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{{short description|Indian gynaecologist, obstetrician and medical writer}}
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| birth_date = 23 December 1924
| birth_place = Bubak, India
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| occupation = Gynaecologist<br>Obstetrician
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| known for = Gynaecology
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| parents = Tecklaand Hotchand<br>Leelawati
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''Vera Hingorani''' is an Indian gynaecologist, obstetrician, medical writer and the former professor and head of the department of gynaecology and obstetrics at the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi|All India Institute of Medical Sciences]]. She is a former honorary gynaecologist and obstetrician to [[Indira Gandhi]], deceased Indian prime minister, and [[Pratibha Patil]], the former president of India.<ref name="The Growth Restricted Baby Of The Tropics">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1bTSU2Nr19wC&q=Vera+Hingorani&pg=PP11 | title=The Growth Restricted Baby Of The Tropics | publisher=New Age International | author=Mini Sood | year=2005 | pages=155 | isbn=9788122416411}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1984.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Vera Hingorani was born on 23 December 1924 at Bubak in India to Tecklaand Hotchand and Lilawati and graduated in medicine from the [[Lady Hardinge Medical College]] in 1947.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} After specialising in gynecology and obstetrics, she joined the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi|All India Institute of Medical Sciences]], New Delhi in 1959 and rose in ranks to head the gynecology and obstetrics department, a post she held till 1986.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} After superannuation from the AIIMS, she joined Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} in 1987, worked there till 1996 and returned to AIIMS in 1997 to work as a consultant.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

Hingorani is a former clinical director at the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) and has written several articles and medical papers on the topic of gynecology and Obstetrics.<ref name="The Growth Restricted Baby Of The Tropics" /> She is an honorary fellow (1977) of the [[American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]]<ref name="ACM Service Awards and Honorary Fellowships">{{cite web | url=http://www.acog.org/About-ACOG/ACOG-Departments/Resource-Center/ACM-Service-Awards--and--Honorary-Fellowships | title=ACM Service Awards and Honorary Fellowships | publisher=American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists | date=2015 | access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> and an elected fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]],<ref name="List of Fellows - NAMS">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows - NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> She received the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] from the [[Government of India]] in 1984.<ref name="Padma Awards" />

Hingorani is involved with ''Operation ASHA'', a [[non governmental organization]] working for eradicating tuberculosis from India, as a member of their management team.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} She is married to I. B. Hingorani and lives in the [[Greater Kailash]] area of [[New Delhi]].<ref name="Constituency details">{{cite web | url=http://ceodelhi.gov.in/WriteReadData/AssemblyConstituencyEng/AC50/A0500047.pdf | title=Constituency details | publisher=Government of Delhi | date=2015 | access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref>

==Selected bibliography==
* Lochia and Menstrual Patterns in Women with Postpartum IUCD Insertions<ref name="Lochia and menstrual patterns in women with postpartum IUCD insertions">{{cite journal | url=http://www.ajog.org/article/0002-9378(70)90347-9/abstract | title=Lochia and menstrual patterns in women with postpartum IUCD insertions | author=Vera Hingorani | author2= Uma Bai | author3=A. N. Kakkar | journal=American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology |date=November 1970 | volume=108 | issue=6 | pages=989–990 | doi=10.1016/0002-9378(70)90347-9| pmid=5496057 }}</ref>
* You and Your Health<ref name="You and Your Health">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MFrDOXtYXfwC&q=Vera+Hingorani&pg=PA125 | title=You and Your Health | author=Vera Hingorani | journal=Yojana |date=October 1984 | volume=28 | issue=19 | pages=33–4| isbn=9788176253895 | pmid=12340097 }}</ref>
* A New Sign for Differential Diagnosis of Ovarian Tumour with Pregnancy<ref name="A New Sign for Differential Diagnosis of Ovarian Tumour with Pregnancy">{{cite journal | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264402358 | title=A New Sign for Differential Diagnosis of Ovarian Tumour with Pregnancy | author=Vera Hingorani | journal=BJOG | year=1966 | volume=73 | issue=1 | pages=155 | doi=10.1111/j.1471-0528.1966.tb05138.x| s2cid=71927946 }}</ref>
* Lactation and Lactational Amenorrhoea with Port-partum IUCD Insertions<ref name="Lactation and Lactational Amenorrhoea with Port-partum IUCD Insertions">{{cite journal | url=http://www.reproduction-online.org/content/23/3/513.full.pdf | title=Lactation and Lactational Amenorrhoea with Port-partum IUCD Insertions |author1=Vera Hingorani |author2=G. R. Uma Bai | journal=J. Reprod. Fertil. | year=1970 | volume=23 | issue=3 | pages=513–515 | doi=10.1530/jrf.0.0230513| pmid=4923671 | doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Genital Tract Papillomas with Pregnancy<ref name="Genital Tract Papillomas with Pregnancy">{{cite journal | title=Genital Tract Papillomas with Pregnancy |author1=Vera Hingorani |author2=Ranjit Kaur | journal=BJOG |date=April 1961 | volume=68 | issue=2 | pages=288–291 | doi=10.1111/j.1471-0528.1961.tb02726.x|pmid=13714447 }}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi|All India Institute of Medical Sciences]]
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