Dr Shirin Jacob
There are a few universal truths.
Women are special.
We want health.
We strive for happiness.
We seek love.
And peace.
We choose who we want to be.
As an obstetrician and gynaecologist I am privileged. I work with women through their most transformational times. Adolescence. Birth. Perimenopause. Menopause. I motivate my patients clarify how they want to improve their health and formulate an action plan to move forwards.
We come from different cultures, speak foreign tongues, have varied backgrounds. Nevertheless, I have discovered that we speak the same language and share the same stories. Stories of birth, death, of being daughter, wife, mother, friend. Places of loneliness, disappointment, celebration, challenges and disease. We are able to complete each other’s sentences. We all have the power to heal our families, pour balm on troubled souls, raise grounded children, support our partners and live fulfilled lives.
As a physician, my focus is prevention of disease. Our bodies speak to us through our cycles, our moods and our skin. Our search for Health cannot be isolated from the environment we live in, the purity of the water we drink, the warmth of the family that surrounds us, the strength of friends that empower us, the food that nourishes us, the setbacks that could break us and the values in life by which we define ourselves.
Prevention and the tools to perfect our health lie in our commitment to change our landscape by addressing vitamin and mineral deficiencies, balancing our natural hormones, eating wholesome unprocessed foods, taking moderate exercise, simplifying and balancing our lives. It is never too late to change.
The science of medicine and the art of healing in its most powerful form support us in this journey.
Breathe the freedom to make choices in this life.
Celebrate Living.
Dr Shirin Jacob’s CV
Shirin combines her skill and 26 years of experience as an obstetrician and gynaecologist with the best of functional medicine. Shirin graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS 1983) from the National University of Singapore. She holds postgraduate degrees in Obstetrics&Gynaecology both from the Postgraduate School of Medicine in Singapore (MMed O&G 1989) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London (MRCOG 1989). Dr Jacob is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and of the Academy of Medicine in Singapore. She was an Associate Lecturer in the Postgraduate Midwifery Course at Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore, and part-time Clinical Tutor of the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore. She trained in KK Hospital and Alexandra Hospital and worked as a Consultant in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKWCH) in both the Departments of Maternal Fetal Medicine and General O&G. Shirin initiated the practice of natural birth at KKWCH, the biggest national maternity and paediatric hospital in Singapore.
Dr Jacob enriched her experience when she worked as the designated doctor for the women of the Gurkha contingent in Singapore in the late 1990s. She traveled extensively in Nepal to remote communities to understand the welfare problems faced by these women.
In 2000 Dr Jacob entered private practice and became the Medical Director of In The Company of Women. Her clinic was the first in Singapore to pioneer the combined skills of an obstetrician and gynaecologist, a naturopath, a chiropractor, a psychologist and a therapeutic yoga teacher to achieve holistic healing. Shirin also works in conjunction with practitioners in acupuncture, reiki and hypnotherapy. She is regularly invited to give lectures, talks on TV and radio and has been featured in local publications.
Dr Jacob is currently Medical Director of A Company for Women, a leading O&G practice at Camden Medical Centre.
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