Dr Reema Kohli

We welcome Dr Reema Kohli who will be joining us in January 2024 as a Gynaecologist.

She is a Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology accredited by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetriciansand Gynaecologists( RANZCOG), with special interest in the management of pelvic floor disorders, pelvic floor reconstructive surgery and minimally invasive laparoscopic and vaginal surgery.

Dr Reema Kohli believes in ensuring personalized care for her patients by focusing on informed and shared decision making and keeping her patients wishes at the core of her practice.She has extensive experience in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology that she has gained through training and working as a specialist across rural, regional and tertiary hospitals in Australia and India over the last 15 years.

She has completed her advanced training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Box Hill Hospital in Victoria before achieving Fellowship of RANZCOG. After completing specialist training she spent an additional year of training in Urogynaecology at Gold Coast University Hospital in Queensland.

Working with an excellent team of Urogynaecologists headed by Dr Malcolm Frazer helped her learn specialized techniques of pelvic floor surgery. Reema has also worked under the apprenticeship of Dr RK Mishra, a pioneer in advanced laparoscopy in India to hone her skills in pelvic floor surgery/endoscopy. Her current public appointments are at Eastern Health and Monash Health as a Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

She is also a RANZCOG accredited training supervisor and a member of Board of Examiners for Specialist trainees in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Reema has been awarded for her research on predictors of fetal growth restriction and new techniques to better visualize urinary tract in laparoscopy at various National and International conferences.She has been actively involved in teaching medical students at Griffith University in Gold Coast. In addition to her role as a Consultant Obstetrics and Gynaecology , she engages in teaching medical students at Epworth Clinical School.

She has recently been awarded the prestigious Brown Craig Travelling Fellowship By RANZCOG Women's Foundation to pursue further research and training in advanced vaginal surgery. When not working she loves to paint and travel with her husband Rohan who has been a GP for 10 years and is now pursuing specialist training in Pain Medicine. She works with multiple media on canvas and is now learning the ancient Indian art of Tanjore painting.

In addition to English, she is fluent in Hindi, Urdu

Social media
Website - www.drreemakohli.com
Instagram- @drreemakohli

Dr Kohli is a member of:

• The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG -
  ranzcog.edu.au )
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG - rcog.org.uk)
• Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopic Society (AGES - ages.com.au )
• International Urogynaecological Association ( IUGA- www.iuga.org)
• Urogynaecological Society of Australasia (UGSA- www.ugsa.com.au)

HEALTH SERVICES OFFERED BY DR KOHLI

Dr Reema Kohli believes in ensuring your questions and concerns as a patient are answered comprehensively keeping the latest evidence in Gynaecologiocal practice around the world at the core. She makes sure the her advice is focused on optimising your overall quality of life by encorporating a multipronged approach to addressing not just medical problem but also its impact on your mental, social and proffessional wellbeing.

She is experienced and competent in the management of the following conditions:

• Heavy periods/ Period pain
• Pelvic pain
• polyps of cervix and uterus
• irregular menstrual cycles
• post coital bleeding and pain
• vulval pain, inflammation and precancerous conditions
• ovarian cysts
• ovarian torsion
• pelvic organ prolapse / post hysterectomy prolapse
• urinary incontinence
• endometriosis
• contraception based on special needs of the patient
• vaginal discharge and pelvic infections including sexually transmitted infections
• vaginal cysts/ vulval cysts/Bartholin cysts
• Urinary problems including infections of urethra/ bladder
• Bladder pain / interstitial cystitis
• menopausal issues including hot flushes/vaginal dryness/ loss of libido
• management of precancerous conditions of cervix / vagina/ vulva/ uterus
• fibroids including fibroids growing inside uterine cavity
• subfertility assessments/ prepregnancy counselling
• ectopoic pregnancy
• miscarriage

Dr Reema Kohli offers the minimally invasive surgery / open/vaginal surgery for

• Hysterectomy { removal of uterus - through laparoscopic or vaginal or open abdominal approach}
• myomectomy - removal of fibroids through hysteroscopic/ laparoscopic approach
• Ovarian cystectomy - removal of ovarian cysts through laparoscopic/ open approach
• endometrial ablations
• Prolapse surgery - repair of prolapse of vagina and uterus through vaginal surgery
• Endometriosis - removal of endometriosis through laparoscopic surgery
• precancerous cervical abnormality - removed through vaginal approach
• Other Servces offered in outpatient clinic
• Colposcopy
• IUD insertion
• endometrial biopsy
• cervical / vulval / vaginal biopsy
• excision of cervical polyps
• cervical screening tests