Dr. Kusum Zaveri

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Dr. Kusum Zaveri

Experience :
29 Years
Education :
MBBS M.D D.G.O. D.F.P.
Specialization :
Gynaecologist
Department :

Introduction

  • Hon. Prof. Dept. Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sir Hurkisondas Nurrotamdas Hospital, Mumbai
  • Hon. Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Saifee Hospital,Mumbai
  • Hon. Surgeon at Family Planning Association of India (Bombay Branch).

Prior Position Held

  • Resident House Physician. Dept of Paediatrics . K.E.M. Hospital, Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay(Jan 1964 to June 1964)
  • Resident Accoucher-Sir Wadia Maternity Hospital, Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay(Aug. 1964 to Jan 1965)
  • Resident House Surgeon, Dept. of Obstetric & Gynaecology,.K. E. M. Hospital, Seth G. S. Medical College, Bombay.(Apr. 1965 to Mar. 1966)
  • Registrar in Obstetrics & Gynaecology Sir Wadia N. Maternity Hospital, Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay(1966 to Dec. 1968)
  • Asst. Hon. Prof. In Obstetrics and Gynaecology .K.E.M. Hospital, Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay.(Apr. 1973 to June 1973
  • Family Planning Medical Officer at Indian Air Force 30 E.D. Station, Bombay. (1969 to 1986).
  • Hon. Assistant Associate and Hon. Prof., Grant Medical College, Sir J.J. Group of Hospital (1978 to 1998.)

Fellowships and Memberships

  • Life Member of the Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society, Bombay.
  • Life Member of Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society of India.
  • Life Member of Indian Association of Gynaecological Endoscopists.
  • Founder Member of Indian Association of Sex Educators, Counsellors and Therapists.
  • Life Member of National Association for Voluntary Sterilization of India.
  • Founder Member of National Academy of Juvenile and Adolecent Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
  • Life member of Indian Association of Fertility and Sterility.
  • Member of American Association of Gynaecological Laparoscopist.
  • Member of Indian Medical Association.
  • Member of Indian Association of Medical Women.

Awards and Achievements

  • Two commentation from Indian Air force.
  • Award from Government of Maharashtra for outstanding performance in family planning.
  • Jagrut Mahila Award from B.M.C. 2009

Unique Contribution

Research Projects of ICMR (Principal investigator of ICMR, Grant Medical College at J.J. Hospital) :

  • Phase II Clinical Trial with Methyl Cynoacrylate (MCA) Delivered through single application (FEMCEPT device) for Female Sterilisation.
  • Phase II Clinical Trial with NETOEN 200 Mg. Given every or 3 Months.
  • Phase III Clinical Trial with NETOEN in post MTOP Cases.
  • Return of Fertility following discontinuation of Injectable contraceptive NETOEN 200 Mg.
  • Phase II clinical trial with PGE 2 Gel for Termination of early pregnancy upto 14 days from last menstrual period.
  • Phase III clinical trial with MORPLANT 2.
  • Randomised Clinical trial with different types of IUCD with Levonorgestrol CuT 380 Ag., 220 CuT and 200 CuT.
  • Randomised Clinical trial with PGE2 Vaginal suppository for Menstrual induction.
  • Clinical Trial with PGE 2 Gel for cervical priming.
  • Phase III clinical trial with sulprostone (im) for second trimester M.T.P.
  • Phase III Clinical Trial with Norplant 2.- Post Partum centres.
  • Return of Fertility, following Norplant after removal.
  • Return of Fertility following I.U.D. removal following clinical trials with various types of I.U.D.S.
  • Randomised Clinical Trial with Isptent and Lamicel & PGE2 Gel for Cervical Dilatation for 1st Trimester M.T.P.
  • Comparative study with pregcolour accuclone and Gravindex for missed menstrual period upto 2 to 12 days.
  • Evaluation of pregnancy Test Kit G Test 30.
  • Pre-programme Introductory study with Norplant 2.
  • Epidemiologic study of Ectopic pregnancy.
  • Failure of Tubal Sterilisation.
  • Qualitative Evaluation of Family welfare & MCH services at PHC Level.
  • Phase III Randomised Clinical Trial with Centchroman Mala-D & CuT 200 mm 2.
  • Implementation of family welfare and MCH services at PHC level with existing resources.
  • Termination of 2nd trimester pregnancy by vaginal administration of 9 methelene PGE 2 Gel (5mg).

