Faculty – COGI – The Multidisciplinary Gynecology Congress

Panagioys Anagnostis, Greece

Prof. Panagiotis G. Anagnostis has completed his basic medical training (MD) (2002) and received his PhD from the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece (2013). He has received an MSc degree from the Open University of Cyprus (2016). He has acquired the specialty of “Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism” at the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes of Hippokration Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece) (2012). Having had a scholarship from the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE; International Endocrine Scholarship Program, 2013), he completed his post-doctoral training at the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, in St. Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College of London, UK and at menopause clinics in Queen Charlotte and Chelsea & Westminster Hospitals (2014). He is also a fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH) since May 2018.
Furthermore, he has received a postgraduate grant from the National Scholarship Foundation of Greece (2007), a postgraduate award for Distinguished Research Activity from the Medical School of AUTH (2010), a grant from the Hellenic Atherosclerosis society for his post-doctoral training abroad (2014), the 2021 Jens Sandahl Christansen Award from the ESE, for excellent clinical science, and the 2024 Clinical Endocrinology
Elene Asanidze, Georgia

Elene Asanidze
Prof. Elene Asanidze, MD, PhD, is a Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy (Georgia), and President of the Georgian Association of Reproductive and Sexual Health. She is a practicing Obstetrician-Gynecologist and Pediatric Gynecologist, with expertise in minimally invasive surgery.

Prof. Asanidze has authored numerous scientific publications contributing to the advancement of reproductive and sexual health. Her clinical and research interests include endocrine disorders of female reproduction, infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), disorders of sex development (DSD), and pediatric and adolescent gynecology. She is actively engaged in research, education, and mentorship.

Alessandro Bartolacci, Italy

Alessandro Bartolacci holds a BSc in Biotechnology and a MMedSci in Reproductive Biotechnologies. He has published several peer-reviewed papers and has served as a reviewer for various scientific journals. With extensive expertise in assisted reproductive technologies, he has held key positions at leading fertility centers. He is currently the IVF Laboratory Supervisor and Embryology Research Coordinator at the Centro Scienze della Natalità, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan. He is also the Founder of the bART & Friends Embryology Journal Club.
Zion Ben Rafael, Israel

Prof. Zion Ben Rafael graduated from Tel Aviv University (TAU), Board certified in Ob/Gyn in Israel and USA.
1983;1992: Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, in Israel and USA
1984-1987, NIH Fellow in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, Department of Ob/Gyn, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia
2009: Member of world College of Reproduction; Chairmen of Scientific Program, Venice, Italy
Medical Experience
1989: Professor, Tel Aviv University
1991-2007: Chairmen, Department of Gynecology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, and Golda Campus
1997: Incumbent of the Tarnesby Chair of Fertility and Fertility Regulation Tel Aviv University
1999-2005, President, Israeli Menopause Association
Currently, IVF unite, Laniado Medical Center
World Congress
Founder and Chairmen, COGI-World Annual Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility 33rd editions
1989: Secretary, 6th world Congress in “In Vitro Fertilization’, Jerusalem
Founder and Chairman of the Mediterranean Sea Congress, Eilat
2006: Co-Founder, World Congress on Controversies in Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension (CODHy)
2006–2007: Founder & Co-Chair, Gender Based Medicine
Scientific Publications
About 450 Scientific Publications; 2 books written 12 books edited
Reviewer and previously editorial board in International Journals including F&S
Founder and editor of a Series of debates entitled “Controversies” in the “J of IVF and Genetics”
Supervisor of MD thesis to numerous doctors
Honorary professor Russia, visiting professor USA China
Advisor to IVF Pograms
Mark Brincat, Malta

Mark Brincat
MRCS, LRCP, PhD(Lond), FRCOG, FRCPI
Professor Brincat served as Chairman and Director of Obstetrics and Gynaecology with the Department of Health on the Maltese Islands from 1991-2018.He is currently Professor at the University of Malta Medical School (O&G) and Hon. Clinical Professor at Queen Mary University London (QMUL), from Nov ’17 to present (Medical Education). He is also an Associate Dean at QMUL, Bart’s Medical School (Malta).Professor Brincat has held several posts and has served on several committees including ISGE, EMAS, IMS and ESHRE. His academic work was mostly in Gynaecological Endocrinology. He has had a special interest in Menopause and his PhD (King’s College, University of London) concerned work on the relationship of the Menopause and HRT on connective tissue, particularly on the skin and bone.He has presented keynote lectures and published extensively on the subject of the menopause in a broad range of subjects. He also founded the first Maltese ART (IVF) Unit and has also had a long-standing interest in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.Prof Brincat continues to lecture both undergraduates and postgraduates and is still actively involved in Menopause and Infertility, recently also picking up an interest in the application of gynaecological laser techniques.
Frank Broekmans, Netherlands

Frank Broekmans (1956), MD, PhD, is a Gynaecologist and Emeritus Professor in Reproductive Endocrinology and Surgery at the University Medical Center Utrecht. In the last years of his professional career he has combined his academic career with clinical work in the Centre for Reproductive Medicine at the Dijklander Ziekenhuis in Purmerend, The Netherlands.
He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the VU Medical Center Amsterdam in 1983, became consultant OBGYN in 1990, completed a Fellowship in Reproductive Medicine at the VU Medical Center Amsterdam in 1993, and received his PhD degree in 1995. In October 2010 he was appointed Professor at the University Medical Center in Utrecht.
From October 2023 onwards he has retired as Academic Clinician in Reproductive Medicine, but continued his Consultant role at the Dijklander Hospital. Also, he has joined the Dutch Foundation for Long COVID as Research Manager, with the aim of aligning research and funding in this field in the Netherlands.
He is the PI of many RM studies granted by the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (ZonMW) and the Dutch College for Health Care Insurance. (Insight study, Optimist trial, SCRaTCH IVF, SCRaTCH OFO, LUMO study, Pluim Study, DIVINE Dose predictor), and has founded FrankSchoolRforL, enabling systematic Education for young doctors entering the field of Reproductive Medicine, and providing Consultation activities for RM care centres and Industries in the field of RM.
His scientific career has been highly devoted to the field of female reproductive ageing. Special focus has been on the normal ovarian ageing pattern, assessment of actual and future fertility status, genetic backgrounds of the variation in the ovarian ageing process, and the link between vascular and ovarian ageing. Recent focus has moved towards the role of the endometrium in reproductive success. The banking of endometrium tissue from several patient groups has allowed to develop a research line where endometrium organoids are utilised to unravel many functional aspects that could lead to understanding and prevention of several reproductive failure conditions. He has produced with his team 320 peer-reviewed scientific papers, contributed 38 book chapters and presented over 200 invited lectures at international meetings.
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Shai Carmi, Israel

