Miss Dr Bharati Thakar

Ranee Thakar is a Subspecialist in Urogynaecology and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Croydon University Hospital as well as a Honorary Senior Lecturer at St George’s University of London. She became President of the RCOG on December 9, 2022. In recognition of her leadership, she was awarded the President’s Award for Outstanding Leadership by the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin in 2023. She is the past President of the International Urogynecological Association and was awarded the Distinguished Service Award in 2022. She has received several honorary fellowships: Indian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons, Japanese College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She was listed in the Health Service Journal as one of the 50 most influential Black, Asian, and minority ethnic people in health in 2024. Ranee works in a busy tertiary referral urogynaecology department at Croydon University Hospital, with a large clinical workload. She is actively involved in the conservative and surgical management of pelvic floor disorders (bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction and prolapse). Ranee is the Lead for the urogynaecology service at her Trust which is accredited by the British Society of Urogynaecology. Ranee has experience across a wide range of areas within obstetrics and gynaecology including psychosexual medicine, female genital mutilation (FGM) and the prevention and management of obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI). Training Miss Thakar completed her basic medical training in India prior to moving to the UK. She obtained her MRCOG degree in 1994. Subsequently, she took up a research post in St George’s Hospital and Medical School. The research involved studying bowel, bladder and sexual function following hysterectomy. This led to a landmark paper which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine and to a Doctorate (MD) from the University of London. In 2001 she completed her subspecialty training in urogynaecology under the auspices of Professor Stuart Stanton. Qualifications 2013: FRCOG 2009: Diploma in Psychosexual Medicine, London 2003: MD (University of London) 2002: Urogynaecology subspecialist accreditation 1994: MRCOG 1987: MB BS (Karnataka University, India) Research Miss Thakar is passionate about research and recognises its role in advancing health. Ranee has an impressive academic profile with over 200 publications and has made a significant contribution to improving perineal trauma outcomes by training obstetricians and midwives to provide safer maternity care for women globally.

Urogynaecology, Childbirth Trauma, Sexual Dysfunction, General Gynaecology, Incontinence, Prolapse, Bladder dysfunction