List of Publications:

  • Case report of Chorea Gravidourun. Indian Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetric, 25, 430, 1965.
  • Total dose Iron-Dextran Complex Therapy in 514 cases. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences, 191, April 1970.
  • Role of Antihtstamics in Preventing side effects of Iron-Dextran Complex, Indian Journal of Medical Sciences, 200, April 1070.
  • Total dose Iron-Dextran Therapy in 184 cases of pregnancy Aneamia. Indian Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetric, October, 1969.
  • Phase II Randomized contraceptive clinical trial of Norplant R.
  • ICMR National Programme of Research in Human Reproduction: Task Force on Hormonal contraception. Phase II Randomized comparative clinical trial of Norplant R (six capsules) with Norplant R-2 (two covered rods) subderma implants for longterm contraception: Report of 24-months study. Contraception 33:233, 1986.
  • Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): Task force on IUD. Randomized clinical trial with intrauterine devices (levonorgestrel intra-uterine devices, CuT-380 Ag, CuT-220 C and CuT-200 mm2)-A 36 month study (Submitted for publication, Contraception, 1989).
  • Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) National Programme of Research in Human Reproduction : Task Force on Hormonal Contraception. Comprative evaluation of contraceptive efficacy of norethisterone oenanthate (200 mg) injectable contraceptive given every two or three monthly. Comtraception, 30: 561-574, 1984.
  • Phase III-Clinical, Trial, with Norplant R-2 (covered Rods) Reports of A24-months study.
  • Evaluation of Failure of Sterilization Indian Journal of Obstetric & Gynaecology Vol XXXVIII, No. 3 June, 1988.
  • Gopalkrishnan, K., Zaveri, K. and Hinduja, I.N. (1989) Ciliated Cells Index: A guide to functional status of fallopian tube. Indian Journal of Obstet Gynaecol., 39, 539.
  • Hinduja, I.N., Zaveri, K., Karamchandani, V.S., et al. (1994) Fertilization by micromanipulation. J. of Indian Aca of Hum Reprod., 2, 4.
  • Hinduja, I.N. and Zaveri, K. (1994) Infertility Medical Review, Quarterly, published & issued by Reptakos, Brett & Co Ltd. Mumbai.
  • Hinduja, I.N. and Zaveri, K. (1995) Assisted fertilization by Micro-manipulation. Proceeding of conference of society of reproductive biology, Mumbai.
  • Hinduja, I.N., Minbattiwalla, M. B. and Zaveri, K. (1998) Fertilizing Potential of oocyte. Assisted Reproduction Review., 8, 59.
  • Zaveri, K., Hinduja, I.N., Nilesh Shah., et al. (1998) The Role of Transvaginal Color Doppler Sonography in Assisted Reproductive Techniques. Transvaginal Sonography in Infertility., Edited by Gautam Allahbadia, Published by Deepak R. Shah pg. 48-52.
  • Hinduja, I.N. and Zaveri, K. (1998) Transvaginal Sonography in Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART). Transvaginal Sonography in Infertility., Edited by Gautam Allahbadia, Published by Deepak R. Shah pg. 491-495.
  • Hinduja, I.N., Zaveri, K., Kharas, F., et al. (1999) Manual for human in vitro fertilization. Embryo transfer and gamete intra-fallopian transfer. Published by Inkus IVF Centre.
  • Hinduja, I.N., Zaveri, K. and Puri, C.P. (2000) Need and feasibility of providing assisted technologies for infertility management in resource-poor setting 20. ICMR Bulletin., 30, 55.
  • S, Kundan., Hinduja, I.N., Zaveri, K., et al. Microdelesion of Y Chromosome in male infertility. Indian. J. Medical Research., In Press.
  • Punam Nagvenkar, Kundan Desai, Indira Hinduja, Zaveri. K., Chromosomal studies in infertile men with oligozoospermia and non-obstructive azoospermia Indian J. Med Res 122 July, 2005 pp 34-42
