Dr Bijoy K Balakrishnan
Senior Consultant, Programme Director Department of Fetal Medicine
Senior fetal medicine specialist with over 19 years of experience in prenatal diagnosis, fetal imaging, and fetal therapy. Lead consultant at a high-volume tertiary fetal medicine unit managing complex pregnancies and fetal interventions. Extensive academic involvement with more than 450 invited lectures nationally and internationally, multiple publications, and leadership roles in national fetal medicine organizations.
Advanced Fetal Imaging
• Targeted fetal ultrasound
• Fetal echocardiography
• Fetal neurosonogram
Prenatal Diagnostic Procedures
• Amniocentesis
• Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)
• Fetal blood sampling
Fetal Therapeutic Procedures
• Intrauterine fetal blood transfusion
• Selective fetal reduction
• Thoracocentesis
• Thoraco-amniotic shunting
• Fetoscopy
• Member – National Board Specialist Committee for Maternal & Fetal Medicine
• Past President – Society of Fetal Medicine (Kerala)
• Executive Member – First Trimester Screening Committee (2015)
• Executive Member – Fetal Cardiology Working Group (2015)
• Former Assistant Editor – Journal of Fetal Medicine (2016)
• Ultrasound Trainer – FMF India (since 2016 )

