About Dr. Firuza Parikh

Director of Jaslok-FertilTree International Fertility Centre, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, India.

Dr. Firuza Parikh is the Director of Jaslok-FertilTree International Fertility Centre at the Department of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics at Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India. She completed her undergraduate and postgraduate medical education at KEM Hospital, Seth G. S. Medical College, and Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital, all located in Mumbai, India. She earned several gold medals and first ranks in college. After acquiring her MD and Diplomate of the National Board degrees, she trained in IVF and Reproductive Endocrinology at Yale University School of Medicine in the United States under the mentorship of Dr. Alan DeCherney. 

Medical Qualifications: M.D., D.G.O., D.F.P., F.C.P.S., Dip.N.B.E., PhD

Medical Qualifications: M.D. (Doctor of Medicine), D.G.O. (Diploma in Gynecology and Obstetrics), D.F.P. (Diploma in Family Planning), F.C.P.S. (Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons), Dip.N.B.E. (Diplomate of the National Board of Examinations), PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)

Designation: Director of Jaslok-FertilTree International Fertility Centre, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, India. 

Subspecialty: Reproductive Medicine and IVF

Years of Experience: 38 Years in Reproductive MEdicine and IVF and  41 years in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Area of expertise:  Specialization in various aspects of ART, including In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), Egg & Embryo Freezing, Sperm and Testicular Sperm Freezing, Ovarian Cortex Freezing, Donor Eggs, Surrogacy, Male Factor Infertility. Preimplantation Genetic Testing, Genetics, High Risk Pregnancy, Repeated Miscarriages, Repeated Implantation Failure, Autoimmune conditions in Reproductive Medicines.

Contact Details: [email protected] and +91-22-66573175 or Dilnavaz at 9920842070

Dr. Parikh has over 38 years of experience in her field, and 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.

With a distinguished career, Dr. Firuza Parikh is a recipient of ICON in IVF in India 2019 and 2022 by Economic Times Healthcare Awards. 

She is a renowned name in the field of IVF, and her work has helped countless couples achieve their dream of starting a family. In 1989, she returned to India to set up the first IVF centre in a private hospital at the Jaslok Hospital located at Mumbai. The Centre quickly gained a reputation as an outstanding international centre, receiving patients from all over the world. Keeping up to date with the recent upcoming technology and realising the need for genetic testing for the couples with fertility issues, she started the Genetics Laboratory as a part of the IVF Centre in 1999 at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai which was equipped with karyotyping and Fluorescence in situ  hybridization (FISH) techniques on a variety of tissues. To date, couples from 60 countries have availed of our services. Dr. Parikh’s work has transformed the lives of many families.  Recently her team delivered their 20,000th baby. Dr. Firuza Parikh is a former Visiting Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA (1992-2005). She was awarded the Ph.D. for the work done on chromosomal aneuploidy detection in arrested and slowly cleaving embryos. She is a Guide for Ph.D. and M.Sc. by Research for Mumbai University in the field of Applied Biology. 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 journal Fertility and Sterility (USA) and Fertility & Sterility Science (USA).