OUR FACULTY

Dr Anita Kaul

  • Diploma in Advanced Obstetric Scanning (RCR/RCOG, UK)
  • Diploma in Fetal Medicine (Fetal Medicine Foundation, UK)
  • Fellow of Indian College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (UK)
  • President – (Fetal Medicine Foundation, India)
  • Executive Committee Member of the Fetal Medicine and Genetics Committee –FOGSI
  • Ex-Chairperson- Fetal Medicine and Genetics Committee –Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Delhi
  • Clinical Coordinator and Senior Consultant, Apollo Centre for Fetal Medicine, New Delhi

Dr. Anita Kaul is a well experienced and highly skilled Clinical Coordinator and Senior Consultant at the Apollo Centre for Foetal Medicine. She has extensive knowledge in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and is a registered member of the Delhi Medical Council and General Medical Council. She completed her Master of Surgery in Obstetrics/Gynaecology from G.S.V.M Medical College Kanpur University, India and has subsequently obtained several certifications, including a Diploma in Advanced Obstetric Scanning from RCR/RCOG London, Diploma in Fetal Medicine from Fetal Medicine Foundation –UK, and a Observershipship in Fetal Therapy from Gasthisburg Hospital, University of Leuven, Belgium.

 

In addition to spearheading the Fetal Medicine department at Apollo Hospitals, Dr. Kaul is also involved in various teaching responsibilities, including acting as a Programme Coordinator -FMF-Apollo Fetal Medicine Fellowship programme (established in 2008), co-guide for the DNB Obstetrics and Gynaecology Thesis programme at Indraprastha Hospitals, running ultrasound training programmes for Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecological societies of India (FOGSI) since 2008, and MRCOG teaching programmes in Delhi. She is also a peer reviewer for various scientific journals, and the Delhi Local Co-Coordinator for conducting the MRCOG Final Exams at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals for the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

 

With over 30 years of experience in obstetrics and gynaecology, and with a particular focus on fetal medicine, Dr. Kaul possesses a deep understanding of the importance of ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of obstetric and gynaecologic conditions alongside a proven track record of teaching and training medical professionals in the field of fetal medicine.

 

While her many peer-reviewed publications and organisational work including as a Founding Member of the Indian Society for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (INSUOG)demonstrate her life-long passion and commitment to advancing the field and improving patient outcomes.

Education

  • Master of Surgery (Obstetrics/Gynaecology), G.S.V.M Medical College Kanpur University, India, 1989-1991
  • Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, November 1996
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, June 2010
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, June 2010
  • Diploma Fetal Medicine (Foetal Medicine Foundation –UK), 2013
  • Certificates of Competence in 11-14 weeks, 18-23 weeks, Cervix, Dopplers, Cardiology, Invasives from Foetal Medicine Foundation London obtained as a Research Fellow at Kings College Hospital, 2004-2006
  • 3-month Fetal therapy Fellowship with Prof Jan Deprest at Gasthisburg Hospital, University of Leuven, Belgium for learning Fetoscopic Foetal Surgery, May 2011
  • Fellow of the Indian College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jan 2016

Current Teaching Responsibilities

  • Programme Coordinator - FMF-Apollo Foetal Medicine Fellowship programme (established in 2008)
  • Co-Guide-DNB Obstetrics and Gynaecology Thesis programme at Indraprastha Hospitals Running ultrasound training programmes for Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecological societies of India (FOGSI) since 2008
  • MRCOG teaching programmes in Delhi

Additional Professional Responsibilities

  • Peer reviewer for Prenatal Diagnosis Peer , Journal for Society of Fetal Medicine Delhi
  • Local Co-Coordinator for conducting the MRCOG Final Exams at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals and for the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Executive Committee Member of the Foetal Medicine and Genetics Committee –FOGSI
  • Ex-Chairperson- Fetal Medicine and Genetics Committee –Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Delhi
  • National Examiner in India for the Fetal Medicine Foundation
  • FOGSI expert on First trimester screening
  • Started the Fetal Fetoscopic Surgical programme in North India in August 2011
  • President –Fetal Medicine Foundation
  • India Fellow Representative 2012-2015 from North Zone to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Colleges
  • Vice Chairperson – RCOG North Zone 2017 onwards, past Treasurer 2012
  • Founder Member Indian Society for Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (INSUOG)

