GIAN CARLO DI RENZO
MD, PhD, FRCOG (hon) FACOG (hon) FICOG (hon)
Prof. Di Renzo is Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Perugia in Italy. He is Director of both the Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine Center in Perugia and founder of the Permanent International and European School of Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine (PREIS) in Florence. He is full Professor at the Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the I.M. Sechenov First State University of Moscow since 2019. He is coordinating the Women’s Library ( GLOWM ) of FIGO after being General Secretary for two terms (2012-2018) . He holds multiple other positions including Founder & Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, based in London, corresponding Editor of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Editor in Chief of the Chinese Journal (in English language) “Maternal Fetal-Medicine”. He is an Advisory Board Member for the March of Dimes Foundation based in New York. Further, he is a Fellow ad eundem of RCOG and a Honorary Fellow of American ACOG and of Indian ICOG. He is also member of the WHO Strategic Committee on “Maternal and Perinatal health”. Prof. Di Renzo is an Honorary Professor and Doctor Honoris Causa at 16 different Universities throughout Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States. He is an Academic Member of the Romanian and Russian Academy of Sciences. Prof. Di Renzo has received six awards for his work in human reproduction and maternal-infant’s health, scientific research, and teaching. He has organized more than 350 international congresses and courses, some of these are held regularly (Diabetes in Pregnancy: DIP, Birth, World Congress of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, TWINS, etc). His scientific production comprises over 1,300 papers of which more than 400 have been published in peer reviewed international journals and 82 books. He has been an invited speaker in over 1,500 national and international congresses and meetings and in academic courses in over 115 countries.

Prof. Marie-Madeleine Dolmans earned her medical degree from the Université Catholique de Louvain in Brussels in 2000, and her PhD degree on “Cryopreservation and transplantation of human ovarian tissue” in 2006. She completed her internship in Gynecology and Obstetrics in 2007 and since then has divided her time equally between clinical and research activities. Her research work focuses primarily on human ovarian follicle isolation and xenotransplantation, and the risk of reimplanting malignant disease. She succeeded Prof. Donnez as Head of the Gynecology Research Unit at the Université Catholique de Louvain in October 2012.

Jacques Donnez was born in Tournai (Belgium) on 16 July, 1947.
He studied at the Catholic University of Louvain.
He defended his PhD thesis in 1984, entitled “The fallopian tube: normal and pathological
histophysiology”.
He became Full Professor and Head of the Department Gynaecology and Andrology in 1986.
He also founded the Infertility Research Unit of the Catholic University of Louvain in 1986.
He has focused his research activities on three main topics: tubal infertility, endometriosis
and finally, ovarian cryopreservation and transplantation.
He published over 600 original articles in peer-review journals.
Prof. Donnez was the first President of the recently created International Society for Fertility
Preservation (until end of 2010) and has been elected in Februari 2009 at the Royal Belgian
Academy of Medicine.

Professor Olivier Donnez, M.D. Ph.D. received his medical degree in 2000 and his PhD in 2013 from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL). He is actually Co-founder and Co-CEO of the Institut du sein et de Chirurgie gynécologique d’Avignon (I.C.A.) since 2016. He is gynaecological and oncological surgeon in polyclinic Urbain V in Avignon, France from 2015. He was the head of department of gynaecology and in vitro fertilization, CHU Dinant Godinne UCL Namur in Belgium from 2005 until 2015. He is involved in research projects in the “Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique”, GYNE pole, of the UCL.
Olivier Donnez is member of the European Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE), European society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO), American association of gynaecologic laparoscopist (AAGL), International society of fertility preservation (ISFP)
He is member of the advisory board of the Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE). He is reviewer for the European Journal of Obstertrics and Gynecology, Plos One, The Journal of Minimally invasive Gynecology and Gynecological surgery. He is a member of the editorial board of Fertility and Sterility.
His daily practice is mainly devoted on the laparoscopic surgical management of benign and oncologic gynaecological pathology and reproductive medicine. His research interests deep nodular endometriosis, uterine fibroids, isthmocele and deep neuromuscular blockade.
He has authored or co-authored more than 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has delivered more than 120 presentations at international congresses on gynaecological endoscopy and anaesthesiology.

Prof. Dr. Christian Egarter was appointed as specialist for OB/GYN at the University of Vienna in 1988. From 1991-1993 he was Head of the Department of OB/GYN in Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria. Thereafter, he returned to Vienna to become Deputy Head of the Department of Obstetrics. Since 2007 he served as Deputy Head of the Department of Gynecological Endocrinology & Reproductive Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna and became Head of the Department in 2011. In 2012 Prof. Egarter became President of the “Austrian Society for Sterility, Fertility, and Endocrinology” and Vice-president of the “Austrian Family Planning Society”. In 2014 he was appointed as Member of the Bioethics Commission at the Federal Chancellery of the Austrian government. Prof. Egarter published more than 300 papers in national and international journals and the elaborate number of research grants includes the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science and Concerted Actions of the EU Commission.

