Ligita Jokubkiene MD, PhD

Ligita Jokubkiene is an associate professor at Lund University, Sweden, and a senior consultant in obstetrics and gynecology at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Skåne University Hospital in Malmö, Sweden.

She is an expert in gynecological and obstetrical ultrasound. She defended her thesis with the title ”Three-dimensional ultrasound studies of normal and abnormal ovaries” in 2012. Currently, she is an active researcher leading several research projects with a focus on ultrasound diagnostics in gynecology, particularly on endometriosis diagnostics and education, pelvic floor birth-related injuries, and pelvic pain. She is also participating in international multicenter studies led by IOTA, IETA, and MUSA groups studying ovarian masses and endometrial and myometrial pathology.

Ligita Jokubkiene organizes and leads national and international courses on ultrasound diagnostics from basic to advanced levels. She has been an invited speaker at many international courses and congresses.

Ligita Jokubkiene is chair of the Educational courses subcommittee at ISUOG (International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology); Advisory board member at European Endometriosis league and Board member at IOTAplus; chair of the Ultrasound reference group at Swedish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Sweden, and a chief supervisor of the medical Students at the Faculty of Medicine, Lund University.