Surlata Hospital is one of the oldest officially recognised & registered Genetic Councelling Centre & Genetic Clinics in Mumbai (since 1988). Dr. Sharad Gogate, who will be the co-ordinator of FMCS has been active in the field of Foetal Medicine & Genetics for over 35 years with pioneering work in foetal tissue sampling, maternal screening for genetic defects, anomaly detection by Ultrasonography and genetic disease management. For this outstanding work he was awarded the prestigious Mother Teresa Excellence Award in 2001.