  • Punam Nagvenkar, Zaveri K., Indira Hinduja "Comparison of the sperm aneuploidy rate in severe oligozoospermic and oligozoospermic men and its relation to intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcome" Fertility and Sterility Vol. 84, No 4 October 2005, 925 -931.
  • Deepa Bharitya, Neeraj Kumar, Indira Hinduja, Zaveri K. and Chander P. Puri. et al. Derivation of Human Embryonic Stem cell lines for Therapeutic Use.Proceedings International Symposium Stem Cells Premises & Promises for Research & Therapeutics, 2005 (57 -59).
  • Bhartiya D, Kumar N, Hinduja I, Zaveri K and Puri CP. Stem Cells and Their Therapeutic Potential Annals of National Academy of Medical Sciences, (2005). 41(3& 4), 93- 102.
  • Neeraj Kumar, Indira Hinduja, Punam Nagvenkar, Lakshmi Pillai, Zaveri K., Leena Mukadam, Jyoti Telang, Sadhana Desai, Vijay Mangoli, Ranjana Mangoli, Shreyas Padgaonkar, Gurvinder Kaur, Chander Puri, and Deepa Bhartiya,, Derivation and Characterization of Two Genetically Unique Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines on In-House-Derived Human Feeders Stem Cell Dev, (2008) Aug 12. (In Press).
  • Deepa Bhartiya, William Ritchie, Indira Hinduja, Pandit Nandedkar, Zaveri K., Leena Mukadam, Paru Chohan, Archana Patwardhan, Punam Nagvenkar, Neeraj Kumar, Pollyanna Tat, Nadine M. Richings and Paul J Verma, Human Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer and Parthenogenesis: Preliminary Indian Experience..J Stem Cells, (2008), 3(4);, pp. 255-264.
  • Indira N. Hinduja, Zaveri K. , Nishitha Baliga "Human Sperm Centrin Levels and Outcome of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) – A Pilot Study", Indian Journal of Medical Research, 128, Nov. 2008, pp 606-610.
  • Rosario G, Katkam R, Joshi S, Modi D, Manjramkar D, Hinduja I.N, Zaveri K, Puri C, Sachdeva G. Expression of endometrial protein Kinase A During early pregnancy in Bonnet Monkeys (Macaca radiata). Biology of Reproduction 81, 1172-1181(2009)
  • Hinduja I.N, Nishitha B Baliga, Zaveri K. Correlation of human sperm centrosomal proteins with fertility, J Hum Reprod Sci J Hum Reprod Sci. 2010 May-Aug; 3(2): 95–101. doi: 10.4103/0974-1208.69344
  • Parte SC, Bhartiya D, Telang J, Daithankar VV, Salvi V, Zaveri K, Hinduja I. N. Detection, Characterization and Spontaneous Differentiation in vitro of Very Small Embryonic-like Putative Stem Cells in Adult Mammalian Ovary. Stem Cells Dev. 2011 Feb 3. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Punam Nagvenkar & Prasad Pethe & Harsha Pawani & Jyoti Telang & Neeraj Kumar & Hinduja I.N. & Zaveri K. & Deepa Bhartiya, Evaluating differentiation propensity of in-house derived human embryonic stem cell line KIND-1 and KIND-2, Received: 5 January 2011 / Accepted: 20 April 2011 / Editor: T. Okamoto The Society for In Vitro Biology 2011.
  • Deepa Bhartiya, Ambreen Shaikh, Punam Nagvenkar, Sandhya Kasiviswanathan, Prasad Pethe,Harsha Pawani, Sujata Mohanty, S.G.A. Rao, Zaveri K., and Hinduja I. N. "Very Small Embryonic- like Stem Cells with Maximum Regenerative Potential get Discarded during Cord Blood Banking and Bone Marrow Processing for Autologous Stem Cell Therapy" Stem Cells Development Volume 00, Number 0, 2011 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.DOI: 10.1089/scd.2011.0311
  • Rashmi Bhilawadikar, Zaveri K., Leena Mukadam, Shilpa Naik, Ketan Kamble, Deepak Modi, Hinduja I. N. (22nd March, 2013) "Levels of Tektin 2 and CatSper 2 in normozoospermic and Oligoasthenozoospermic men and its association with motility, fertilization rate, embryo quality and pregnancy rate J. Assist. Reprod. Genet (Springer Science + Business Media New York 2013 DOI 10.1007/s10815-013-9972-6