Shai Carmi is an associate professor at the Hebrew University School of Public Health. His training is in statistical physics and population genetics, and his current research focuses on statistical methods in genetics. Specific areas of study include theoretical population genetics, ancient DNA, genetic genealogy, genome-wide association studies, polygenic risk scores, pre-conception genetic testing, and pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT). His work on PGT includes the development of embryo genotyping methods and the evaluation of PGT for polygenic (complex) diseases and traits.
Ettore Cicinelli, Italy

Prof. Ettore Cicinelli is Full Professor at University of Bari and Director of 1st Department of Ob/Gyn, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Policlinico Bari, Bari, Italy and past Director of the postgraduate School in Ob/Gyn at University at University of Bari.
Prof. Ettore Cicinelli is current member of the Directory Board of the Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SIGO) and past member of directory board of Italian Society of Endoscopy (SEGi). Member of the European Society of Gynecological Endoscopy (ESGE) and of American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopy (AAGL). Since 2016 member of the editorial board of Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology and of the Italian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Author of 380 scientific papers published in scientific journals and chapters of books (h-index: 52, number of citations: 9939 citations). Author of 2 monographies. Main fields of research are gynecological endoscopy, chronic endometritis and inflammation of the reproductive tract, oncology, physiopathology of reproduction, endometriosis.
Prof. Ettore Cicinelli has a wide experience in hysteroscopy and he published pioneristic papers on office diagnostic hysteroscopy, on the so-called painless hysteroscopy, on diagnosis and treatment of chronic endometritis and its role in reproduction. Prof. Ettore Cicinelli has large clinical experience consisting in thousands of hysteroscopic, resectoscopic, laparoscopic, laparotomic and vaginal gynecological surgeries for both benign and malignant indications.
Prof. Ettore Cicinelli has no conflict of interest to disclose.
Prof. Ettore Cicinelli declares that he is fully committed to maintaining professional autonomy and independence in relation with the medical device Industry.
Prof. Ettore Cicinelli has no financial affiliations that would affect the content of his presentations.

Prof. Ettore Cicinelli
Ana Cobo, Spain

Dr. Ana Cobo graduated from the University del Valle in Colombia in 1988. She obtained her Master degree of Biological Sciences in Reproduction Biology at the University of Chile in 1994. She moved to Spain in 1995, when she joined the Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad (IVI) and obtained a Master’s degree in Human Reproduction at the University of Valencia, Spain, in 1998. She completed her doctorate in 2008 when she received her PhD. degree from the University of Valencia. She has worked as an embryologist for more than 25 years and became interested in oocytes cryopreservation in the early 1990s, while completing her Master’s degree and doctoral thesis works on this subject. She is currently a senior embryologist at the IVI in Valencia, where she is the Director of the Cryobiology Unit in the IVF lab. She has published over 100 articles and book chapters, mostly on cryopreservation in IVF. Her teaching activities focus on directing the continuous training program in the vitrification of oocytes and embryos at the IVI learning center. She is a professor in the postgraduate master course in Biotechnology of Human Reproduction at the IVI University Institute ascribed to the University of Valencia.
Giovanni Coticchio, Italy

Giovanni Coticchio holds a PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology and a qualification of full professor. He is Science and Research Manager of IVIRMA Global Research Alliance, IVIRMA Italia. He has published over 140 papers, numerous book chapters and two books. He has served as Executive Committee Member of ESHRE. He has also co-authored the “Guide to the quality and safety of tissues and cells for human application” of the
European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare, on behalf of the Council of Europe.

Angelos Daniilidis, Greece

Angelos Daniilidis
Angelos Daniilidis is a Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His clinical and academic interest is focused on endoscopic surgery, reproductive medicine, quality improvement in clinical and educational practice. Subspecialized in gynecological endoscopy and reproductive medicine (ESHRE). Holds MSC in Medical Research Methodology, MSC in administration of Health Services, diplomas for MIGS (ESGE), colposcopy (BSCCP) and family planning (DFFP). He is certified instructor for ALSO, Colposcopy (RCOG), ISGE and chief mentor for ESGE. He is a past member of ESGE advisory board, current member of the SIG in reproductive surgery and endometriosis of ESGE, Coordinator elect of the SIG in reproductive surgery of ESHRE, SIG coordinator in endometriosis for ISGE, board member of Greek Society of Gynecological Endoscopy and vice president of the Society in Obstetrics and Gynecology of Thessaloniki, deputy general secretary in European Society of Gynaecology. He is director of a Master of Science in: Surgical applications of endoscopic surgery in gynecology. He has been invited as a speaker to more than 150 congresses, is member of several editorial boards and reviewer in scientific journals. He has published more than 150 papers and several chapters in scientific books. His native language is Greek and speaks fluently English, Italian and French.
Jacques Donnez, Belgium

Jacques Donnez is Professor Emeritus and past Chairman of the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL). He is a Past Head of the Department of Gynecology, at the Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc and the founder of the Infertility Research Unit of the UCL. He has devoted his career to identifying and understanding the molecular and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying female infertility, and followed the development of new therapeutic advances to restore or preserve women’s health and fertility. His research activities focus on three main topics: Tubal infertility, Endometriosis, and Ovarian Cryopreservation and Transplantation. He has authored more than 800 publications in this field. He is a founding first president of the World Endometriosis Society, the International Society for Fertility Preservation, the International Society for Gynecological Endoscopy and the European Society for Gynecological Endoscopy. .

