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Mrs Sheela Purkayastha graduated from the University of Calcutta in 1969 and gained her MD in 1974 from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. She obtained her MRCOG in 1982 and FRCOG in 1997 and was awarded FFFP from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 2006.
She has over 25 years experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and now practices solely in gynaecology. She has worked in teaching hospitals in India as well as in Iran before moving to the UK in 1980 and speaks 3 Asian languages as well as Persian. In the UK she has worked in both district and teaching hospitals, most recently The Chelsea & Westminster Hospital in West London.
Mrs Purkayastha specialises in general gynaecology with special interest in colposcopy, menopause, PMT, cases with PCO, contraception and family planning. Her book on Post Reproductive Gynaecology is widely used by medical students, trainee doctors, nurses and general practitioners.
