Abi Kirubarajan, MD, MSc


Doctoral student


Abi is a post-graduate resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology at McMaster University. She completed a dual MD-MSc program at the University of Toronto, earning a Master's of Science in Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation while completing her undergraduate medical training. 

Abi's previous research includes reviews of cultural competence in, and barriers to, fertility care. Her previous work ranges from qualitative reviews of pregnancy and childbirth during incarceration to studies of the frequency of kidney stones in pregnancy and associated outcomes. 

Abi is began her PhD in September 2023 where her research at PERL involves applying advanced epidemiologic methods to studying risk factors of spontaneous preterm delivery using linked, population-based datasets. 

Selected Publications

Delivery in the second stage of labor and preterm birth in a subsequent pregnancy: a response.


Abi Kirubarajan, Giulia M Muraca

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2024


Impacted fetal head extraction methods at second stage cesarean and subsequent preterm delivery: A multicenter study.


Tzuria Peled, Giulia M. Muraca, Miri Ratner, H. Sela, A. Kirubarajan, A. Weiss, S. Grisaru-Granovsky, Misgav Rottenstreich

International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 2024


Impact of method of fetal extraction in second stage cesarean delivery on subsequent preterm delivery


Tzuria Peled, Giulia M. Muraca, Miri Ratner, H. Sela, Abi Kirubarajan, A. Weiss, S. Grisaru-Granovsky, Misgav Rottenstreich

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2024


The association between hysterotomy extension and subsequent preterm birth


Giulia M. Muraca, Tzuria Peled, Abi Kirubarajan, A. Weiss, H. Sela, S. Grisaru-Granovsky, Misgav Rottenstreich

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2024


The association between unintended hysterotomy extensions with cesarean delivery and subsequent preterm birth.


Giulia M. Muraca, Tzuria Peled, Abi Kirubarajan, A. Weiss, H. Sela, S. Grisaru-Granovsky, Misgav Rottenstreich

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM, 2024


Operative delivery in the second stage of labour and preterm birth in a subsequent pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.


A. Kirubarajan, Nila Thangavelu, Misgav Rottenstreich, Giulia M. Muraca

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2023


Survival and complications in patients with haemoglobin E thalassaemia in Sri Lanka: a prospective, longitudinal cohort study


A. Premawardhena, D. Ediriweera, A. Sabouhanian, A. Allen, D. Rees, S. de Silva, W.K.W. Perera, N. Katugaha, M. Arambepola, R. Yamashita, S. Mettananda, N. Jiffry, Vikita Mehta, Refai Cader, Dayananda Bandara, Tim K. St. Pierre, G. Muraca, C. Fisher, A. Kirubarajan, Shawn Khan, S. Allen, S. Lamabadusuriya, D. Weatherall, N. Olivieri

The Lancet. Global health, 2021

 See a full list of Abi's publications here and her profile in Google Scholar here.