Peer-reviewed research publications

Original Articles

  1. Chhikara U, Anand K, Sharma A, Prasad S, Kaul A. Performance of Ductus Venosus Doppler (at 11–13 + 6 Weeks) in Predicting Adverse Fetal Outcomes in Indian Population. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2022;41(11):2877–83.
  2. Prasad S, Sahota DS, Vanamail P, Sharma A, Arora S, Kaul A. Performance of Fetal Medicine Foundation algorithm for first trimester preeclampsia screening in an indigenous south Asian population. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Dec 4;21(1):805.
  3. Kaul A, Prasad S, Anand K, Arora S, Sharma A. Elective Fetal Reduction in Dichorionic Diamniotic Twin Pregnancies on Parental Request: A Single-Centre Experience. Fetal DiagnTher. 2021;48(4):272–8.
  4. Arora S, Prasad S, Sharma A, Kaul A. First-Trimester Crown-Rump Length (CRL) and Nuchal Translucency (NT) Discordance in Monochorionic Twins: An Ominous Sign or a Benign Feature? The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India. 2020 Jul 29;70.

Isuog Conference Abstracts

  1. Chhikara U, Anand K, Sharma A, Prasad S, Kaul A. OC05.06: Performance of ductus venosus Doppler (at 11–13+6 weeks) in predicting the adverse fetal outcome in Indian population: looking beyond aneuploidies. Vol. 56, Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2020.
  2. Prasad S, Sahota D, Vanamail P, Sharma A, Arora S, Kaul A. (VP 50.14) Performance of Fetal Medicine Foundation algorithm for first trimester pre- eclampsia screening in an indigenous South Asian population: an observational study. Vol. 56, Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2020.
  3. Anand K, Chhikara U, Prasad S, Sharma A, Kaul A. VP11.18: Can postnatal surgical intervention be predicted using the UTD classification system? A single centre experience. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2020;56(S1):98–9.
  4. Kaul A, Prasad S, Vanamail P, Arora S, Sharma A. EP19.04: Comparison of fetal growth charts in predicting small fetuses and adverse perinatal outcomes in two economically diverse North Indian populations. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2019 Oct 1;54:352–352.

Was a Editor Guest for a dedicated BJOG Online supplement on Priorities in Maternal Health Problems in India 2019
Volume 126, Issue S4
Special Issue:INDIA SUPPLEMENT: Priorities in Health Care for WomenPages: 1-80August 2019
Issue Edited by:
Nynke van den Broek Patrick Chien Mary McCauley Anita Kaul Jason Franasiak

Arora, S., Prasad, S., Sharma, Kaul A.  l. First-Trimester Crown-Rump Length (CRL) and Nuchal Translucency (NT) Discordance in Monochorionic Twins: An Ominous Sign or a Benign Feature?. J ObstetGynecol India (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-020-01354

