Consultant, Apollo Centre for Fetal Medicine
(Ms OB-GYN, MRCOG UK)
Dr Akshatha is currently working as a Consultant at Apollo Centre for Fetal Medicine. She is a trained obstetrician and gynaecologist who started her postgraduate journey with her thesis pertaining to high risk pregnancy.
With a keen interest in this field, she completed her Fellowship at Apollo Centre for Fetal Medicine with accreditation in obstetric scanning from FMF UK. She pursued her goal further and gained international experience from the reputed Maternal Fetal Medicine Department at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore and from the Fetal Medicine Department of the prestigious AIIMS.
She’s one of the few approved national examiners for the FMF UK anomaly certification from India. Her main areas of interest are fetal growth restriction and multiple pregnancy complications.
She has varied publications in peer reviewed journals and was one of the assistant investigators from India working for the recently published WHO Multicentric study on Fetal growth. She has been a Research Associate at the Fetal Medicine Department of AIIMS where she had the opportunity to work in close contact with the genetics department and gained vast experience from numerous prenatal diagnosis done for complicated genetic cases.
She is actively involved in academics at the department and is one of the faculty for the Fetal Ultrasound Programme training. She believes in creating awareness for prevention of birth defects and as a part of the FMFI academic activities , has been a part of its Outreach programmes.
- “Nasal bone length-The long and short of it:Evaluation of the reference values for the fetal nasal bone length at 16-25 weeks of gestational age in an Indian Population”. Authors: Akshatha Sharma, Tulika Tayal, Prathima Radhakrishnan, Anita Kaul; Prenatal Diagnosis, 2013, Issue 33, pp 800–803
- “Role of Fetal Doppler and Non-Stress Test in Preeclampsia and Intrauterine Growth Restriction”. Authors:
Kanan A. Yelikar, Akshatha Prabhu,Ganesh G. Thakre, published inThe Journal Of Obstetrics and Gynecology, India, June 2013, Volume 63, Issue 3, pp 168-172 - “Amniotic fluid index in healthy pregnancy in an Indian population” .Authors : Chanchal Singh, Tulika Tayal, Rachna Gupta, Akshatha Sharma, Deeksha Khurana, Anita Kaul ; International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2013, Volume 121, Issue 2, pp 176-177
- “Diagnosis of Sirenomelia in the first trimester” by Singh, Chanchal; Lodha, Pooja; Sharma, Akshatha; Tayal, Tulika; Kaul, Anita ( Journal of Clinical Ultrasound)
- “Abnormal Second Trimester Maternal Serum Markers For Predicting Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes”. Authors : Pooja Lodha, Akshatha Sharma, Tulika Tayal, Chanchal Singh, Anita Kaul (Published in Apollo Medical Journal,2012)
- Chapter on “Complications and Management in Monochorionic Twins” – Textbook of Ultrasound in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Infertility. Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society Of India (FOGSI) Publication, Authors: Dr. Akshatha Sharma, Dr. Anita Kaul
- “Is Midtrimester Cervical Screening An Effective Tool In Preventing Preterm Births in an Urban Indian Population”. Authors: Akshatha Sharma, Pooja Lodha, Tulika Tayal, Chanchal Singh, Anita Kaul at the 8th International Symposium of International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ISUOG)
- “A study of Uterine artery pulsatility indices and adverse outcomes in an Indian population”. Authors: Akshatha Sharma, Pooja Lodha, Tulika Tayal, Chanchal Singh, Anita Kaul at the 8th International Symposium of International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Member of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK
- Treasurer, Fetal Medicine Foundation, India(FMFI)
- Member of Society for Fetal Medicine
- Member,FOGSI