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Dr. Simranpreet Kaur Sandhu
PhD
Genetic counsellor and embryologist
Simranpreet counsels couples through infertility, recurrent miscarriage, preconception screening and prenatal testing. She helped set up a genetic clinic and a Level I ART lab at a medical university, and she also coaches on nutrition based on genetic results.
Qualifications
- PhD, Medical Physiology (Human Genetics)SGRD University of Health Sciences, 2023
- MSc and BSc (Hons) in Human Genetics, Guru Nanak Dev University
- Post-doctoral fellow, ICMR National Institute for Research in Reproductive and Child Health, Mumbai (2023)
- Assistant Professor of Genetics, SGRD Institute of Medical Sciences (2021 to 2024); embryologist and counsellor there (2016 to 2024)
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- Hands-on embryology training in Las Vegas, Bangkok and Mumbai
- 11 research papers, including work on genes linked to infertility and on prenatal genetic counselling
- Selected for the Gates Foundation OpeningGates programme (2024)
Specialties
- Fertility
- IVF
- Miscarriage
- Prenatal genetics
Practice
- In genetics and fertility since 2007, with more than 1,000 genetic counselling sessions
- Blossom Genomic Wellness Clinic, Amritsar
- Registered: Board of Genetic Counselling India, Level II Genetic Counsellor (BGC 2024-204)
- Board of Genetic Counselling India
- Indian Society of Human Genetics