Bart Fauser, Netherlands

Bart CJM Fauser, MD, PhD, FRCOG, is a Professor Em. of Reproductive Medicine, Gynecologist, former Head of the Department for Reproductive Medicine and Gynecology and former Chair of the Division of Woman & Baby at the University of Utrecht and the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.

He is a Fellow ad Eundum of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG), Honorary member of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), scientific director of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS), international member of the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM), member of the Academia Europea, Night in the order of the Netherlands Lion, past member of the board of the Dutch Medical Research Counsel (ZonMW), and past Editor-in-Chief of Reproductive Biomedicine Online (RBMO), and Human Reproduction Update.

He previously held posts as a Fulbright scholar at the University of California, San Diego; visiting professorships at Stanford University School of Medicine (California, USA), Free University of Brussels (Belgium), University of Siena (Italy), University of Southampton (UK), and the University of Adelaide (Australia). He is a past chair of the World Health Organization (WHO) steering committee for infertility guidelines.

His major research interests include the pathophysiology of human ovarian function (especially PCOS, and POI), ovarian stimulation, IVF and women’s health (including contraception, menopause and healthy aging). Professor Fauser published over 500 peer-review articles, and is one of the most cited (Hirsch factor > 130; SCOPUS) authors in reproductive medicine worldwide. He has acted as the editor of multiple textbooks, lectured all around the world and his work has been widely covered in the national and international news media.
Rene Frydman, France

Professor Rene Frydman,
Current Positions and Rank:
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University Paris XIand Head of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of AntoineBeclereHospital, since 1990 – Director of Research Unit on Reproductive Medecine
Awards of Distinction:
Officer of the French Legion d’Honneur
Areas of Special Interest and Accomplishments:My special areas of interest in Gynecology and Obstetrics include infertility and high- risk pregnancy. My work in infertility led the first baby born in France as a result of in vitro fertilization in 1982, after embryo freezing in 1986, after PGD in 2000, after oocyte cryoperservation 2010.
My other area of interest has been biomedical ethics. My work in this realm led to many invitations to debate the moral issues created by the use of the techniques of artificial procreation. I have had an active participation in the preparation on the law on bioethics.
I have actively worked with the Medecins du Monde and Medecins sans Frontieres.

Miguel Gallardo Molina, Portugal

Miguel Gallardo Molina is the Director of the IVF Laboratory at Ginemed Lisboa and the group’s Embryology Scientific Coordinator. Miguel completed his doctoral thesis at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros in Seville on the cryobiology of oocyte vitrification. He has also completed a postgraduate degree in statistics applied to healthcare at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He is a senior embryologist certified by ASEBIR and ESHRE, and a specialist in Embryology and Human Reproduction by the Portuguese Order of Biology. He is Secretary of the Clinical Embryology Section of the Portuguese Society of Reproductive Medicine and treasurer of the Cryobiology Interest Group of ASEBIR. He is a lecturer in the Master in Human Reproduction at the Universidade Lusófona de Portugal.
Andrea Genazzani, Italy

Andrea R. Genazzani, MD, PhD, HcD, FRCOG, FACOGBorn in Florence in 1942, he attained his M.D. from Siena University in 1966.
He completed his residences in Gynecology and Obstetrics (1969), and in Endocrinology and Metabolism Disorders (1971).
– In 1972, he received the PhD in Clinical Biochemistry at Lausanne University.
– Since 1969 Assistant at the University of Siena.
– From 1972 he relocated to the Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the University in Cagliari and from 1973 he was nominated Senior Assistant.
– From 1977 he relocated to the University of Siena as Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
– In 1980 he was awarded as Full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and nominated Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Cagliari.
– From 1° November 1982 he was nominated Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Modena
– From 1994 until 2012 he become Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Pisa.
– In 1994 he was awarded with the Honoris Causa Laurea by the University of Wroclaw in Poland,
– in 2005 by the University “Ovidius” of Constanta in Romania,
– in May 2007 by the University of Bucharest in Romania and
– in February 2009 by the University of Athens in Greece
– in October 21st 2011 he was entitled Professor Emeritus of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russian Federation
– in October 2021 he was awarded with the Honoris Causa Laurea by the University of Poznan in Poland
– in September 2024 he was awarded with the Honoris Causa Laurea by the University of Tiblisi in Georgia

Prof. Genazzani Andrea is:
• Founder, Immediate Past President and Executive Director of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology (ISGE)
• Immediate Past-President of. the European Society of Gynecology (ESG)
• President of the International Academy of Human Reproduction (IAHR)
• Past President of the International Menopause society (IMS) 1999-2002
• Fellow ad eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG)
• Honorary Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
• Foreign Member of the Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique
• Honorary Member of several National Societies of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Endocrinology
• Past Editor-in-Chief of “Gynecological Endocrinology” (1987 – 2019)
• Editor-in-Chief of GREM Gynecological and Reproductive Endocrinology and Metabolism, since 2020, an official open-access Journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology (ISGE)
• Board’s Editorial Member of EGO European Gynecology & Obstetrics, the official open-access Journal of the European Society of Gynecology (ESG)
• Editor of Frontiers in Gynecological Endocrinology, Springer, since 2014
• Board’s Editorial Member of several European and International Journals
• Author of more than 860 papers in peer reviewed journals and Editor of more than 50 books
• Official BIBLIOGRAPHY of Prof. Genazzani Andrea, on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=genazzani+ar

