Dr. Narmadha Kuppuswami, MD, FACOG, OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
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Dr. Narmadha Kuppuswami, MD, FACOG

OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)

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Dr. Narmadha Kuppuswami an obstetrician-gynecologist from Illinois, is retired but specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy, childbirth and beyond. Since retirement she has been focusing on making pregnancy safe for all women. Using her years of experience and knowledge, she has created a mobile application called WONDER MOM's App. This application helps mothers to monitor themselves using simple biometric devices like BP apparatus, thermometer and weighing scale and keying in important symptoms they might experience. If anything is abnormal the system will alert the user to seek medical advice. 

Education and Training

Stanley Medical College MBBS 1971

University of Madras, TN India DGO 1973

Cook County Hospital, Chicago, MD 1982

Board Certification

Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG

Provider Details

Female English, Tamil
Dr. Narmadha Kuppuswami, MD, FACOG
Dr. Narmadha Kuppuswami, MD, FACOG's Expert Contributions
  • Pregnancy concern?

    How old are you? Have you had a full term pregnancy before? Your past miscarriage: was that a confirmed pregnancy or was it just a delayed period and you thought it was pregnancy? Any family history of recurrent miscarriages? This is important because you had a miscarriage in the past. If you are young and you have no medical problems, then slight brown discharge in early pregnancy is not unusual. About one in 5 pregnancies can have slight bleeding during the early pregnancy. This happens when your pregnancy is trying to establish a vascular communications with you . ( the blood do not mix). During that process you may have some discharge. If you have no cramping and no heavy bleeding, you can be reassured. One pregnancy loss does not increase your chance of another loss. However, I would recommend you to consult your Obstetrician to check your hormone levels and an ultrasound to confirm that you have a healthy pregnancy and is in the right place. Good Luck READ MORE

  • Is this HPV?

    It has nothing to do with the tear. However, if you feel a bumpy, spiky lesion, most likely it is HPV. Not only this lesion, you may have other small flat areas infected with HPV. Use a cotton ball soaked in vinegar and apply it to that area. If it is HPV the lesion will turn white. This helps to identify even difficult to see flat lesions of HPV. READ MORE

  • Family planning?

    Jadelle implant is a hormone contraception.  You will have protection at any time, not only during your period but also as long as you have the implant in place.  READ MORE

  • Brown discharge after sex?

    Brown discharge after sex has several reasons. 1. Can be of no significance if it occurred for the first time, close to your period 2. At your age, it could be due to simple problems like simple infections in the vagina, inflammation in the cervix, or due to a benign growth in the cervix called cervical polyp. These are simple issues that can be treated by your PCP or Gynecologist. 3. The most important and serious problem could be due to pre cancer or cancerous condition. But do not be scarred. Here are some things you need to know about pre cancer or cancer of cervix: a. High risk sexual behavior - meaning multiple sexual partners, especially if you do not use condoms to protect yourself or you have sex with someone who has high risk sexual behavior (even if that is the only person you have had sex with) b. HPV (Human Papilloma virus) infection. This usually results in abnormal PAP smear. This is also likely in your case. c. If there is cancer which is highly unlikely, one will bleed or have brown discharge most often after sex. d. Your Pap smear would have been abnormal. e. If you have oral or anal sex, same precancerous condition can happen in your throat and or rectum  e. If you have been vaccinated for HPV infection in the past, it would give you protection for cervical cancer.  Hope this helps Dr. Narmadha Kuppuswami, MD; FACOG READ MORE

Areas of expertise and specialization

"Maternal health"

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor Obstetrics & Gynecology Chicago Mdical School 1984 - 1987
  • Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Chicago Medical School 1987 - 1988
  • Medical Staff Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois 1988 - 2016
  • Vice Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois 1993 - 2002
  • Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gyunecology Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois 2003 - 2005
  • Chairman, Clinical Quality Council, Department of OB/GYN Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois 1993 - 2002

Awards

  • Pink Ribbon Award 2000 DuPage County Health Department 
  • Top Doctors, Chicago 2003 Castle Connolly 
  • Exemplary Performance Award 2008 Advocate Physician Partners 
  • Life time Achievement Award 2012 Madras Medical University 
  • Top Doctors 2014 Chicago Magazine 
  • Catalyst Award 2018 Green Electronic Council 
  • Community service award 2019 Chicago Tamil Sangam 

Treatments

  • Menopause, Endometrial Ablation, High Risk Pregnancy And More
  • Infertility
  • Anemia
  • Osteoporosis
  • Breast Cancer
  • Pregnancy
  • Pain

Professional Memberships

  • American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology  
  • American Medical Association  
  • • International Fellow– Indian College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists  

Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors

  • Founder, President, H.E.L.P. Charitable Foundation

Favorite Place to Vacation

  • Natural sceneries & Historical places

Hobbies / Sports

  • Reading biographies

Areas of research

Developed a software program called Womens Obstetrical Neonatal Death Evaluation & Reduction geared towards low resources countries. Have had 3 pilot studies for maternal health which is benefitting ~200,000 women in a poor state in India, Bihar. 

