Dr. Ava Desai

Doctors / Zydus Hospitals Ahmedabad

Senior Consultant Gynecologic Oncologist, Zydus Cancer Hospital

MBBS; DGO; MD

Industry Experience

Over 35 years

Expertise & Specialties

Comprehensive management of gynecological cancers
Individualised planning, state-of-the-art treatment and radical surgeries for all gynecologic cancers
Counseling, screening and early detection of gynecological cancers
Fertility preserving treatment in some cancers

Academic Details

MBBS (1979)
NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad

DGO (1982)
NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad

MD (1983)
NHL Municipal Medical college, Ahmedabad

Professional Bio

She has over 35 years of experience in the comprehensive management of gynecological cancers. Her vast experience includes Radical surgeries for cancers of the uterus, cervix, ovaries, vulva and pelvic tumors. She also has immense experience in the management of gestational trophoblastic tumors.

She has a special interest in Fertility preservation in cancers occurring in girls and younger women.

She also has expertise in Colposcopy and in the Prevention and Early detection of cervical cancer.

She gained vast experience and honed her surgical skills at the Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute (GCRI), Ahmedabad - the Regional Cancer Hospital - between the years 1984 to 2019.

She also trained at Gynecologic Oncology Centres in Gateshead & Sheffield

As former Professor and Unit chief at the Regional Cancer Institute, she has guided and trained many doctors for post graduate and super-specialization degrees in the field of gynecologic oncology.

She is the former President of the Association of Gynecologic Oncologists of India (AGOI).

Dr. Desai was awarded the N.R. Desai Gold Medal for DGO and declared best candidate during her MD examination.

She has published widely in international and national journals.

She has been invited to deliver several Orations and Keynote Lectures.

She has actively participated in several Public Awareness & Early Detection Campaigns & delivered talks on television and through articles in print.

Achievements

President, Association of Gynecologic Oncologists of India (AGOI), 2005-6

Former Editor, AGOI News – Newsletter of the above association

Member, NBE Speciality Board for developing DNB Gynecologic Oncology speciality

Joint Secretary, Indian Menopausal Society, 2005-6

Founder Member, Indian Menopausal Society

Orations Delivered

Prof. Indira Ramamurti Oration at XIVth. Annual Conference OGSSI at Chennai on 14/2/1998 on “Surgical Management of Cervical Cancer”

PROGRESS Oration at Xth. Practical Obstetrics & Gynecology Congress at Chennai on 03/08/2003 on “Death, Disease & Dying”

Mr. B.T. Hapani Oration at Annual Conference of Rajkot Society (ROGS) in March, 2004 on “Clearing the Confusion in Ovarian malignancy”

Dr. Shirish Sheth Oration at Annual Conference of ROGS on 28/01/2018 on “Lessons from Ovarian Lesions”

Dr. Thomas Chandy Memorial Oration at Annual Conference of ADVANCES, Trivandrum, 11/08/2018 on “Our Journey with Cervical Cancer”

Keynote Address at FOGSI Annual Conference, Chennai, in on “Adolescent Gynecologic Malignancy”

Keynote Address at Annual Conference of IMS, 2019, on “The Ovary in Menopause”

Book Chapters Published

Endometriosis & the Risk of Neoplasia: Endometriosis, the Enigmatic Disease, Clinical Update n Obstetrics & Gynecol, 2014:114-126, Editor: Dr. Urvashi Prasad Jha, Elsevier

Fertility Preservation in Women with Gynecologic Cancer: Insights into Infertility Management Editor: Dr. K. Jayakrishnan, 2012, Chapter 21, pages 222-235, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers

Gynecologic Cancer:Physiotherapy in Women’s health – under publication