  • Aditi S. Ambekara, Raja Sekhar Nirujogib,c, Srinivas M. Srikanthb,c, Sandip Chavanb, Dhanashree S. Kelkarb, Hinduja I. N., Zaveri K T.S. Keshava Prasadb,c,H.C. Harshab, Akhilesh Pandey Srabani Mukherjeea, (24 May 2013) " Proteomic analysis of human follicular fluid: A new perspective towards understanding folliculogenesis" Journal of proteomics 87 (2013) 68 – 77
  • Sanjukta Sen, Abhijit Dixit, Chitra Thakur, Jyotsna Gokral , Hinduja I.N., Zaveri K. Kumarasamy Thangaraj, Deepak Modi (2013). Association of progesterone receptor gene polymorphism with male infertility and clinical outcome of ICSI. J Assist Reprod Genet 30:1133–1139 DOI 10.1007/s10815-013-0074-2.
  • Seema Parte, Deepa Bhartiya, Hiren Patel, Vinita Daithankar, Anahita Chauhan, Zaveri K., Hinduja I.N., Dynamics associated with spontaneous differentiation of ovarian stem cells in vitro Journal of Ovarian Research 2014, 7:25 doi:10.1186/1757-2215-7-25.
  • Hinduja, I. N. Kapadia, Kayomars; Udwadia, Farokh; Bhilawadikar, Rashmi; Adhe, Arati; Zaveri, K. (2015) Unusual presentation of endometriosis with hemorrhagic ascites – A case report accepted Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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  • Deepa Bhartiya,1 Seema Parte,1 Hiren Patel,1 Kalpana Sriraman,1 Zaveri K. and Hinduja I.N. (2016), "Novel Action of FSH on Stem Cells in Adult Mammalian Ovary Induces Postnatal Oogenesis and Primordial Follicle Assembly" Review Article Volume 2016 Article ID 5096596, 13 pages https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5096596
  • S. Sen, P. Ambulkar, Hindu I.N., Zaveri K. , J. Gokral, A. Pal & D. Modi "Susceptibility of gr/gr rearrangements to azoospermia or oligozoospermia is dependent on DAZ and CDY1 gene copy deletions" Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics Official Publication of ALPHA, Scientists in Reproductive Medicine J Assist Reprod Genet DOI 10.1007/s10815-015-0520-4, Received: 20 February 2015 /Accepted: 17 June 2015 # Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015.
  • Sanjukta Sen a , Rupesh Agarwal a , Prafulla Ambulkar b , Hinduja I.N. c , Zaveri K. (2015) c , Jyotsna Gokral d , Asoke Pal b , Deepak Modi a, "Deletion of GOLGA2P3Y but not GOLGA2P2Y is a risk factor for oligozoospermia" Reproductive Biomedicine.
  • Aditi S. Ambekar, Dhanashree S. Kelkar, Sneha M. Pinto, Rakesh Sharma, Hinduja I. N., Zaveri K, Akhilesh Pandey, T. S. Keshava Prasad, Harsha Gowda, Srabani Mukherjee, Proteomics of Follicular Fluid from Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrom Suggests Molecular Defects in Follicular Development, J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Feb;100(2):744- 53 doi: 10.1210/jc.2014-2086. Epub 2014 Nov 13.
  • Vrushali Sagare-Patil, Rashmi Bhilawadikar, Mosami Galvankar, Zaveri K., Hinduja I. N. Deepak Modi (2017). Progesterone requires heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) in human sperm to regulate motility and acrosome reaction. J Assist Reprod Genet DOI 10.1007/s10815-017-0879-5
  • Amruta D. S. Pathare, Hinduja I. N.,  Zaveri K., (2017), Downregulation of genes related to immune and inflammatory response in IVF implantation failure cases under controlled ovarian stimulation  Received: 29 December 2016 ! Accepted: 28 February 2017,  Am J Reprod Immunol. 2017;e12679.

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