Profile Summary

Medical Qualification: M.B.B.S., MD (Obs & Gynae)

Designation at JHRC: Consultant, Assisted Reproduction & Genetics

Years of Experience: 26 years 

Areas of Expertise:  

  • Managing poor responders 
  • Recurrent implantation failures 
  • High risk Obstetrics 
  • Recurrent pregnancy losses 

Introduction:

Dr. Sapna Agarwal is an accomplished fertility specialist working professionally and tirelessly towards helping couples seeking to conceive. Along with extensive experience in fertility management, she also ensures that patients are effectively and compassionately cared during each visit. She is adept at empathising with the patients, alleviating their anxiety with excellent communication, problem solving skills and positive attitude. 

After completion of MD (Obs & Gynae ) in 1997,  she had extensive training in Laparoscopy and worked at some reputed hospitals of Kochi, Kerala. Married to an Defence (Indian Navy) officer, she has had several opportunities to work in various hospitals across India as an independent consultant. She joined the Dept. of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Jaslok Hospital in 2006 and since then has been practising fertility management.  

Apart from fertility management and IVF, she also practices high-risk Obstetrics. All pregnant patients following IVF are closely monitored by her. She has, to her credit, tackled many problems associated with pregnant IVF patients. 
Her interests include reproductive endocrinology, latest advances in fertility preservation/management, evaluation and treatment of patients with repeated implantation failures/miscarriages.  

Her hobbies include music, reading, travelling and cooking. She practices yoga and meditation to keep fit. 

Awards & Publications:

Publications:

Original Articles: 

  • Parikh Firuza R, Sawkar Sujatha G, Agarwal Sapna, Makwana Prashant K, Khandeparkar Meenal S, Naik Nandkishor J, Sanap Mangesh V, Joshi Spruha P, Athalye Arundhati S. A novel method of intraovarian instillation of platelet rich plasma to improve reproductive outcome in young Indian women with diminished ovarian reserve. Global Reproductive Health: Summer 2022;7(2): e59 doi: 10.1097/GRH.0000000000000059.  
  •  Mamta Katakdhond, Shubhada Khandeparkar, Trupti Kharosekar, Sapna Agarwal, Firuza Parikh. Platelet Rich Plasma – An emerging therapy for endometrial regeneration. ISAR 2018, Kolkata, pp 111. 

Research Posters: 

  • Jyotshna Palgamkar, Sapna Agarwal, Nilesh Shah, Deepak Sanghavi, Flavia Almeida, Trupti Mehta, Dhananjay Kulkarni, Arundhati Athalye, Firuza Parikh. Declining trends of AMH levels in Indian women of reproductive age group: The Jaslok Experience. ASRM 2019. Fertil Steril 2019:112(3), supl e386 P659. 
  •  Firuza Parikh, Madhavi Panpalia, Trupti Mehta, Sujatha Sawkar, Anahita Pandole, Sangeeta Deshmukh, Sapna Agarwal, Chitrlekha Ishwar, Mamta Katakdhond, Havovi Presswala, Jyptshna Palgamkar, Meenal Khandeparkar. The effect of genital TB in Indian women on endometrial receptivity status. FRM 2019, New York, November 2019. 
  •  Meenal Khandeparkar, Trupti Mehta, Sujatha Sawkar, Sapna Agarwal, Mamta Katakdhond, Nandkishor Naik, Mangesh Samnap, Prashant Makwana, Pratiksha Khandare, Firuza Parikh. Instillation of ovarian platelet rich plasma for enhancing reproductive outcome: The Jaslok experience. FRM 2019, November 2019. 
  • Jyotshna Palgamkar, Arundhati Athalye, Dhanashree Warang, Sapna Agarwal, Prochi Madon, Firuza Parikh. Case Report: Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Cancer syndrome. E-poster presented at the Board of Genetic Counseling India's 6th Annual International Conference on Genomics and Genetic Counseling: Value in Health Care” July 2021, BGCI-00104. 
  •  Arundhati Athalye, Dhanashree Warang, Rupesh Sanap, Sapna Agarwal, Prochi Madon and Firuza Parikh. Preimplantation genetic testing and genetic counseling in a couple with identical seven variants of uncertain significance in the HYDIN gene. E-poster presented at the Board of Genetic Counseling India's 7th Annual International Conference on Genetic counseling Across Various Medical Specialties, vitual, 1-3 July 2022 (Third E-poster Prize). 

Memberships:

  • MOGS
  • FOGSI
  • IFS 
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