Aparna Hegde MD, DNB, FCPS, DGO, MS

Dr. Aparna Hegde is the Founder, Chairperson, and Managing Trustee of ARMMAN. During her medical residency, Dr. Hegde witnessed closely how pervasive systemic problems led to preventable maternal and child mortality and morbidity. Unable to tolerate the status quo, she founded ARMMAN while completing her medical training in the US. 

Dr. Hegde is an internationally renowned Urogynecologist. She is an Associate Professor (Hon) of Urogynecology and is setting up the upcoming Department of Urogynecology at Cama Hospital, Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India’s first comprehensive Center of Excellence in the field. She is also the Founder and Director of the Center for Urogynecology and Pelvic Health, Delhi, and a Consultant Urogynecologist at Global Hospital, Surya Hospital, and Women’s Hospital, Mumbai. 

Dr. Hegde is an avid researcher with multiple research awards with the best paper award at the American Urogynecological Society Annual Meeting in 2013 and more than 75 publications and abstracts in peer-reviewed journals She is an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of 3D and 2D sonographic assessment of the pelvic floor and is invited as an expert to conduct workshops and round tables on her research work at the IUGA (International Urogynecology Association) and AUGS (American Urogynecology Society) annual meetings since the last five years and last year’s FIGO conference. Her protocols in 2D and 3D imaging of slings are being used in multiple US and Canadian Universities. 

She was recently awarded the highly prestigious NIH (National Institute of Health, US) grant for her field study on bladder health in adolescent girls. She was also awarded the Fellowship of the Sri Lankan Menopause Society in 2019, the 2 and international dignitary to be awarded the same, for contributions made to develop Urogynecology in Sri Lanka.