Sumita Prabhakar

Sumita Prabhakar
Prabhakar at Breast Cancer Awareness Program 2017
Born (1970-05-12) 12 May 1970 (age 54)
Rishikesh, India
NationalityIndian
EducationKendriya Vidyalaya, Rishikesh
Alma materInstitute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
OccupationDoctor
SpouseGurdeep Singh
Websitewww.sumitaprabhakar.com

Sumita Prabhakar is an Indian gynecologist, obstetrics and social medico activist.[1] After graduating from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, she went on to practice at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Malaysia from 1999 to 2001.[2] She returned to India and started practicing at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, Delhi as consultant gynecologist from 2001 to 2002. She serves as the Head of Gynecology at CMI Hospital, Dehradun. She has been organizing free screening and awareness camps for Breast and Cervical cancer since 2014.[3] She served as a president of Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India member body of Dehradun.[4] She has received numerous awards, including the IMA Doctor Achievement Award, Uma Shakti Samman, PNB Hindi Gaurav Samman, Dainik Jagran Medical Excellence Award, Divine Shakti Leadership Award, Youth Icon Award and Medico-Social Activist Award. 

  1. ^ "Rise in breast cancer cases worries doctors". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. ^ "The 3rd Ministry of Health-Academy of Medicine Malaysia Scientific Meeting & International Congress of Medicine in the Tropics was held at the Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur from 1st to 4th November 2000" (PDF). Mjpath.org.my. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  3. ^ "FREE BREAST CANCER SCREENING CAMP IN DEHRADUN". Pioneeredge.in. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. ^ "53rd Annual Report and Statement of Accounts" (PDF). Fogsi.org. Retrieved 14 February 2019.