Profile
- Dr. Sujatha Jagadeesh after graduating from Tanjore Medical College got her Diploma (DNB) from the National Board of Pediatric Medicine.
- In the year 1997 she joined Mediscan as consultant Dysmorphologist and she has a practice of 25 years of clinical genetics that involves diagnosis of fetal defect or disorder that will be used for the development of genetically directed therapies and preventive interventions.
- She is Currently the Chairperson of Genetics chapter, IAP
- Board member of IMAB – providing Enzyme Replacement Therapy for children having Lysosomal Storage Disorders.
- She was the key person behind First/ Second trimester maternal screening & Newborn screening programs of Mediscan and the surveillance program on the incidence of birth defects The Birth Defects registry of India, run by Fetal Care Research foundation
- She is one of the trustees of Fetal Care Research Foundation
- Director of Center for Excellence for Rare Diseases, Taramani
- Medical coordinator of the Support Group for MPS, IEM and other rare metabolic disorders.