Renowned Gynaecologist, AIIMS Former HOD, Dr Neerja Bhatla conferred with Padma Shri

Written by Jyoti bhatia Published On 2025-01-28T12:00:10+05:30 | Updated On 28 Jan 2025 12:18 PM IST

Renowned Gynaecologist, AIIMS Former HOD, Dr Neerja Bhatla conferred with Padma Shri

New Delhi: Dr Neerja Bhatla, Former head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the AIIMS Delhi has been honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri for her outstanding contributions to the field of healthcare, particularly for the detection, prevention, and management of cervical cancer.

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Bhatla played a key role in creating resource-based guidelines for cervical cancer screening, management and HPV vaccination.

She has worked for the prevention and elimination of cervical cancer for the last 35 years in low-resource settings.

Bhatla has been a part of the team which conducted trials to establish the efficacy of the Serum Institute’s indigenously developed HPV jab.

After pursuing her MBBS and post-graduation in Ob-Gyn, she worked as a faculty at the Obstetrics and Gynaecologist department at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. She also worked as the Head of the Gynaecologic Oncology National Cancer Institute, Jhajjar, AIIMS.

For the past 35 years, Professor Bhatla’s career has been devoted to the elimination of cervical cancer, with a particular focus on low-resource settings. Conducted health awareness and cancer detection camps for underprivileged sections of society.

Dr Bhatla is a recipient of Dr SK Ghai Bhandari Award by the All India Coordination Committee of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Best Research Work Presentation, ISCCP Excellence Award by the Indian Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, Women’s Leadership Conclave Award and more.

After retiring from AIIMS, she continued to lead numerous research projects in India on cervical cancer and prevention, including screening in low-resource settings, HPV epidemiology, trials on affordable HPV testing and vaccines.

The FIGO Gynecologic Cancer Management Map was developed under her leadership as the chairperson of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), reports PTI.

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Source : PTI

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