Brief Profile:
Dr. Aanchal Sablok is a highly experienced specialist in the field of
Fetal Medicine, with over a decade of clinical, academic and in research expertise in managing complex Fetal conditions. She has an extensive experience in performing advanced Fetal ultrasonography across all trimesters of pregnancy.
She has a keen interest in managing higher order pregnancy conditions like twins and triplets. She is well trained to perform Fetal Echocardiography and Fetal Neurosonography across all trimesters of pregnancy. She is also well trained in performing prenatal diagnostic procedures like chorionic villous sampling (CVS), amniocentesis, fetal reduction procedures, intrauterine transfusion procedures and management of complicated twin pregnancies.
She believes in evidence based practice and her approach combines comprehensive maternal and Fetal medicine care for the unborn. She is extremely passionate about her patients and and believes in compassionate counselling, ensuring patients and families are supported through out complex decision –making processes.
Dr Aanchal Sablok is actively involved in teaching and research, with multiple national and international publications to her credit and contributions to textbooks. She has a keen interest in teaching and is actively involved in national and international CMEs and conferences.
Her clinical interest includes Maternal Fetal medicine, prenatal diagnosis of Fetal anomalies, Fetal therapy, recurrent pregnancy loss, with a strong commitment to delivering personalised, ethical, and patient centred care.
Qualifications:
- MBBS (VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi), 2009
- M.S [(Obstetrics and Gynaecology), VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi], 2013
- DNB (National board of Education), 2014
- Awarded honorary Contract Observership in the Department of Fetal Medicine, University hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, United Kingdom. 2016
- Fellowship in Fetal Medicine (FMF UK accredited) 2018
- Awarded Fellowship of Indian College of Maternal and Child Health (FICMCH, 2022)
Areas of Expertise:
Fetal medicine Foundation (FMF), UK certified for,
1. First Trimester Screening
2. Anomaly certification.
3. Fetal Doppler and Growth scans
4. Cervical screening.
5. Pre-eclampsia screening.
Well trained to do Invasive Fetal procedures and Therapy (Amniocentesis; Chorionic Villous sampling (CVS); Fetal reductions; Intra-uterine transfusions; Fetal therapy in Twin pregnancy etc.
Certificate course in Fetal Neurosonography.
Work Experience:
- Worked as a Senior Resident in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, VMMC and Safdarjung hospital, New Delhi.
- Worked as a Senior Clinical Fellow in the department of Fetal Medicine, Apollo Centre for Fetal Medicine and therapy.
- Worked as an Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at PGIMSR, ESI Basaidarapur and at SGT Medical College.
- Worked as a Consultant Fetal Medicine at Apollo Centre for Fetal Medicine and at Apollo Cradle and Children’s Hospital, New Delhi.
Memberships:
- Association of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Delhi, FOGSI
- Fetal Medicine Foundation(UK)
- Society of Fetal Medicine(India)
- National Association Reproductive and Child Health of India (NARCHI).
Publications:
- Clinical research and thesis on “Supplementation of Vitamin D in pregnancy and its correlation with feto-maternal outcome”, from January, 2011 to May, 2013.
- “Supplementation of Vitamin D in pregnancy and its correlation with feto-maternal outcome.” Aanchal Sablok, Aruna Batra, Karishma Thariani, Achla Batra, Rekha Bharti, Abha Rani Aggarwal, B C Kabi, Harish Chellani. Clinical Endocrinology (Oxf.).2015 Oct;83(4):536-41. doi: 10.1111/cen.12751. (First and Corresponding author, Impact Factor: 3.353) (PMID:25683660)
- “Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy: An independent risk factor for increased maternal and foetal co-morbidities.” Aanchal Sablok, Aruna Batra, Achla Batra, Deeksha Joshi, Abha Aggarwal, B C Kabi, Harish Chellani. International Journal of Health Sciences and Research (IJHSR) 2017; 7(2):57-63. (First and corresponding author). (Impact factor: 3.624)
- “Adnexal Masses in Pre-Menopausal Women: A Diagnostic Dilemma” Achla Batra, Aanchal Sablok. AOGD Bulletin. 2016; 15(9): 46-49.
- “Isolated fetal ascites: Etiology and prognosis- A ten years experience from a tertiary referral care centre in India.” Aanchal Sablok, Akshatha Sharma, Rachna Gupta, Seema Thakur, Anita Kaul. Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons (JIAPS). 2020(First Author).
- “Spontaneous uterine perforation secondary to uterine Malignant mixed mullerian tumor (MMMT) in a young unmarried female of north Indian origin: case report and review of literature.” Aanchal Sablok, Anjali Dabral, Achla Batra, Rekha Bharti, Rupali Dewan. The Southeast Asian Journal of Case Report and Review (SEAJCRR) 2015; 4(4): 1891-1900. (First and Corresponding author, Impact factor: 0.421).
- “Prenatal Diagnosis of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: A Case Study and Review of Literature. Aanchal Sablok, Seema Thakur, Akshatha Sharma, Anita Kaul. Journal of Fetal Medicine. 2020 Dec;7(4): 301–306. (First Author) (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40556- 020-00278-z
- “Endometrial stromal nodule: a rare case report.” Shreya Bhattarai, Taru Gupta, Jagriti Bhardwaj, Aanchal Sablok. Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol. 2020 May;9(5):2170-2173. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20201828)
- “Postpartum atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome: a rare clinical entity.” Aanchal Sablok, Taru Gupta, Sangeeta Gupta, R. K. Duggal, Amrita Tiwari. Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Aug;8(8):3409-3413. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20193576) (First author).
- Performance of second-trimester maternal biochemistry screening (quadruple test vs. triple test) for trisomy 21: An Indian experience. Aanchal Sablok, Akshatha Sharma, Chanchal Singh Ahmed & Anita Kaul. Indian J Med Res 154, November 2021, pp 716-722 DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1034_19 (First author)
- Inherited Thrombophilia and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss— Screening and Management. Chapter number 7. Book entitled: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss. Published in October 2022.
