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Dr. Mayur Pai
Dr. Mayur Pai is an IVF and fertility specialist and laparoscopic surgeon in Goa. He holds MBBS and MS (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) and has been in practice for fifteen years. He leads Heartbeats IVF, which consults and scans at Panjim, Margao, Mapusa and Vasco, and does its laboratory and theatre work at Pai Hospital, Vaddem, Vasco-da-Gama. He personally performs the procedures his patients come for.
If you are reading this, you have probably been waiting a long time already. Counting days. Taking a test alone in a locked bathroom. Feeling the same drop in your chest every month, while relatives ask questions you would rather not answer.
You do not have to explain or apologise for any of that here. Difficulty in conceiving is a medical problem with medical reasons. It is nobody's punishment and nobody's fault.
One doctor, whom you will actually come to know
Couples often tell us that at their previous centre they met a different face at every visit and were never sure who was in charge. Heartbeats works the other way round. Dr. Pai consults, plans the treatment, does the scans, performs the procedure, and is the person you talk to when something worries you.
He is a gynaecologist first — MBBS, then MS in Obstetrics and Gynaecology — with fifteen years of practice behind the fertility work. That matters, because a fertility problem is often a surgical one: blocked tubes, endometriosis, fibroids, scarring inside the uterus. Endometriosis, if the word is new to you, is tissue like the lining of the womb growing outside the womb; it often causes pain, and it can quietly damage the tubes and ovaries. Being a laparoscopic surgeon (keyhole surgery through small cuts in the abdomen, using a camera) means he can find and treat these himself — see laparoscopy and hysteroscopy for fertility.
What he does himself
- Consultation, ultrasound monitoring and treatment planning
- Egg collection and embryo transfer in IVF
- Micro-TESE — recovering sperm from the testis under an operating microscope, for men with no sperm in the semen sample. Many centres cannot offer it.
- Laparoscopy — keyhole surgery through two or three small cuts in the abdomen, to reach the tubes, ovaries and outer surface of the uterus.
- Hysteroscopy — a thin telescope passed through the cervix (the neck of the womb), along a passage that is already there, to see and treat the inside of the uterus. Unlike laparoscopy, no cut is made anywhere, and you are usually home the same day.
- Care of a high-risk pregnancy, once you are pregnant
Three doctors are on board, so a qualified doctor is available for an emergency or an urgent scan. The IVF laboratory is fully equipped, including ICSI — injecting a single sperm directly into an egg. Single-use disposables are used throughout.
How he practises
Honest counselling, even when honesty costs us the case
You will be told what treatment can and cannot realistically do for you, in plain words, before you spend anything. If a simpler, cheaper treatment is worth trying first, or if IVF is unlikely to help, you will hear that. This site carries no outcome figures: the only honest assessment is the one that fits your age, your reports and your history, and it belongs in a conversation, not on a web page.
Preventing OHSS, not just treating it
OHSS, or ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, is a serious complication of the injections used to grow eggs: the ovaries over-respond, fluid collects in the abdomen, and in severe cases the woman needs hospital admission. This practice is built around not causing it. Dosing is chosen for your own ovarian reserve, we scan closely through the cycle, and we are genuinely willing to freeze the embryos for later — or stop the cycle — if you respond too strongly. Stopping a cycle costs us goodwill; an avoidable admission would cost you far more.
Knowing when to refer
Some situations need more than a fertility clinic: a pregnancy needing intensive care, a genetic problem needing specialist advice, a male factor needing a urologist. The rule here is to refer early, to someone genuinely competent, rather than keep a patient who would do better elsewhere.
Where to find him
He consults and scans at four places: Panjim, Margao, Mapusa and Vasco. The first three have no embryology laboratory and no operating theatre, and we say so rather than let a patient find out on the day. The laboratory and theatre are at Pai Hospital, Vaddem, Vasco-da-Gama, which is the practice's own hospital, not a rented arrangement.
He built it that way deliberately. Splitting the work means a woman does a fortnight of monitoring ten minutes from her house instead of on the far side of Goa. And on the two days that need the laboratory, a car is sent for her, free of cost. The fleet went on the road because he was losing patients to the journey rather than to the medicine.
You are welcome to call or message on WhatsApp on 095185 02773 before deciding anything.
Questions people ask
Will Dr. Pai do my IVF procedure himself?
Yes. He personally does the consultation, the scans, the egg collection, the embryo transfer and the surgery. Three doctors are on board for cover and emergencies, so you are never left without a doctor.
Will I be cut open for a hysteroscopy?
No. Nothing is cut, anywhere. A hysteroscopy is done with a thin telescope that goes in through the cervix, using the passage that is already there, so there is no wound to heal and you are usually home the same day. Sometimes a short anaesthetic is used, sometimes none at all. The one you may be thinking of is laparoscopy, which does need two or three small cuts in the abdomen. Many women refuse a hysteroscopy believing the two are the same. Please do not: it is a short test, and it often shows what nothing else will.
How do I choose a good IVF doctor in Goa?
Ask who will actually perform your procedure, and whether you will see the same doctor at each visit. Ask what is done to avoid OHSS, and what happens if a cycle has to be stopped. Be careful of anyone who promises you a baby; no honest doctor can.
Does Dr. Pai treat male infertility too?
Yes. Male factor is involved in a large share of couples who struggle to conceive. He performs micro-TESE, sperm retrieval from the testis under an operating microscope, for men with no sperm in the semen, and the laboratory offers ICSI.
Will you tell me honestly if IVF is unlikely to work for us?
Yes, and before you spend money on it. You may be advised to try a simpler treatment first, or referred to someone better placed to help you.
Where are the Heartbeats IVF clinics?
Four locations in Goa: Panjim, Margao, Mapusa and Vasco. Consultations, scans, ovulation induction and IUI at all four; the embryology laboratory, operating theatre and beds at Pai Hospital, Vaddem, Vasco-da-Gama. Free transport is provided from the clinics to the hospital on procedure days. Call or message on WhatsApp on 095185 02773.
Does the clinic look after the pregnancy afterwards?
Yes. Dr. Pai is an obstetrician as well as a fertility specialist, so high-risk pregnancy care is part of the practice; the same doctor sees you through a difficult pregnancy.
Your visit is confidential — nothing about you appears on this website or on social media.
This page is for general education and is not personal medical advice. Fertility treatment depends on your individual assessment. Please consult a doctor about your own situation. We do not carry out or offer sex determination of any kind, which is prohibited by law in India under the PCPNDT Act.