Dr. Sunita Varma — Senior Director and Head of Department in Delhi NCR

Dr. Sunita Varma is Senior Director and Head of Department at Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, in the Delhi NCR, with more than 32 years of experience. Her profile records two areas, obstetrics and gynaecology and robotic surgery.

Her operating list covers all three surgical routes. She performs hysterectomy abdominally, laparoscopically and robotically, so the choice of approach is documented rather than assumed. Laparoscopically she also performs myomectomy and endometriosis surgery; hysteroscopically she performs myomectomy and polypectomy. The rest of the list is ovarian cyst surgery, oophorectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy, and she manages ovarian cysts and abnormal uterine bleeding. On the obstetric side she provides advanced obstetric surgical care.

She holds an MBBS and an MD in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Her recognition spans more than a quarter of a century and comes from several directions. She received the Pfizer Postgraduate Award in 1990, near the start of her career, and the Chairman's Award of Max Healthcare in 2004. Her academic recognition is the best paper award of IAGE in 2013, which places her contribution with the gynaecological endoscopy body rather than with a general obstetrics one.

Two later honours are broader. She received the APJ Abdul Kalam Award for Excellence from the Delhi Gynecologist Forum, and in 2018 ET Healthworld named her among the most inspiring gynecologists of North India.