Profile for Dr. Elsa De Menezes Fernandes
Dr Elsa de Menezes Fernandes is a UK trained Obstetrician and Gynaecologist. She completed her basic training in Goa, India, graduating from Goa University in 1993. After Residency, she moved to the UK, where she worked as a Senior House Officer in London at the Homerton, Southend General, Royal London and St. Bartholomew’s Hospitals in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She completed five years of Registrar and Senior Registrar training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in London at The Whittington, University College, Hammersmith, Ealing and Lister Hospitals and Gynaecological Oncology at the Hammersmith and The Royal Marsden Hospitals. During her post-graduate training in London she completed Membership from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. In 2008 Dr Elsa moved to Dubai where she worked as a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Mediclinic City Hospital until establishing her own clinic in Dubai Healthcare City in March 2015. She has over 20 years specialist experience.
Dr Elsa has focused her clinical work on maternal medicine and successfully achieved the RCOG Maternal Medicine Special Skills Module. She has acquired a vast amount of experience working with high risk obstetric patients and has worked jointly with other specialists to treat patients who have complex medical problems during pregnancy.
During her training she gained experience in Gynaecological Oncology from her time working at St Bartholomew’s, Hammersmith and The Royal Marsden Hospitals in London. Dr Elsa is experienced in both open and laparoscopic surgery and has considerable clinical and operative experience in performing abdominal and vaginal hysterectomies and myomectomies. She is also proficient in the technique of hysteroscopy, both diagnostic and operative for resection of fibroids and the endometrium.
The birth of your baby, whether it is your first or a happy addition to your family, is always a very personal experience and Dr Elsa has built a reputation on providing an experience that is positive and warmly remembered. She supports women’s choices surrounding birth and defines her role in the management of labour and delivery as the clinician who endeavours to achieve safe motherhood. She is a great supporter of vaginal delivery.
Dr Elsa’s work has been published in medical journals and she is a member of the British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society. She was awarded CCT (on the Specialist Register) in the UK. Dr Elsa strives to continue her professional development and has participated in a wide variety of courses in specialist areas, including renal diseases in pregnancy and medical complications in pregnancy.
Dr. Elsa De Menezes Fernandes 's specialty is Gynecology (OBGYN) and currently works as a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynecologist.
She speaks English, Hindi, Urdu, Konkani.
Practicing Locations of Dr. Elsa De Menezes Fernandes
Dr. Elsa De Menezes Fernandes is practicing at Dr. Elsa's New Concept Clinic
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wrote a review 26th Jan 2018
Excellent doctor. Very professional and knowledgeable - by Sid Wahi
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Self-verified patient of Dr. Elsa De Menezes Fernandes
wrote a review 26th Jan 2018
Dr Elsa was my angel sent by God to help me safely deliver my baby girl. I had a complicated pregnancy during the first trimester and never thought I would be able to have a natural birth. Thanks to Dr Elsa, I had the most amazing experience giving birth without any problems whatsoever. - by Claudia Skelhorn
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wrote a review 16th Jan 2018
One of the best gynac i’ve met Dubai. Extremely supportive, approachable and knows her work well. She delivered my first baby and i am very happy with her.
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