Also developed a WONDER newborn App that could be used by low level providers to follow babies at the comfort of patient's home. The provider can get immediate consultation from the physicians through its telehealth capabilities. The same application can be used by a mother who uses a smart phone. An ongoing pilot study has demostrated its ability by saving lives of the newborns.

In addition, she has developed another mobile Application called WONDER Mom's App. This application is available both in App store and Play store and it is free with no strings attached. Mothers can download the application and follow their own health by using simple biometric devices like BP apparatus, thermometer and weighing scale. If these devices are blue tooth enabled, the values can be automatically uploaded into their mobile application. In addition she can key in any symptoms that she may experience. The system will give an alert if any of the information entered is abnormal and would encourage women to seek medical help. If the doctor is also enrolled into the program, the system will automatically send an SMS to the doctor about the patients condition. The doctor can immediately make an audio or video calls thereby avoiding all delays which are one of the major reasons for maternal complications including death.

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Get to know Obstetrician-Gynecologist Dr. Narmadha Kuppuswami, who served patients in the State of Illinois.

Dr. Kuppuswami, “Narma”, is an obstetrician-gynecologist with over four decades of experience delivering care in the United States and India. Her passion is to make a difference in the lives of women before, during, and beyond childbirth. 

Since retirement she has been focusing on how to make pregnancy safe for all women around the globe by reducing preventable maternal and neonatal deaths, and empowering women to take control of their health.  

Leveraging her extensive experience Dr. Kuppuswami created a mobile application called WONDER which stands for Women’s Obstetrical, Neonatal, Death Evaluation & Reduction. This mobile application helps mothers to monitor themselves using simple biometric devices like BP apparatus, thermometer and weighing scale and keying in important symptoms they might experience. If anything is abnormal, the system will alert the user to seek medical advice and has it also has the ability to alert the physicians.

“Our mission is to help patients recognize the early warning signs of pregnancy through an alert system and to facilitate immediate communication with their doctors without delay. Avoiding delays at all levels and providing appropriate treatment on time are essential to  prevent serious complications and death. About 60% of  maternal deaths are avoidable. The Wonder Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), the Wonder Moms & Wonder Newborn mobile applications provide a novel way of following the mothers and their newborns safely at the comfort of their homes, and still staying connected with their physicians” expressed Dr. Kuppuswami.

www.wonder4health.com 

Rural Obstetric care – WONDER (wonder4health.com)

Global outreach – WONDER (wonder4health.com)

Wonder Moms App – WONDER (wonder4health.com)

Dr. Kuppuswami, a highly accomplished and experienced medical professional, has an impressive educational background and extensive expertise in the field of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She obtained her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree from Stanley Medical College in India in 1971. Following that, she pursued a Diploma in Gynaecology and Obstetrics from the University of Madras, India in 1973.

Dr. Kuppuswami further honed her skills by completing a residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois from 1976 to 1980. Her dedication and commitment to her profession led her to become a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG) in 1982.

Throughout her career, Dr. Kuppuswami has held several prestigious positions. She served as an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Chicago Medical School from 1984 to 1987, and later as an Associate Professor from 1987 until 1988. From 1993 to 2016, she was an esteemed member of the medical staff at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, where she also served as the Chairman of the Clinical Quality Council from 1993 to 2002. Additionally, she held the position of Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Samaritan Hospital from 2003 to 2005.

Founder member of H.E.L.P. Charitable organization, U.S.A. – started in the year 2000. It is a community outreach organization focusing on health education and disease prevention. The organization is involved in patient and provider education in low resources countries.

She has won numerous awards like top doctors by Castle Connolly  in 2003 and by Chicago magazine  2001,  2011 and 2014, Patient choice awards in 2008, 2010 , 2011 and 2013. Exemplary Performance award and multiple awards for community service to name a few.

On a more personal note, she enjoys reading biographies and her favorite places to vacation are historical places and natural sceneries.  She is fluent in English and Tamil.

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