Dr. Asmat Tahira

Dr. Asmat Tahira sees women at Dar Al Kamal Hospital in Sharjah for pregnancy care, childbirth and gynecological concerns. She studied medicine at Dow University of Health Sciences in Karachi and completed four years of postgraduate training in obstetrics and gynecology at Indus Hospital & Health Network in Karachi, earning the FCPS (Fellowship of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan) in the specialty.

During her training she looked after women with both low-risk and high-risk pregnancies, from the first antenatal visit through labour and delivery to the postnatal weeks, including complications during and after birth. She conducted normal vaginal deliveries and uncomplicated caesarean deliveries independently, and she is confident in emergency obstetric care.

On the gynecology side, she assesses women with a wide range of gynecological problems and has worked as part of the surgical team in major gynecological operations, including hysterectomy, ovarian cystectomy and myomectomy, as well as laparoscopic procedures.

In her final year of training she served as Chief Resident, running the day-to-day work of the labour ward, gynecology theatre and outpatient clinics, supervising junior doctors, and leading case discussions and morbidity and mortality reviews.

She has completed continuing medical education in CTG interpretation, emergency obstetric care, medical disorders in pregnancy, perineal tear repair and reproductive health.