Dr. Manisha Madhai Beck

Professor

MBBS, MD (Obstetrics & Gynaecology)

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6836-3890

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manisha-beck-b415b7b3

Department: Obstetrics and Gynaeocology

Department Phone No: +91-0416-2283397

Location: Christian Medical College, Main campus, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore, India

Skills and Expertise

Fetal Diseases Fetal Medicine Peer Review Prenatal Diagnosis Prenatal Ultrasonography

Maternal fetal medicine consultant with 18 years of experience in the field including high risk obstetrics; fetal medicine ; prenatal genetics . I am also a clinical researcher with diverse areas of research publications including maternal and fetal health. Have been part of multicentric funded trials by the Gates Foundation; ICMR and DBT alliance.

Publications

1. Varunashree ND, Daniel S, Rathore S, Moorthy M, Yadav B, Beck MM. Does remote Covid infection in pregnancy affect the placenta and pregnancy outcomes? – Results from a prospective cohort study (PLACENTA IN COVID/PIC study). J Family Med Prim Care 2024; 13:5512-7 2. Kwatra G, Izu A, Cutland C, Akaba G, Ali MM, Ahmed Z, Beck MM, Barsosio HC, Berkley JA, Chaka TE, Cossa A, Chakraborty S, Dhar N, Dorji P, Islam M, Keita AM, Mwakio S, Mwarumba S, Medugu N, Mucavele H, Mabombo V, Obaro S, SigaÃºque B, Sow SO, Saha SK, Santhanam S, Sharma R, Simoes EAF, Sahni RD, Tapia MD, Veeraraghavan B, Madhi SA. Prevalence of group B Streptococcus colonisation in mother-newborn dyads in income and middle-income south Asian and African countries: a prospective, observational study. Lancet Microbe. 2024 Oct;5(10):100897. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(24)00129-0. Epub 2024 Aug 20. PMID: 39178870; PMCID: PMC11464403 3. Ilangovan, Hemalatha, Elangovan, Janane, Danda, Sumita, Beck, Manisha M, Navaneethan, Preethi and Athiyarath, Rekha. “Exploring the clinical utility of exome sequencing/mono, duo, trio in prenatal testing: a retrospective study in a tertiary care centre in south India” Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1515/jpm-2023-0485 4. Deepti Pinto Rosario; Neeraj Kulkarni; Liji Sarah David; Reeta Vijayaselvi; Manisha Madhai Beck. Decoding stillbirths using ReCoDe classification: study from the developing world. JTurk Ger Gynecol Assoc 2018 Oct 26. DOI 10.4274/jttga .2018.0080. 5. Reeta Vijayaselvi, Manisha Madhai Beck, Anuja Abraham, Suja Kurian, Grace Rebekah. Risk factors for stress during antenatal period among pregnant women in Tertiary care hospital of Southern India. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2015 Oct, vol9(10):QC01-QC05. DOI:10.7860/JCDR/2015/13973.6580.