Roma, 22 July 2024 Prof. Andrea R. Genazzani
Norbert Gleicher, USA

Dr. Norbert Gleicher, MD, FACOG, FACS, is the Chief Scientist and Medical Director at the Center for Human Reproduction in New York, NY.
Dr. Gleicher grew up in Vienna, Austria, where he initiated his medical studies at Vienna University Medical School. After preclinical years, he switched to Tel Aviv University’s Sackler School of Medicine in Israel, where he graduated and completed a year of rotating internship. He then moved to New York City for a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a fellowship in reproductive immunology at Mount Sinai Medical Center. As Chief Resident he was awarded the Dr. Solomon Silver Award in Clinical Medicine, given annually to “that younger member of The Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center staff who best exemplifies the ability to apply the advance in research to the practice of clinical medicine.”
Upon graduation, Dr. Gleicher was appointed to the medical school faculty of Mount Sinai School of Medicine as Assistant Professor, in the department as Head of the Division of Reproductive Immunology and given responsibility for all student and resident education in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Two years later he moved to Chicago as Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mount Sinai Hospital and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Immunology/Microbiology at Rush Medical College. He held these positions for 10 years until his resignation in 1990, when he started to concentrate on development of the Center for Human Reproduction (CHR), which he founded in 1981. Since 1990 Dr. Gleicher has held a variety of academic professorial appointments at Chicago Medical School and, after his move back to New York City, at New York University School of Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine. Since 1999 he is President, Medical Director and Chief Scientist of CHR-New York and President of the not-for-profit Foundation for Reproductive Medicine. He also holds an appointment as Guest Investigator at Rockefeller University and Professor (Adj.) at Medical University Vienna.
Dr. Gleicher has published over 400 peer-reviewed scientific papers, hundreds of abstracts and book chapters in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, relating to medical complications in pregnancy and to the immune system in reproduction. He served as founding Editor-in-Chief for the American Journal of Reproductive Immunology (AJRI), and for 30 years as founding editor of the Journal of In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer, in 1992 renamed Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics (JARG), now an official organ of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). He in addition served and is serving as editor and/or editorial board member on many other medical journals and edited several major textbooks. In 1991, he was awarded Austria’s highest scientific and cultural award, the Austrian Honor Cross for Science and Art for his scientific achievements. In 2009, Dr. Gleicher was invited to give the prestigious bi-annual Patrick Steptoe Memorial Lecture to the British Fertility Society, in recognition of his contributions to advancements in the in vitro fertilization field.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and of the American College of Surgeons, and, in addition to many other societies and professional organizations, a member of the ASRM and the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE).
Alessandra Graziottin, Italy

Alessandra Graziottin, MD
Alessandra Graziottin is specialized in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and in Oncology and a Board certified Therapist in Sexual Medicine.
She is Director of the Centre of Gynaecology and Medical Sexology at the H. San Raffaele Resnati in Milano, Italy.
She is Founder and Chair of the Alessandra Graziottin Foundation for the cure and care of pain in women NPO (since 2008).
She is currently:
– Consultant professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of University of Verona;
– Faculty member at the International School of Surgical Anatomy (ISSA) in Negrar di Valpolicella (Verona);
In September 2022 she chaired the Atelier 15 on “Endometriosis and comorbid pain: impact on women’s and couple’s sexuality” at the Endometriosis Consensus Strasbourg 2022.
Since 2019 she has been collaborator for the Higher Education in the Medical Area and professor at the First Level University Master in Clinical Sexology at Milan Bicocca University.
Since 2011 she has been member of the International Organizing Committee (IOC) of Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (COGI).
In 2003 she was she has been awarded the Honorary Membership by the Italian Association of Women Physicians (Associazione Italiana Donne Medico, AIDM); in June 2004 she has been awarded the Honorary Membership by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) and, in 2018, the “National Health Prize” for Medicine in Italy.
Professor Graziottin has published 28 scientific books and proceedings, over then 107 chapters of scientific books and more than 145 peer-reviewed papers. She has given more than 2030 lectures (including 130 state of the art lectures) at international and national meetings and CME courses.
In the course of her activity she has been president or member of the board of 21 scientific societies.
Passionate about health and quality of life of women and couples in the clinical, didactic and educational fields, she is frequently guest of web, television and radio on the topics of gynecology, chronic pain and sexual medicine. She has been regular columnist in Italian newspapers and magazines since 1984; currently she is regular columnist of the weekly family magazine “Oggi”, and of the newspapers “Il Gazzettino” and “Il Mattino”, in syndication. Since 2023 she has been i author and anchor woman of the weekly program on women’s health: Focus Salute, for Italpress, a national press agency.
Darren Griffin, UK

Simon Hanassab, UK

Dr. Simon Hanassab explores the use of AI to improve decision-making during in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. He completed his PhD conjointly between the Department of Computing and the Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction at Imperial College London in 2025. He previously received an MEng (Hons) degree from the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London in 2020, whilst completing his Master’s Thesis with the Rehabilitation Engineering Lab at ETH Zürich, Switzerland. He is currently Head of AI at Impli Ltd, which is developing a continuous hormone monitoring platform.
José A. Horcajadas, Spain

Dr. José A. Horcajadas
Earned his University degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 1993 and PhD in the same University in 2000. He did his PhD working on Virology with Dr. Margarita Salas, one of the most reputable scientists in Spain. After that he moved to be the Scientific Director (CSO) of the Fundación IVI (Valencia) until 2009. He was one of the founder and CSO of iGenomix until 2011. He moved to the University in 2011 being full assistant Professor of Genetics at the Pablo de Olavide University in Sevilla (on leave of absence now). Since 2011 he has been founder of several companies of technological base: Recombine Europe (2011), iGLS (2011), SINAE (2012), Fullgenomics (2018), Overture Life (2018) and HoMu Health Ventures (2018). Currently he is also professor of Genetics at the Loyola University in Seville, Spain.
He has studied the molecular basis of endometrial receptivity and other aspects in Reproductive Medicine, publishing around 60 scientific publications, 6 patents, more than 15 books and book chapters. He has worked at the University of Pablo de Olavide (Seville, Spain), University of Munich (Germany), University of Cambridge (UK), University of Rio Grande do Sur (Porto Alegre, Brazil), University of Valencia (Valencia, Spain) University of California San Francisco (USCF) (San Francisco, California) and Eastern Virginia Medical School (Norfolk, Virginia), these last two in the United States.

