About the Author

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Dr. Mala Sibal is a consultant physician at the department of Fetal Medicine & Obstetric and Gynecological Ultrasound, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. She has fourteen years of experience in the field of gynecological ultrasound, prior to which she practiced clinical obstetrics and gynecology for seven years.Dr. Sibal has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences on this subject and has authored peer-reviewed journal articles on novel diagnostic ultrasound techniques in the American Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. She has also trained and taught several practitioners and medical students in the fieldof gynecological ultrasound. Dr. Sibal is also a principal investigator in the ongoing International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA - 5) International Research Program. She has also created an online portal, 'Gynecology Academy' (www.gynac.org), for basic and advanced training in gynecological ultrasound. She holds a DNB post-graduate degree in Obstetrics and Gynecology and an MBBS graduate degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, where she stood first in Gynecology.