Adj Asst Prof Rajeswari Kathirvel

Dr Rajeswari Kathirvel emigrated to the United Kingdom in 2000 and completed her specialist training in obstetrics and gynaecology with a special interest in high risk obstetrics and medical disorders in pregnancy. She worked there as a consultant in Hull & East Yorkshire Women's and Children's Hospital, Hull, UK before moving to Singapore. She has been working in KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore since 2014 in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

• FRCOG (UK) – March 2017
• Maternal medicine ATSM (UK) – Dec 2010
• Advanced LW practice ATSM (UK) – Dec 2010
• MRCOG (UK) – May 2005
• MBBS (India) – Jan 1997

• Senior Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (May 2016 – present)
  Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore
• Head, Urgent O&G centre (January 2020 – present)
  KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore
• Principal Lead for Obstetrics & Gynaecology (April 2019 – present)
  LKC School of Medicine, Singapore
• Adjunct Assistant Professor
  Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore (July 2017 – present)
  Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
  Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
• Core Faculty for CARE2 Program
• Clinical Core Faculty Member
  SingHealth PGY1 Residency Program, Singapore
• Physician Faculty Member
  SingHealth Obstetrics & Gynaecology Residency Program, Singapore
• Fellow
  RCOG International Representative Committee of Singapore

• Singapore Health Quality Service Award, Star – Jan 2019
• Outstanding Patient Safety Champion Award – Oct 2018
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award, Gold – Jan 2018
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award, Silver – Jan 2017
• Medsoc Outstanding Tutor Award – Oct 2016
• Service from the Heart Award – July 2015

• A randomised controlled trial of placental emptying (2005 – 2010)
• Effect of methadone on fetal heart pattern (2004 – 2006)

• Getting back to the basics: Reintroduction of pelvic anatomy concepts for Obstetrics and Gynaecology residents
  Vallabhajosyula, Ranganath; Mathur, Manisha; Rajeswari, Kathirvel; Madan, Aggarwal Ieera; Kang, Julian; Mogali, Sreenivasulu Reddy; Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare.
  First published online June 26,2020. https://doi.org/10.11772010105820935913
• One hospital department with three affiliated medical schools – Yea or Nay? A cross-sectional survey of students and tutors
  Lee J, Li M, Kam L, Tan H, Kathirvel R
  MedEdPublish, https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000093.1
• Management of HIV-positive pregnant women: A Singapore experience
  Michelle Loh, Koh Cheng Thoon, Manisha Mathur, Rajeswari Kathirvel
  Singapore Med J 2020, 1-16 https://doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2020048
• A Rare Case of Watery Vaginal Discharge due to Caesarean Scar Dehiscence following Brace Suture and Balloon Tamponade for the Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage
  Koh K, Kanagalingam D, Kathirvel R. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol
  2020;2020:2064782. Published 2020 Feb 26. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/2064782
• An unusual case of intra-abdominal candidiasis following laparoscopic hysterectomy
  Wan K, Khoo CK, Kathirvel R, BMJ Case Reports 2019; 12: e227897
  https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-227897
• A rare case of spontaneous rupture of uterine surface vessels in pregnancy mimicking acute appendicitis
  Serene Thain, Kathirvel Rajeswari, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, March 2019. https://doi.org/10.111/jog.13950
• An Unusual Case of Severe Preeclampsia in the Postpartum Period with Hemoperitoneum.
  Loh M, Kathirvel R. J South Asian Feder Obst Gynae 2017; 9(4): 363-366.
• Postmenopausal bleeding – a sign not be ignored Sonali P Chonkar, Rajeswari Kathirvel, Special Delivery, 2016; 65 (01): 10-12
• Twin pregnancy with a complete hydatidiform mole and co-existent healthy fetus – unusual case of complete resorption of molar pregnancy
  Dalmia S, Sivakumar K, Kathirvel R, Phillips K, Coady AM.
  Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, April 2013; 33(3): 312-3.
  https://doi.org/10.3109/01443615.2012.761187
  
  Previously known as Rajeswari Navaneethakrishnan
  
  
• Pregnancy outcome following emergency cervical cerclage
  M. Srinivasan, R. Navaneethakrishnan, S W Lindow
  Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2011, 1, 184-186 Doi: 10.4236/ojog.2011.14035.
  Published online December 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojog/)
• A randomised controlled trial of placental cord drainage to reduce feto-maternal transfusion
  R. Navaneethakrishnan, A. Anderson, S. Holding, C. Atkinson, S. Lindow; European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Reproductive Biology, March 2010,149 (1): 27-30.
• Postnatal follow up of patients with gestational diabetes: one year onward
  B Ng, E Masson, B Alan, R Medlock, R Navaneethakrishnan, S Lindow
  Practical Diabetes Int, March 2009, Vol 26, No. 2, 98.
• The effect of maternal methadone use on the fetal heart pattern: a computerised CTG analysis
  Navaneethakrishnan R, Tutty S, Sinha C, Lindow S
  British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2006, 113:1-3.
• Recurrent Gestational Thyrotoxicosis presenting as hyperemesis gravidarum – Report of 2 cases
  R Navaneethakrishnan, S W Lindow, E A Masson, B Allan. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oct 2004, Vol 24, No 7, 774-775.