Dr Muniswaran Ganeshan is the President of the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Malaysia and the founding president of the Malaysian Obstetric Medicine Society. He has helmed numerous leadership roles in many organisations, including as the chair of the RCOG International Representatives Committee for Malaysia, founding chair of the MMA Women’s Committee and the treasurer and council member of the College of O&G of Malaysia.

As a subspecialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine, with a passion for maternal medicine, he pioneered, leads and advocates maternal medicine services, which he established in 2016. He runs a comprehensive one-stop high-risk pregnancy clinic at Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur and is the lead obstetrician in charge of pregnant mothers with complex cardiovascular diseases at the National Heart Institute of Malaysia. He has a fellowship from the RCOG, a masters in O&G from the University of Malaya with a gold medal, a subspecialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine from the UK and a master’s in Law in Healthcare and Medical Law.

He has authored numerous books, book chapters, and guidelines related to maternal mortality, obstetric emergencies, high-risk pregnancies and maternal medicine. He is also actively involved in teaching postgraduate students for both the masters and MRCOG. He remains dedicated to his passion, which is to establish Maternal Medicine services in Malaysia and to improve the standards and quality of care for mothers with medical complications in pregnancy while inspiring the next generation of obstetricians