Dr Dhivya Thangavel is a Obstetrician and Gynaecologist. She completed her medical degree at the University of Newcastle, underwent core training in Westmead Hospital, the busiest birthing unit in the state of New South Wales followed by subsequent advanced training in urogynaecology research in Townsville, QLD and an AGES-accredited advanced gynaecological laparoscopy fellowship in Blacktown Hospital, NSW. She gained her specialist qualifications in 2022 through the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Dhivya is especially interested in health provision in low resource settings and has an ongoing commitment to women rural and developing communities. She is involved with Doctors Assisting In the South pacific Islands with regular aid trips to Solomon Islands. 

She is also involved with medical student and registrar teaching and is a Lecturer at Western Sydney University. In 2021 she was a recipient of the Avant Foundation's Early Career Research Program Grant for her research on prevention of recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in postmenopausal women. She will complete a masters in advanced gynaecological surgery at Western Sydney University in 2023.

She has a special interest in high-risk obstetrics, gynaecological laparoscopy, and pelvic floor disorders. She is a caring and skilled clinician and strongly believes in shared decision-making.

Dhivya is a VMO Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at Orange Health Service, Dudley Private Hospital and Ramsay Surgical Centre Orange.

Dhivya sees both Obstetric and Gynaecology patients privately at Highlands Healthcare every second Monday and every fourth Thursday.