Publications

  1. Kaul A .Radhakrishan P Performance of Common Down Syndrome Screening Methods Used in India with Construction of an Indian Normogram for Nuchal Translucency/Crown–Rump Length Measurements in 14,337 Subjects JOGI 2019
  2. Kaul A, Singh C, Gupta R1 Arora N, Gupta A. Observational study comparing the performance of first-trimester screening protocols for detecting trisomy 21 in a North Indian population. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2017 Apr;137(1):14-19. Doi: 10.1002/ijgo.12087. Epub 2017 Jan 20.
  3. Shah N Kaul A “Strain cervical elastography in pregnancy: Feasibility study and its usefulness in preterm birth prediction – Indian experience “Journal of Fetal Medicine
  4. Kaul A Chapter-First trimester ultrasound an introduction to Genetics and Fetal Medicine. Edited by Deka D Jaypee Brothers 2009
  5. Kaul A Chapter –Screening policies for birth defects FOGSI Focus 2010
  6. Kaul A Chapter-Problems and complications of Monochorionic Twin Pregnancies Edited by Malhotra N June 2012
  7. Tulika T, Kaul A Intrafetal Laser Ablation of Umbilical Vessels in Acardiac Twin with Successful Outcome. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India. 2012;62(Suppl 1):43-45.
  8. Singh C, Lodha P, Arora D, Prabhu Sharma A, Kaul A. Diagnosis of sirenomelia in the first trimester. J Clin Ultrasound. 2013 Nov 27
  9. Gupta N, Kaul A, Kabra M. Prenatal diagnosis of Fetal Peters Plus syndrome: a case report. Case Rep Genet. 2013 July.
  10. Fauzdar A. Chowdhary M, Makroo RN, Mishra M, Srivastava P, Tyagi R, Bhaduria P, Kaul A. Rapid-prenatal diagnosis through fluorescence in situ hybridization for preventing aneuploidy related birth defects. Indian J Hum Genet. 2013 Jan.
  11. Sharma A, Tayal T, B H N, Radhakrishnan P, Kaul A. Nasal bone length: the long and short of it. Evaluation of the reference values for the fetal nasal bone length at 16 to 25 weeks of gestational age in an Indian population. Prenat Diagn. 2013 Aug.
  12. Singh C, Tayal T, Gupta R, Sharma AP, Khurana D, Kaul A. Amniotic fluid index in healthy pregnancy in an Indian population. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2013 May.
  13. Singh C, Kaul A. Monochorionic twin pregnancy. AOGD Bulletin, Volume 14-8, December 2014.
  14. P.Lodha, A Sharma, C Singh, T Tayal, A Kaul. Obstetric outcomes associated with second trimester unexplained abnormal maternal blood markers: A comparative study between outcomes of normal and abnormal blood values. Apollo Medicine Vol 9 Sept 2012
  15. Singh C, Kaul A. Comments on editorial: Has Noninvasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) Come of Age? JOGI, 2015
  16. Singh C, Agarwal G, Gupta N, Kaul A. A retrospective review of the incidence and outcome of neural tube defects diagnosed during pregnancy at a tertiary care center in India JOG
  17. Singh C, Dagar M, Kaul A. Cord entanglement in Monoamniotic twin pregnancy. Cover image, JOGI, 2015
  18. Paliwal S, Singh C, Gholkar N, Kaul A. Diagnosis of holoprosencephaly in the first trimester. Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol. 2013; 2(4): 735-736. doi:10.5455/2320-1770.ijrcog20131257
  19. Singh C, Kaul A. Current status of Fetal Surgery. Current Medicine Research and Practice 02/2015; DOI: 10.1016/j.cmrp.2015.01.007
  20. Gholkar N, Singh C, Kaul A, Kapur KK. First trimester diagnosis of congenital heart disease. Journal of Fetal Medicine. 2 Sept 2015 DOI:10.1007/s40556-015-0048-9
  21. Sharma S, Singh C, Verma S, Rastogi H, Kaul A. Prenatal Diagnosis and management of morbidly adherent placenta. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/19365.0000
  22. Kaul A, Singh C. Fetal reduction in Multiple Pregnancy. In book: Kore S, editor. Multiple Gestations: Basics and Beyond. 1st Ed. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers;2016.
  23. Gholkar N, Singh C, Paliwal S, Kaul A. Conjoined twins: A First Trimester Diagnosis. Journal of Fetal Medicine. October 2016. DOI: 10.1007/s40556-016-0103-1
  24. Singh C, Kaul A. Managing periviable birth: Current issues and recommendations. AOGD Bulletin, Volume 17-6, October 2017
  25. IndiaIshwar Chander Verma, Ratna Puri, Eswarachary Venkataswamy, Tulika Tayal, Sheela Nampoorthiri, Chitra Andrew, Madhulika Kabra, Rashmi Bagga, Mamatha Gowda, Meenu Batra, Sridevi Hegde, Anita Kaul, Neerja Gupta, Pallavi Mishra, Jayshree Ganapathi Subramanian, Shruti Lingaiah, Riyaz Akhtar, Francis Kidangan, R. Chandran, C. Kiran, G. R. Ravi Kumar, V. L. Ramprasad, Priya Kadam . Single Nucleotide Polymorphism-Based Noninvasive Prenatal Testing: Experience in India. J Obstet Gynaecol India. 2018 Dec;68(6):462-470.
  26. Shah N, Chowdhary S, Kaul A. Role of Ultrasound-Based Prenatal Prediction of Pulmonary Function in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Does It Have Prognostic Significance Postnatally? Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India. 2017;67(1):33-36.
  27. Kaul A ,Singh C- Chapter Multiple Pregnancy -IAP Neonatology Handbook 2017 Screening for Fetal growth restriction in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy in a Low resource setting