Dr. Veronica

Fetal medicine and clinical genetics — reading pedigrees, sequencing genomes, and naming the genes that hadn't been named yet.

GRIPMER, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi, India

Practicing since 2020

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Vision

My vision in genetics is to reach people and make a meaningful difference in their lives. A genetic diagnosis can bring with it uncertainty, fear, and grief—not just for an individual, but for an entire family. I want to help ease that burden by bringing clarity to difficult questions, direction to uncertain paths, and hope where there may have been very little.

To identify disorders early. To treat what can be treated, manage what can be managed, and prevent what can be prevented. And to ensure that every person who could benefit from genetic care has the opportunity to receive it. Because genetics is not merely about finding a diagnosis. It is about transforming knowledge into action, and a diagnosis into a path forward. I aspire to dedicate my life to advancing awareness and access to genetic medicine, and to making India a more genomically literate country—where the power of genetics reaches every person who needs it.

— Dr Veronica Arora

Professional standing

Roles held across national and Delhi-chapter genetics, fetal medicine, and metabolic-disorder societies.

Secretary, Delhi Chapter — ANBAI

Managing Committee Member (National) — ISPAT Society

Treasurer — Delhi SFM

Executive Member — Society of Indian Academy of Medical Genetics

Joint Secretary — ISOPARB Delhi Chapter

Advisory Board Member — Myositis Society of India

Member — UMMID Initiative, Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India

Executive Member — Genetics & Fetal Medicine Committee, AOGD

Executive Member — Genetics & Fetal Medicine Committee, FOGSI

Co-Editor — FOGSI Focus: Fetal Medicine and Genetics

Editor — GRIPMER Newsletter & ISPAT Newsletter

Education & training

From Delhi Public School to the operating theatres of Kolkata's busiest maternity wards, to genetics fellowship in Delhi.

2020 — PRESENT

Consultant & Assistant Professor, Genetics

GRIPMER, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi

SEP 2016 — MAY 2017

Senior Resident, Gynaecology & Obstetrics

Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

SEPTEMBER 2016

MRCOG Part 1

AUG 2013 — AUG 2016

MS, Gynaecology & Obstetrics

Calcutta Medical College, West Bengal

AUG 2006 — FEB 2012

MBBS

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Karnataka

Awards & scholarships

  • Gold Medalist, highest marks in DNB-SS Medical Genetics2019–20
  • Best Resident, DNB Super Specialties — Sir Ganga Ram Hospital2019
  • Best Oral Paper, ISIEM international conference — "The many faces of congenital disorders of glycosylation: from fetal to fatal"2018
  • Scholarship, 4th Introductory Course in Skeletal Dysplasia, Lausanne — sole Indian selectee2019
  • Best Paper, Ganga Ram Journal (CMRP) — "The changing scenario in prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders: genetics to genomics"2019
  • Scholarship & travel grant, SSIEM, Amsterdam2019
  • Best Poster, SIAMG — "CENPJ-related primordial dwarfism: novel phenotype of an old gene"2019
  • Diploma in Gynae & Obstetric Ultrasonography — Ian Donald's USG Workshop2015
Dr. Veronica

— Dr. Veronica

GRIPMER · Sir Ganga Ram Hospital · New Delhi, India

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