Sophia Kalantaridou, Greece

SOPHIA N. KALANTARIDOU, MD, PhD
Current positions:
-Professor of Obstetrics – Gynecology and Infertility, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
-Head of the Unit of Reproductive Endocrinology, Menopause and Premature Ovarian Insufficiency, 3rd Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
-President of the Hellenic Society of Family Planning, Contraception and Reproductive Health.
-Vice-president of the Hellenic Menopause Society
Short CV.
Professor of Obstetrics – Gynecology and Infertility, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Graduated from the Medical School of the University of Athens (1989). She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospital of Ioannina (1996). Her postdoctoral training took place at the Section on Women’s Health, Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (Visiting Fellow, Fogarty International Visiting Fellowship Award, 1996-1999). She has received scholarships from the Alexander Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (for postdoctoral research in reproductive endocrinology), and the Hellenic College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (D.B Kaskarelis Award). She is the recipient of ten honors and awards from the American Endocrine Society, the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology, the Hellenic College of Endocrinology and the Hellenic Heart Society. Her research interests include premature menopause/ primary ovarian insufficiency, folliculogenesis, menopause, polycystic ovary syndrome, repeated pregnancy loss, assisted reproduction and embryo implantation. She has 150 publications in peer reviewed Journals and books, such as Nature Immunology, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Human Reproduction, Fertility and Sterility, Obstetrics and Gynecology etc. She is President of the Hellenic Society of Family Planning, Contraception and Reproductive Health and Vice-president of the Hellenic Society of Menopause.
H-index = 47, Citations = 7246 (Scopus)
Book Chapters: 10.
Publications: 138
Medical Education:
M.D.: 1989, Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Ph.D.: 1996, Medical School of the University of Ioannina, Greece (Summa Cum Laude)
Academic Positions:
1999 – 2003: Lecturer of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School of the University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
2003-2007: Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School of the University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
2007 – 2012: Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School of the University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
2012 – 2015: Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School of the University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
2015 – 2018: Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Infertility, Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieion University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
2016 – 2018: Member of the Hellenic Authority for Assisted Reproduction
2018 – 2020: President of the Hellenic Authority for Assisted Reproduction
2018 – 2021: Chair of the 3rd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
2018 – 2022: Director of the Master of Science (MSc) of the Medical School of the NKUA entitled: “High-risk Pregnancy”
Asma Khalil, UK

Asma Khalil is a Professor of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine at St George’s Hospital, University of London. She is the Obstetric Lead of the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA). She gained her MD(Res) at the University of London in 2008. She also has a Masters degree in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and an MRC scholarship. She is a subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine. Since 2008, she has maintained busy clinical (Obstetrics, Fetomaternal Medicine), research and teaching roles. Asma is the Lead for the Twin and Multiple Pregnancy service at St George’s Hospital. She also leads the Reproductive Health Research Group at St George’s Hospital.She has published more than 350 peer reviewed papers, and many published review articles and chapters. She was awarded many research prizes, both at national and international meetings. Her research interests include twin pregnancy, fetal growth restriction, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and infections in pregnancy.She is passionate about innovation. She is the inventor of the HAMPTON, which is an award-winning digital innovation which enables pregnant women to monitor their blood pressure safely at home. She is a National Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellow.She is committed to the implementation of clinical guidelines in practice and believes that they could reduce inequalities in care across the NHS. She had a three year Fellowship with NICE and has been a member of the NICE Clinical Standards and Expert Advisor to the NICE Centre for Clinical guidelines.

She is an Editor for the Ultrasound on obstetrics and Gynecology Journal. She is an International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) Trustee and is an Ambassador to North Africa and the Middle East. She works closely with the Twins trust Charity and together has set up the world-first Twins Trust Centre for Research and Clinical Excellence at St George’s Hospital.

Joop Laven, Netherlands

Professor Joop S.E. Laven
Professor of Reproductive Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam The Netherlands.Professor Joop S.E. Laven is professor and head of the division Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility of Erasmus University Medical Center. He was initially trained and board certified in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and in 2000 he became a subspecialist Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
For many years he has a particular interest in the management of polycystic ovary syndrome covering the full spectrum of the syndrome during a woman’s lifespan and it’s on menstrual cycle, fertility, body weight and health. During the last decade the research focussed on long-term health risks as well as the genetic basis of the disease.
Clinical work focuses on women’s health in particular reproductive endocrinology and menopause as well as on infertility treatment and ART and pregnancy outcome in infertile couples especially women with PCOS.
He is the current president of the Androgen Excess and PCOS society and is a honorary fellow of the Indian PCOS society. He is a visiting professor at the Universities of Shandong, Shandong, China and the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. He is also a member of the international guideline groups for PCOS, POI and unexplained infertility within the Center of Research Excellence (WHIRL) Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
He has published over 400 peer-reviewed papers and several reviews as well as chapters in books, and has delivered over 400 lectures to international scientific audiences.
Dimitrios Loutradis, Greece

Dr. Dimitrios Loutradis
Professor of Obstetrics-Gynaecology
Past Chairman of 1st Department of Ob/Gyn,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School
Dr. Dimitris Loutradis is Professor of Obstetrics – Gynecology, University of Athens and from September 1st, 2013 -September 1st, 2020 was Chairman of the 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Athens University at “Alexandra” Hospital. He graduated from the Medical School of Athens University. He completed his doctoral thesis at the Medical School of Athens University. For two years he was fellow in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. Since 1987 he has been Director of the Assisted Reproduction Medicine at the 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Athens University at “Alexandra” Hospital. In 1996 he was awarded the prize of the Academy of Athens. Since 2006, he holds the position of Professor of Medicine, University of Athens. He was elected member of the Executive Committee of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) for the years 2005-2009. He is a member of the Hellenic Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology and since 2016 -2021 he was President elected of HSOG. He was Executive Member from 2022 -2024 in EUROPEAN BOARD & COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
(EBCOG) Southern Region
He has 100 publications in Greek medical journals, 286 (pubmed) publications in international medical journals (peer-reviewed) and 7311 citations (hi 44, i10-index 83, Scopus, Google Scholar). He is a member of several Greek and international scientific societies. As a guest speaker has given 346 lectures of which 150 as an invited speaker at international conferences. He was Chairman of the Master Program “Reproductive – Regenerative Medicine”, from 2010-2014. He was Editor of the International Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Guest Editor at BioMed Research International and Reviewer in prestigious journals such as Human Reproduction Update, Human Reproduction, Fertility and Sterility and Gynecologic Endocrinology. Since 2016 is Editor of Official Journal of Hellenic Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (HJOG Scopus Indexed Journal)

