Dr. Bijoy Balakrishnan
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Introduction and Speciality:
Dr. Bijoy K. Balakrishnan is currently the Program Director of the Fetal Medicine Unit at Aster Medcity. Aster is a quaternary care hospital that specializes in multidisciplinary care and has a high-volume Obstetrics and Gynaecology unit, which is also a recognized MRCOG training centre.
He specializes in targeted USG, fetal echocardiography, and prenatal diagnostic procedures such as amniocentesis, CVS, and fetal blood sampling. Prenatal therapeutic procedures such as fetal blood transfusion, fetal reduction, thoracocentesis, thoracoamniotic shunting, and bladder shunting are also part of his skill set.
Qualifications:
M.B.B.S. from Karnataka University, batch of 1999
M.S. in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from Berhampur University, batch of 2006
Diploma from Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF), UK, conferred in 2024
Training in Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques at Wadia Hospital
Certification in First Trimester Screening with Nuchal Translucency from the Fetal Medicine Foundation
Training in 3D/4D Ultrasound at Mediscan, Chennai
Training in Fetoscopy at CEMAST, Mumbai
Experience:
Provisional Lecturer at Thrissur Medical College in 2006
Consultant at Lakeshore Hospital and Research Centre in 2007
Head of the Fetal Medicine Unit at CIMAR, The Women’s Hospital from 2007 to 2026
Executive Member of the First Trimester Screening Committee in 2015
Executive Member of the Fetal Cardiology Working Group in 2015
Former Assistant Editor of the Journal of Fetal Medicine in 2016
USG Trainer for FMF India in 2016
Head of the Department for the FNB Course in Maternal & Fetal Medicine at Edappal Hospital from 2007 to 2026
Member of the National Board Specialist Committee in Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Publications and Work:
Dr. Bijoy K. Balakrishnan has authored a chapter in A Practical Guide to Obstetrics.
He presented papers at the FMF World Congress 2013 and FMF World Congress 2015.
He has 15 publications in indexed journals.
Achievements and Awards:
Dr Bijoy Balakrishnan was the Organizing Secretary for the leading perinatology conference, PERICON 2008, in 2008, 2011, and 2013.
He was the Organizing Secretary for the Society of Fetal Medicine National Meet 2014.
He is an esteemed speaker and has been invited to speak at over 350 national-level conferences.
He has been a guest speaker at multiple international congresses.
Winner of the Kalyani Devi Endowment Prize in 2012 for Best Presentation.