Swati Jha MD, FRCOG, MBBS

Swati is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and the first Subspecialist in Urogynaecology in Yorkshire. She completed her medical education in India and migrated to the UK in 2000 when she started working on the NHS. She is the Training Programme Supervisor for Urogynaecology and leads several specialised services including the Sheffield National Mesh Complication Centre (one of 9 centres in England), the Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology Service (one of 11 centres in England) and the Sheffield Perineal Trauma Service. She set up and established the laparoscopic urogynaecology service in Sheffield.

During her training she spent 2 years doing subspecialty training in urogynaecology and was awarded her MD in 2017 and Honorary Chair in 2022 by the University of Sheffield.

Swati has an international research and leadership profile in Urogynaecology and was the youngest Chair of the British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG)[Chair Elect 2017-2019; Chair 2019-2021]. She is a Member of the Urogynaecology and Pelvic Floor Committee of the  International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (FIGO), and is a member of the Research and Development Committee of the International Urogynaecology Association (IUGA). She has served as a Specialist advisor to the NICE IPG programme since 2019 and is BSUG spokesperson to the RCOG since October 2017. She has delivered in excess of 100 keynote/plenary lectures at national and international conferences, including IUGA, EUGA, BAUS, BIARGS, UKCS, and RCOG organised courses. She has published over a 150 Medline indexed papers, is on the Editorial board of 2 International Journals (The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, RCOG; Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology) has written 2 books and is currently working on her 3^rd book which is due publication next year.