Evangelos Makrakis , Greece

Evangelos Makrakis
Evangelos Makrakis
Dr Evangelos Makrakis is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, subspecialised in Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproduction.
He is an Associate Professor in the Medical School, University of Nicosia, a Visiting Professor in the Medical School, University of Athens, and the Scientific Director of ‘HYGEIA IVF – Embryogenesis’ Assisted Reproduction Unit, Athens, Greece.
His curriculum is rich, with a remarkable clinical and scientific experience, including previous Scientific Director posts in Academic (University of Athens) and private (Embryo A.R.T., Athens) Assisted Reproduction Units, teaching of postgraduate and undergraduate medical students, as well as numerous publications, presentations and invited lectures.
He is member of the Directory Boards of the Hellenic Society of Fertility and Sterility, the Hellenic Society of Gynaecological Endocrinology and the Hellenic Society of Assisted Reproduction Practitioners as well as member of several relevant national and international scientific societies (including ESHRE and ASRM).
Eileen M. Manalo, Philippines

Dr. Eileen M. Manalo graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Medicine and took her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology and fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital. She was a visiting consultant at the National University Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore and National Hospital at Hanoi where she took further studies in Assisted Reproductive Technology. She underwent training for robotic surgery at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. She also completed her masters degree in Biotechnology of Human Assisted Reproduction and Embryology, at The University of Valencia, Spain in 2020.
Dr. Manalo is currently a Professor VII at the Department of OB-Gyn of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, where she served as the chief of the section of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility from 2007 to 2013 and from 2015 to 2018, and Chief of Service from 2013 to 2015. She is a founding member and was president of the Philippine Society for Reproductive Medicine in 2009. She served as the youngest president of the Philippine Society for Climacteric Medicine in 2008. She was a former member of the board of trustees of the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society. She was a member of the Philippine Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 2006-2007, and 2018-2020. She is a founding member and currently president of the newly established Philippine Society for Fertility Preservation (for 2023 and 2024). She also served as board of trustees in the Philippine Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy from 2013 to 2018. She is a member of the International Editorial Board and Reviewers of the Fertility and Sterility Journal of Bangladesh. She is currently also a section editor (International Advisor) on the Board of the Editorial Team of Fertility Science Research, a peer review journal of the Indian Fertility Society, and Deputy Editor of the Fertility & Reproduction (F&R), the official journal of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE), , and peer reviewer for several international scientific journals.
She is the Assistant Secretary General of the IFSS (International Federation of Fertility Societies) for the years 2022-2025 and currently the Philippine Reproductive Endocrinology Infertility (REI) representative to the Asia & Oceania Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (AOFOG) from 2022.

She has contributed to several clinical practice guidelines and local book chapters on the Menopause, Infertility, Endometriosis, Myomas and Adenomyosis, PCOS, Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.
She is a well known fertility and reproductive specialist in the country with a very busy practice. She has delivered many local and international lectures and webinars on Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Repeated Implantation Failures, Endometriosis and Adenomyosis, PCOS, Premature Ovarian Insufficiency, Menopause and HRT, Androgens in the Menopause, ART, Fertility Preservation and Gynecologic Endoscopy, among others.
Awards received are:
Howard and Conchita Redmon Professorial Award, (2021-2023)
Gloria T. Aragon Memorial Academic Excellence Award, UP-PGH Dept. of ObGyn, 2024
Makati Medical Center and Asian Hospital and Medical Center Academic and Clinical Excellence Awards, 2022-2024
Dimitrios Mavrelos, UK

Mr Dimitrios Mavrelos is a Consultant in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine at University College London Hospital (UCLH). He studied medicine at the University of Oxford and Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical School, and completed his specialty and subspecialty training in London, alongside a higher degree in gynaecological ultrasound.
His clinical work focuses on supporting couples trying to conceive, with particular expertise in early pregnancy complications, endometriosis, and fertility-impacting gynaecological conditions. He is Clinical Lead of the Reproductive Medicine Unit and runs the Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic at UCLH. Mr Mavrelos has published widely in the field and provides both surgical and outpatient care tailored to his patients.
Ioannis E. Messinis, Greece
Micheline Misrahi, France

Micheline Misrahi
Professor Micheline Misrahi is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Paris-Saclay Faculty of Medicine in France.
She cloned the human progesterone receptor for the first time and established the first structure of the LH receptor deduced from cloned cDNA.
Her main area of research has focused on the molecular mechanisms of action of Progesterone, LH, FSH and TSH receptors and their involvement in human diseases.
She discovered genetic causes of infertility.
She has been a leader in the field of genetics of infertility and created the first genetics laboratory using high-throughput sequencing technology to analyze the genes involved in female and/or male infertility in France. This Laboratory has become the National Reference Laboratory for the Genetics of Infertility in France (2021).
She created the first Doctoral School in Endocrinology and Reproduction in France and is Director of the National University Diploma in Genetics and Reproduction. She was Director of a Research Unit at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research-INSERM: Receptors, Signaling and Reproductive and Thyroid Pathophysiology. She has 10,500 citations and has an H index of 53. She was a member of the INSERM Scientific Council. She is a member of the Advisory Board of EMBO Mol Med and was Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. She is member of the ESHRE POI guidelines group. She is also involved in attracting young women to science.
She is a member of the Academia Europaea and the European Academy of Sciences.
Vasiliki A. Moragianni, USA

Dr. Vasiliki A. Moragianni, MD, MS, FACOG, is a double board-certified Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) specialist and serves as Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Fertility Center, as well as Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. A native of Greece, Dr. Moragianni has trained extensively in the United States, completing her undergraduate studies at Cornell University, her graduate education at Georgetown University, and her medical degree at Drexel University. She completed her fellowship training in REI at Harvard Medical School/Boston IVF and is a recognized physician leader and scientific expert who speaks nationally and internationally on fertility and women’s health.
Dr. Moragianni has a diverse leadership background, having founded private fertility clinics and served as Medical Director within large academic institutions. She is an award-winning physician actively engaged in research and medical education, with a strong commitment to advancing evidence-based reproductive care.
Her clinical and academic work focuses on optimizing fertility outcomes through patient-centered, evidence-based approaches, with particular interests in recurrent pregnancy loss, diminished ovarian reserve, and the intersection of reproductive and systemic health. She is actively involved in leading professional organizations, including the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART), the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), contributing to national education and content development initiatives.
In addition to her clinical and academic roles, Dr. Moragianni is deeply engaged in physician leadership and patient empowerment, with a focus on helping individuals make informed reproductive decisions. She is also a sought-after speaker on fertility-related topics, including the integration of reproductive planning into career strategy for professional women.

