Clinical Experience

• Having completed 5 years of training and lecturer ship in Obstetrics & Gynaecology in India, I moved to the UK for further specialized training in the field of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery.
• I was appointed a Subspecialty Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at the Central Manchester University Hospitals (Manchester, UK) in 2007 until 2011.
• Following this I moved to Bangalore, India and joined as the head of the department of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at the Fortis Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road in 2011.
• I started the Department of Infertility, Assisted Reproduction & Gynae Minimal Access Surgery, CREATION, at Fortis.
• In the last 30+ years, I have performed more than 5000 cycles of Ovulation Induction +/- IUI, 4000+ cycles of IVF / ICSI, and have expertise in the entire gamut of Infertility therapy.
• I have also performed more than 4500 laparoscopic and hysteroscopic procedures including hysterectomies, cyst removals, endometriosis management and fibroid removal.

Publications

Original Papers & Review Articles:

• M R PalepSingh, S B Patil - Burden of Diabetes on pregnancy in the infertile population in the Indian subcontinent: an observational study - Fertil Steril Vol 110, Issue 4, E245, 2018 (Sep)
• M R PalepSingh, S B Patil - Fertility outcomes in women post surgery for endometriosis - Fertil Steril, Vol 110, Issue 4, Suppl E394, 2018 (Sep)
• Jones GL, Palep-Singh M, Ledger WL, Balen AH, Jenkinson C, Campbell MJ, Lashen H: Do South Asian women with PCOS have poorer health-related quality of life than Caucasian women with PCOS? A comparative cross-sectional study. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2010 Dec 20;8:149. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-149
• Palep-Singh M, Varghese S: PCOS – Unravelling the enigma. BIDA journal, Dec 2010
• Palep-Singh M, Gupta S: Endometriosis – Associations with Menopause, HRT and Cancers. Menopause Int. 2009 Dec; 15(4):169-74. Review
• Palep-Singh M, Picton H, Yates Z, Barth JH, Balen AH: Plasma homocysteine concentrations and the single nucleotide polymorphism in the methionine synthase gene (MTR 2756A>G): associations with polycystic ovary syndrome. A pilot observational study Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2008 Jun; 138(2):180-6 Epub 2008 Feb 20
• Palep-Singh M, Sinha A: Taking a sexual history. Obstet Gynaecol Reprod Med 2008; 18 (2): 49-50
• Palep-Singh M, Picton HM, Barth JH, Balen AH: Ethnic variations in the distribution of obesity and biochemical metabolic abnormalities in fertility clinic attenders. J Reprod Med 2008; 53:117-123
• Palep-Singh M, Picton HM, Yates ZR, Barth JH, Vrotsou K, Balen AH: Ethnic variations in determinants of homocysteine metabolism in polycystic ovary syndrome. Abstract: O 03; Page 42; Fertility 2007, Biennial Joint Meeting of the UK Fertility Societies, York
• Palep-Singh M, Vrotsou K, Picton H, Balen A: South Asian women with polycystic ovary syndrome exhibit greater sensitivity to gonadotropin stimulation and reduced fertilization rates than their white Caucasian counterparts. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2007; 134: 202–207
• Palep-Singh, Vrotsou K, Balen AH: Frozen Embryo Replacement cycles – analysis of factors influencing pregnancy outcomes. J Obstet Gynaecol India 2007 May/June; 57(3): 240-244
• Palep-Singh M, Picton HM, Yates Z, Balen A: Polycystic ovary syndrome and the single nucleotide polymorphisms of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase: a pilot observational study. Hum Fertil (Camb). 2007 Mar; 10(1): 33-41
• Palep-Singh M, Mook K, Barth J, Balen A: An observational study on the use of Yasmin in the management of women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care. 2004 Jul; 30(3): 163-5
• Jones GL, Ledger WL, Singh M, Balen A et al: The Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Health Related Quality of life Questionnaire (PCOSQ): a validation. Hum Reprod. 2004 Feb; 19(2): 371-7
• Palep MH, Palep HS: Wertheim’s Hysterectomy – Operative Management of Early Cervical Carcinoma. Bombay Hospital Journal, 1997; Vol. 39(1): 155-158
• Palep MH: Effects of plasma oestradiol levels on increases in vertebral and femoral bone density following therapy with E2 and E2+T implants. OVERVIEW: For clinicians who care - Hormone Replacement therapy, June 1994 (A publication of the Bombay Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society, Bombay)
• Palep MH, Salvi VS: Recent Advances in Contraception – How advanced are we? Bombay Hospital Journal, 1994; Vol. 36(4): 157-60
• 1. Palep HS, Palep MH et al: Effectiveness of P-5 (Ayurvedic) Vaginal Pessaries in Vaginitis. Bombay Hospital Journal, 1992; Vol. 34(2): 88-92

Prizes Awarded

• 2nd prize: State of Maharashtra Board exams for the National language Hindi (A levels)-1985
• 1st Prize: Microbiology (II nd MBBS, Mumbai University exams) - 1988
• 1st Prize: Obstetrics and Gynaecology (III rd MBBS, Mumbai University exams) - 1989
• 1st prize: Bhargava Competitive exams in Obstetrics and Gynaecology - 1989
• 1st prize: Best paper presentation at the annual BOGS Conference- 1992 Clinical markers in the Prenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies.
• FOGSI Junior Clinician travel award – IVF/ICSI workshop, Singapore – May1994
• Travel Bursary award – British Fertility Society - April 2002
• Clinical Excellence award for Outstanding Emergency Gynaecology service – Saint Mary’s University Hospital – April 2010
• Doctor of the Year Award (Service Excellence Award) – Council for Satellite and Media Broadcasting, India – June 2013