Dr. Tella Sunitha
Clinical Geneticist and Fetal Medicine Specialist
Dr. Tella Sunitha MBBS DMCH(PHD) is a Clinical Geneticist-Fetal Medicine specialist. She focuses on the care, treatment and counselling of all the high-risk pregnant women suffering with the more common and rare genetic conditions such as suspected down syndrome, teratogenicity, advanced maternal age and high-risk pregnant women complications.
Dr. Tella Sunitha clinical interests include prenatal screening and diagnosis and Genetic counselling. She has extensive training and experience performing ultrasound screening,Fetal echocardiogram and diagnostic interventional procedures such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling.
Her past and current research focuses on first trimester screening, fetal anomalies. Research focuses is on Prevention of Genetic Disorders.
Teaching experience of 15+years in Clinical Genetics offered to PG Diploma & Clinical genetic certificate course students, PG medical, Dental and nursing students.
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Areas of Expertise
Abnormal Prenatal Diagnosis and counseling.
Pedigree analysis
Fetal interventional procedures
Genetic Screening, Diagnosis and Genetic counselling
High Risk Pregnancy
Medical Complications in Pregnancy
Multiple Pregnancy
Prenatal Diagnosis
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Research Areas
Bad Obstetric History
Prenatal screening and diagnosis for congenital anomalies in high-risk pregnant women.
Congenital heart defects
Repeated abortions
Infertility
Cosanguineous marriages and genetic disorders
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Academic
HOD Clinical Geneticist and Fetal Medicine Specialist. (Institute of Genetics and Hospital for Genetic Diseases)
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Research Publications
Author of 40 publications in both National and International Journals.
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Teaching Experience
Experience of about 12 yrs as Teaching faculty