Rossella Nappi, Italy

Rossella E. Nappi – Born in Naples (Italy) – 1965

Full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chief of the Research Center for Reproductive Medicine and Gynecological Endocrinology-Menopause Unit, IRCCS San Matteo Foundation, University of Pavia (Italy)
MD, PhD
Gynecologist, Endocrinologist, Sexologist
Dr Nappi’s major interests are in the field of psychoneuroendocrinology of female reproductive and post-reproductive life with a special focus on women’s sexual health. She has published around 400 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and international books with around 23000 citations (HF Google Scholar 83).
She is a well-known speaker on women’s health from adolescence to menopause. She has been very active in many international meetings and research projects in the field of contraception, menopause and female sexual dysfunction.
She is past president of the International Society for the Study of Women Sexual Health (ISSWSH). At present, she is permanent member of the advisory board of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology (ISGE) and of the International Academy of Human Reproduction (IAHR) and President Elect of the International Menopause Society (IMS).

Willem Ombelet, Belgium
Johannes Ott, Austria

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Johannes Ott , born in September 1980 in Vienna, Austria, currently is the deputy head of the Clinical Division of Gynecologic Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. He has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed articles with a main focus on polycystic ovary syndrome, hypothalamic amenorrhea, fertility surgery, recurrent miscarriage, artificial reproduction, thyroid function and autoimmune thyroiditis.

Nick Panay, UK

Professor Nick Panay BSc MBBS FRCOG MFSRH
Consultant Gynecologist, Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine,
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust,
Professor of Practice, Imperial College London,
Guest Professor, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University.

Summary CV
As director of the Menopause & PMS Centre at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital & Imperial College London, Nick leads a busy clinical and research team which publishes widely, presents at scientific meetings and trains health professionals at all levels. He and his team of research fellows and nurses run an active research programme consisting of translational, clinical and pharmaceutically sponsored research in menopause, premature ovarian insufficiency, premenstrual syndrome, androgens and contraception.

Nick has authored 235 peer reviewed publications with 12787 citations to date and has a Google Scholar h index of 55. He presents at numerous national and international conferences, as an invited keynote and plenary speaker.

Through his work with several societies, councils and women’s groups he campaigns actively for women’s health issues both nationally and internationally. His affiliations include:

Immediate Past President, International Menopause Society,
Co-Chair, 2024 ESHRE POI Guideline Development Committee,
Past Chairman, British Menopause Society (BMS),
Medical Advisory Council Member, BMS,
Chairman, National Association for Premenstrual Syndromes,
Clinical Advisory Board Member, International Association for Premenstrual Disorders,
Patron, Daisy Network,
Past Honorary Director of Conferences, Past Council Member, RCOG,
Past President, Current Council Member, Royal Society of Medicine (O & G Division).
Enrico Papaleo, Italy

Enrico Papaleo
Born in 1974, Enrico Papaleo graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Milan, Italy in 1999, and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, in 2005.
Actually he is chief of Reproductive Unit, Ob-Gyn Department of University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan.
Current interests focus on ovulation induction in infertile patients, PCOS, endometriosis and IVF-ET and identification of novel prognostic marker in ART.
Since 2003 he is member of ESHRE.
Speaker or Chairman of more than one-hundred national and international meetings
He is author of more than 75 peer-review publications.
Terhi Piltonen, Finland
Anja Pinborg, Denmark

Professor Anja Pinborg is an MD, specialist in obstetrics/gynecology and expert in clinical reproductive medicine and was appointed professor at University of Copenhagen in 2013. Since 2018 she has been professor and medical director at the Fertility Clinc at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital. She has published more than 350 original papers and authored three books and ten book-chapters and has an H-index of 74. She is past member of ESHRE EXCO (2017-2021) and of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (2015-2021) and former president for Nordic Fertility Society (2011-2015). She is current deputy editor of Human Reproduction Open as is the former AE of Human Reproduction Update and RBMOnline. Her main research focus areas are quality and safety in ART including maternal and child health.
Paul Pirtea, France

Paul Pirtea
Specialist doctor certified in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine
Senior Doctor med. and clinical director in the department of Obstetrics-Gynecology and Reproduction Medicine at the FOCH Hospital, Suresnes, France – service run by Professor J.M AYOUBI.
Associate Editor at Fertility ans Sterility
Associate Editor at JARG (Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics) Journal
Editor Board at Frontiers Journal
ASRM member
Author and co-aouthor of over 100 peer reviewed paper.

Laura Rienzi, Italy

Laura Rienzi
Adjunct Professor of Biotechnology in Assisted Reproduction, University of Urbino, Italy
Director of the Scientific Executive Committee of GeneraLife and co-founder of Genera
Senior Clinical Embryologist
With 30 years’ experience in human assisted reproduction technologies, pre-implantation genetic testing and cryopreservation of human oocytes, sperm and embryos, Laura Rienzi is the Director of the Scientific Executive Committee of the GeneraLife network of IVF clinics in Europe.
Laura obtained her degree in Biology magna cum laude at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, University of Rome, a Master degree and a course specialization in Reproductive Medicine at the University of Padua. Since 2016, she is Adjunct Professor of Biotechnology in Assisted Reproduction at the Faculty of Biology, University of Urbino, Italy. She has authored >200 articles (Scopus Index 52), reviews and book chapters, she has also been invited to speak in more than 300 national and international scientific meetings and has won several awards regarding fertility investigation and innovation.
In 2008 she founded together with Dr. Filippo Maria Ubaldi the Genera IVF centers, with 4 different locations in Italy, where she is Laboratory Director. In 2020, she was actively involved in the creation of GeneraLife, a network of >30 clinics in 5 different countries in Europe: the name GeneraLife was inspired by the group she founded 12 years before.
Giuseppe Rizzo, Italy

