Dr. Firuza Parikh

Dr Firuza Parikh, after completing her MD, DNB at Mumbai, India, with several gold medals and first ranks. She trained in IVF and Reproductive Endocrinology at Yale University School of Medicine in the USA under the mentorship of Dr. Alan DeCherney. In 1989, in India she set up the first IVF centre, at the Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai. The Centre quickly gained a reputation as an outstanding international centre, receiving patients from all over the world. She started the Genetics Laboratory as a part of the IVF Centre in 1999 at JHRC which was equipped with karyotyping and Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques on a variety of tissues.

Her work has helped countless couples overcome fertility issues and build their families. She is widely respected for her knowledge and expertise and continues to be a leading voice in the world of Reproductive Medicine. Her team has delivered over 20,000 babies which is the highest number in private sector hospitals in India. With a distinguished career, she is a recipient of ICON in IVF in India 2019 and 2022 by Economic Times Healthcare Awards.

She was awarded the Ph.D. for genetic testing on arrested and slowly cleaving embryos. She is a Guide for Ph.D. and M.Sc. by Research for Mumbai University. She is also The Editor-in-Chief of the Scientific Journal Fertility and Sterility Indian edition and a member of the Editorial Board of the Scientific Journals Fertility and Sterility (USA) and Fertility & Sterility Science (USA).