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Miss Neera Balachandren

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  • Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing

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7044381

Professional background

Miss Neera Balachandren is a consultant gynaecologist and accredited subspecialist in reproductive medicine and surgery. She studied at University College London and completed her specialty and subspecialty training in London. 

Her clinical practice focuses on reproductive medicine, with specialist interests in fertility preservation, infertility, reproductive surgery, endometriosis and menopause. She has particular expertise in the care of patients requiring fertility preservation prior to gonadotoxic therapy and has been appointed Deputy Lead for the NHS England Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation Programme for the South of England. 

Miss Balachandren has active research interests and has undertaken several research studies in fertility preservation and low ovarian reserve. This work forms part of her MD thesis and has been published in high-impact peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences.

She is also actively involved in education, supervising undergraduate students, and has been appointed undergraduate lead for Women’s Health at UCLH. 

Specialties

Research interests

  • Fertility preservation 
  • Infertility 
  • Menopause

Publications

  • An age-related nomogram for antral follicle count: an observational study of 3821 women. N Balachandren, S Kastora, E Yasmin, E Saridogan, D Jurkovic, H Learner and D Mavrelos. Reproductive Biomedicine Online (2025). 
  • Venous thromboembolism associated with medically assisted reproduction (MAR): British fertility society policy and practice guidance for assessment and prevention. N Balachandren, S Seshadri, E Yasmin, W Saab, C Gates, Z Sayar, H Cohen and L Webber. Human Fertility (2024). 
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first trimester and the risk of early miscarriage: a UK population-based prospective cohort study of 3041 pregnancies conceived during the pandemic. N Balachandren, MC Davies, JA Hall, JM Stephenson, AL David, G Barrett, H O’Neill, GB Ploubidis, E Yasmin and D Mavrleos. Human Reproduction (2022). 
  • Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on access to contraception and pregnancy intentions: a national prospective cohort study of the UK population.  N Balachandren, G Barrett, JM Stephenson, E Yasmin, D Mavrelos, M Davies, AL David, JA Hall. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health (2021). 
  • Does ovarian cystectomy pose a risk to ovarian reserve and fertility? N Balachandren, E Yasmin, D Mavrelos and E Saridogan. The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (2021). 
  • Effectiveness of modified downregulation for women with moderate and severe adenomyosis of the uterus prior to frozen thawed embryo transfer (MODA) study protocol: a pragmatic randomised-controlled trial. S Latif, BH Al Watter, N Balachandren, T Lukaszewski, E Saridogan, E Yasmin, P Serhal and D Mavrelos. BMJ Open (2021). 
  • Ovarian reserve as a predictor of cumulative live birth. N Balachandren, M Salmon, N Diu, S Schwab, K Rajah and D Mavrelos. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology (2020). 
  • Fertility preservation in testicular cancer. M Shabbir and N Balachandren. Problem Solving in Cancer and Fertility (2020). 
  • Fertility preservation for medical reasons in girls and women: British Fertility Society Policy and Practice guideline. E Yasmin, N Balachandren, M Davies, G Jones, S Lane, R Matharu R, L Webber and R Anderson. Human Reproduction (2018). 
  • Fertility, ovarian reserve and cancer. N Balachandren and M Davies. Maturitas (2017).