Prof Giuseppe Rizzo. Full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Università Sapienza Rome Italy.
Chairman Department of Obstetrics at Policlinico Umberto 1 Roma .
President Italian Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (SIEOG) 2015-2017; Founding member of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) and of the Mediterranean Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (MEDUOG).
Authors of 483 peer reviewed articles, and Editor of 20 books. His H index is 59 with>120000 citations according to Scopus (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7102724281)
Honorary member of the Sociedad Chilena de Ultrasonografia en Medicina & Biologia, of the Spanish society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Russian Academy of Perinatal Medicine.
Editor in Chief of Journal of Maternal fetal neonatal Medicine. Deputy Editor of Prenatal Cardiology Associate Editor of Journal of Clinical ultrasound and member of the Editorial Board of 12 medical journal.
Resource available maternal fetal medicine clinics equipped with top ultrasound equimentes (10 avalilabe), computerized CTG and dedicated database to record pregnant women data.

Ioannis Sfontouris, Greece
Edgardo Somigliana, Italy

Edgardo Somigliana graduated in Medicine in 1994 and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1999. In 2006, he completed a PhD in Prenatal Medicine. He is currently the head of the ART Unit and of the Obstet-Gynecol emergency Department of the Policlinico Hospital in Milan, Italy. He is also full Professor at the Università degli Studi of Milan, Italy. He is editor-in-Chief of Human Reproduction Open. His major scientific interests are infertility and endometriosis. He is author or co-author of more than 450 articles in international journals and has an h-index of 75 (Scopus).

Basil Tarlatzis, Greece

Prof. Basil Tarlatzis
Professor of Obstetrics – Gynecology & Reproductive Medicine
Professor and Chairman 1st Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Vice President of the Council of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Past Dean, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Past Deputy Chairman of the National Authority of Medically Assisted Reproduction
Past Chairman of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
Past President of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS)
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dutch-speaking Brussels Free University (AZ-VUB)
International Award in Gynecology (Premio Internazionale per la Ginecologia) “Arnaldo Bruno”, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy.
“ASRM Service Award” American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
“Fellow ad Eundem” Royal College of Obstetrics & Gynecology (RCOG)
Award “G. Kotzias”, Hellenic Society of Physiology
Editorial Board Member of 14 International and 7 National Scientific Journals
Editor / Co-Editor in 5 Scientific Books
Member of 18 International and 24 National Scientific Societies
Participation in more than 600 Congresses International and National
165 Abstracts in International Congresses and 100 in National Congresses
307 Publications in International peer-reviewed Scientific Journals and 85 in National Journals
H-index 54 Citations 13022 (Scopus 2016)

Rita Vassena, Spain

Dr. Vassena
Dr. Vassena is the co-founder and director of Fecundis, a company dedicated to the development of innovative treatments for infertility. She is also the medical director for fertility of CooperSurgical. Dr.Vassena has more than 20 years of experience in the field of reproduction with more than 130 publications in peer reviewed international journals and book chapters. Dr.Vassena was Co-director of the international Master in Human Assisted Reproductive Technology from the University Pompeu Fabra. Dr.Vassena is also a former member of the Executive Committee of ESHRE (European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology), the largest international scientific society dedicated to human reproduction and embryology. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Spanish Fertility Society.
Zdenko Vizintin, Slovenia

Zdenko Vizintin has been working in laser technology for more than 45 years, having graduated from the Ljubljana Faculty of Electronics as an Electronics Engineer. Throughout his professional career he has been deeply involved in R&D and production of various laser systems for different industries. In his current position in Fotona as Medical Laser Program Director responsible for the Applications Development, and as Researcher and Expert Lecturer for Laser and Health Academy (LA&HA) Zdenko Vizintin is actively involved in new medical laser application development and validation through many clinical studies. He is the author and co-author of numerous laser engineering papers, as well as studies in the applications of laser in medicine. In last ten years Zdenko is deeply involved in development of novel minimally invasive laser therapies in gynecology.

Zev Williams, USA

Prof. Zev Williams
Zev Williams, MD, PhD is the Wendy D. Havens Associate Professor of Women’s Health and Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where he directs the Columbia University Fertility Center. In 2026, he was named one of the TIME100 Most Influential People in Healthcare.
Dr. Williams completed his MD and PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, followed by residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology through the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital program at Harvard Medical School . He then completed fellowship training in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Weill Cornell Medicine and a postdoctoral fellowship in RNA biology in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Tuschl at Rockefeller University.
A physician-scientist, Dr. Williams’ work focuses on recurrent pregnancy loss, infertility, and ovarian aging. He leads a multidisciplinary research and development team developing novel technologies and therapeutic approaches to preserve and restore fertility and prevent pregnancy loss, including clinical investigations of low-dose rapamycin to slow ovarian aging and the creation of AI-enabled platforms such as the STAR System.

Yariv Yogev, Israel

Prof. Yariv Yogev graduated medical school in The Technion University, Haifa, Israel and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Helen Schneider Hospital, Rabin Medical Center. He completed his clinical and research fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Columbia University and St. Lukes-Roosvelt Hospital in New York. Currently, he is full professor at Tel Aviv University and the Chairman of Lis Hospital for Women in Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center which is a tertiary University affiliated Hospital with approximately 12,000 deliveries a year. Prof. Yogev is the past President of the Israel Society for Maternal and Fetal Medicine, the past moderator of the diabetes in pregnancy program in the American Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) and board member in the Israel residency board exams. He contributed more than 240 peer-reviewed articles, editor of 2 books and wrote many chapters in books, and his main in interest in research are pregnancy complication, especially diabetes and preterm labor.

The 34^th World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics,
Gynecology & Infertility (COGI)
November 12-14, 2026 | Athens, Greece

November 12-14, 2026 | Athens, Greece