Mr Ajay Swaminathan

Mr Ajay Swaminathan is a leading consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Cheshire. As a specialist in menopause, gynaecology, reproductive medicine and sexual and reproductive healthcare, he assists patients with a wide range of conditions. Ajay is a Consultant Gynaecologist with his private practice based as Spire Regency Macclesfield along with an online and ‘virtual practice’. His NHS practice is based at Mid Cheshire (Leighton) Hospital and at the Hewitt Fertility Centre (Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Trust). Ajay is on the BMS (British Menopause Society) list of approved menopause specialists. Within the field of Gynaecology, he specialises in Subfertility and Laparoscopic Surgery. He is also the deputy lead for gynaecology oncology at Leighton Hospital and a member of the South Manchester Cancer Network MDT and perform cancer surgeries. He joined Mid Cheshire Hospitals as a consultant in 2012. During his training in the UK, he was in the Mersey rotation. He also attended the Kiel School of Gynaecological Endoscopy in Germany. He is a British Fertility Society accredited specialist in pelvic ultrasound and is also a BFS accredited trainer in pelvic ultrasound. Ajay has received extensive training in transport IVF and has vast experience in laparoscopic procedures (key-hole surgeries) as well as day case procedures including surgeries for ectopic pregnancy, endometriosis, adhesiolysis, ovarian cyst removal, tubal surgery and laparoscopic hysterectomy. In his clinics in addition to patients with general gynaecological problems he consults patients with heavy periods, pelvic masses and fibroids, subfertility, pelvic pain, endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, recurrent miscarriages and menopausal symptoms. At Leighton hospital he implemented the enhanced recovery programme for gynaecological surgery . Ajay was awarded the Diploma in Management in 2012 (University of London – London School of Economics and Political Sciences). He is involved in training candidates for the MRCOG examinations and was an RCOG moderator for the Enhanced Revision Programme. Ajay is the speciality lead for undergraduate medical education at Leighton Hospital with the Manchester Medical School. He is also a trained mentor for newly appointed consultants. He was the Principal Investigator at Leighton Hospital for the GaPP2 trial which is a multi-centre randomised controlled trial looking at Gabapentin for pelvic pain. Ajay has presented research papers in various conferences including the European Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy Conference. He is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and specialist societies including the British Fertility Society and British Menopause Society. Ajay lives in Knutsford with his wife (also an obstetrician gynaecologist) and two sons- both avid cricketers playing in the Cheshire league. The final member of the family is a very vivacious cockapoo.

Menopause  Pelvic pain  Endometriosis  Laparoscopic (key hole surgery) Infertility  Hysterectomy  Laparoscopic Hysterectomy  Heavy periods  Premenstrual syndrome  Polycystic ovarian syndrome - PCOS Vulval pain