the area of embryo growth and selection, embryo freezing and assisted hatching. She enjoys literature, traveling and being with her two children.