Tarana is an AGES trained Robotic, Advanced Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic Surgeon. She has a public appointment as a Consultant Gynaecologist at the Royal Women’s Hospital (Melbourne), and as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne.

In addition to her specialist Obstetrics and Gynaecological training in Queensland and Victoria, Tarana pursued a 2-year advanced gynaecology fellowship at the Royal Women’s Hospital (Melbourne) where she gained extensive experience in managing general and complex benign gynaecological conditions using Minimally Invasive Surgical techniques including Laparoscopy, Hysteroscopy and Robotics. This prestigious fellowship (commonly known as the AGES fellowship or AGES-accredited training program) is awarded by the Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery Society.

Tarana also received the prestigious Brown Craig Travelling Scholarship from the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. This scholarship has enabled Tarana to gain further focused overseas training in New York (Columbia and NYU Langone Health) and Bordeaux (France). She received extensive training in Robotic Gynaecological Surgeries and an in- depth understanding of care optimisation for women experiencing pelvic pain, endometriosis, abnormal uterine bleeding and uterine fibroid diseases. Tarana is also competent in performing complex open abdominal procedures when indicated (i.e., management of extremely large or atypical fibroids not suitable for robotic or laparoscopic approaches).

In addition to her clinical experience, Tarana has extensive research and academic experience in the field of Gynaecology. She is well-published and highly cited academic with a PhD (UNSW Sydney) and three Masters – Master of Hysteroscopic Surgery, Master of Health Management and Master of Public Health (UNSW, Sydney). She is also a recipient of multiple Australian and international awards for her clinical, research and academic excellence.

What does it mean by an AGES-trained or AGES-accredited Minimally Invasive Gynaecologist:
Tarana completed a two-year fellowship in robotic and advanced laparoscopic surgery at The Royal Women’s Hospital. This prestigious fellowship is dedicated to train high quality surgeons in the field of Gynaecology. Tarana’s AGES fellowship training had a special focus on managing patients with Endometriosis and Uterine Fibroid diseases. This means Tarana is one of a very few gynaecological surgeons trained and accredited by the peak gynaecological society in Australia and New Zealand (known as the AGES society). That is how Tarana has developed the skillset to operate at the highest level (level 6) of Minimally Invasive Surgery in the field of benign gynaecology.