" I am confident about my ability to treat patients with the right medication. At the end of the day, I need to be answerable to my own conscience and wouldn’t want to unnecessarily advise surgery to patients when I know there is an alternative. "

Dr Karpagambal Sairam, Consultant Obstetrician, Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist is a board certified and internationally trained Obstetrician, Gynecologist with special interest in Fertility. She has more than 10 years of experience in the field of women’s health with special emphasis on Fertility, management of high risk pregnancies and minimally invasive gynaecological procedures (laparoscopy and hysteroscopy).

Her experience includes treating patients using Ultrasound imaging in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and in Gynecological endoscopy. She is trained in all procedures related to fertility including oocyte retrieval (egg collection), embryo transfer and surgical sperm retrieval techniques for male factor infertility and also takes care of Paediatric and Adolescent gynaecological problems.

Having had her own clinic in gynecology, Dr Karpagambal joined The Capstone Clinic as she felt it was a good opportunity to work with a team of multispeciality experts from the doctors’ fraternity, where information was no longer siloed to her speciality alone. She believes that India is the best country to establish a good doctor-patient relationship and her clientele is mostly on a referral basis where she has tended to generations of the same family and their family friends and relatives. She says that the benefit of a clinical practice such as The Capstone Clinic is that the group of doctors are able to cater to the complete health needs of many families and refer to their colleagues for immediate attention across specialities. She believes that long term family oriented medical practice is much needed. She feels an added advantage of The Capstone Clinic is its central location, which provides easy accessibility to patients.

Dr Karpagambal’s goal is to work for enhancing women’s health in all aspects with special reference to preventive health. She offers medical and surgical (open and endoscopic) approach to various conditions in the specialty and aims to create awareness among the population regarding lifestyle modification, cancer screening and benefits of early diagnosis and treatment.

Did You Know?

Dr Karpagambal graduated from the prestigious Madras Medical College in 2002, following which she underwent her post graduation at the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Madras Medical College, Chennai. After obtaining her Diplomate of The National Board of Examinations, she went to work at the Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai where she trained extensively in various aspects of fertility management. She passed the prestigious Membership examination of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London ,UK in 2012 after a period of observership at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, UK.

She is an active participant in teaching and training courses across South India and has given lectures and presented papers in regional, national and international conferences. She is a member of the Federation of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of India(FOGSI) and Association of TamilNadu members of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists( ATNRCOG). She is a faculty for the annual MRCOG exam course and a recipient of the prestigious AICC RCOG Travelling Fellowship In Gynaec Endoscopy.

She currently consults at Dyuthi Women’s health and Fertility centre , Sri Sai Speciality clinic, Mylapore. She is a visiting consultant at Kauvery Hospital(Alwarpet), Motherhood(Alwarpet), Mehta Hospital(Chetpet) and Nova Ivi fertility, MRC Nagar, Chennai