Dan Farine, MD, is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto. He is cross-appointed to the Departments of Medicine and Public Health. And an honorary professor at the Universities of Vienna and Moscow
He received his medical degree at Tel-Aviv University and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Toronto in 1986. He finished his fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) at Columbia University, New York in 1988, after which he was appointed as a perinatologist at Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH) in Toronto (the largest obstetrical unit in Canada). He became Head of MFM at MSH in 1990 and Head of Obstetrics in that hospital in 1992. He was Head of the MFM Division at the University of Toronto from 2004−2012.
Dr Farine has published more than 180 peer-reviewed papers, of which nine received research awards. These included two Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) best paper awards and several best poster awards, as well as awards from the Society for Gynaecologic Investigation (SGI) and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC). He is an Editor of a book on new technologies in labour monitoring and Co-editor of textbooks on obesity and malignancies in pregnancy. He has authored 20 book chapters.
Dr Farine has had several different appointments in the area of medical education. His last position was heading up the MFM Fellowship Program at the University of Toronto. He has received five awards for his teaching capabilities.
He was a member and Head of the MFM Committee of SOGC for many years (1998−2009), and was involved in writing many of the SOGC guidelines. He is the founder of the Canadian Society of MFM.

Bart C.J.M. Fauser, MD, PhD, FRCOG, is Emeritus Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the University of Utrecht and the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. He is the former Head of the Department for Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecology and Chair of the Division of Woman & Baby at the University Medical Center, Utrecht. Professor Fauser is also a member of the board of the Dutch Medical research Counsel (ZonMW), Editor in Chief of Reproductive Biomedicine Online, and PAST chair of the World Health Organisation (WHO) steering committee for infertility guidelines, and visiting professor at the London Women’s Clinic, London, UK.Professor Fauser previously held posts as visiting professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA; Free University, Brussels, Belgium; University of Siena, Italy; University of Southampton, United Kingdom; and the University of Adelaide, Australia. In addition, he held the following positions: Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, San Diego, California, USA (1987–1988); Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology and Director of Center of Reproductive Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (1996–2003), and Editor-in-Chief for Human Reproduction Update (2001–2007),
His major research interests include the pathophysiology of human ovarian function. He has published over 440 peer-reviewed articles, with a Hirsch factor of 100. He has served on many international editorial boards, has been active in many international societies, acted as referee for all major journals and his work has been widely covered in the national and international lay press.

Professor Simon Fishel is the Founder and President of the CARE Fertility Group – the UK’s largest independent provider of fertility services. He began his research career at the University of Cambridge in 1975 with Bob Edwards, who was responsible with Patrick Steptoe for the birth of the first IVF baby in 1978. During the 1978-1980 he was the first to publish on the metabolic responsiveness of embryos to their environment, and he also published on demonstrating the presence of specific uterine glycoproteins suggesting bidirectional signalling. Simon joined Patrick and Bob at Bourn Hall as Deputy Scientific Director when it opened in 1980, where he was part of the “original” clinical team of four undertaking IVF (the other member being John Webster). In 1979 he was appointed a Research Fellow at Churchill College, and on the same night as Bob Edwards was appointed a Fellow of the same college. In 1980 he was awarded the prestigious Beit Memorial Fellowship and in1984 Simon was the first to publish on the secretion of HCG by the human embryo. He has published over 200 papers and three books and, with Alison Campbell, the first atlas of time-lapse images of the human embryo. His pioneering work in the field of IVF has resulted in many honorary awards from countries such as Japan, Austria, Italy, South Africa and the US, amongst others. In 1992 he founded the world first degree course in IVF and he has advised several international Government committees reviewing policy and legislation on IVF, including advisors to the Vatican. In 1997 he was awarded a Personal Professional Chair in Human Reproduction, is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and in 2009 was honoured by the Liverpool John Moores University with their highest award of ‘University Fellow’ for “outstanding contribution to science and to humanity”. He Founded the Rachel Foundation, a charity for both research to help children rendered infertile due to medical treatment, and also to help raise awareness for secondary infertility. Simon is Co-Founder and Co-Chair of CoGEN: Controversies in Preconception, Preimplantation and Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis. Simon is also Co-Founder and CEO of ProFaM, the world first organisation to off ovarian tissue cryopreservation for premenopausal hormonal preservation, along with fertility preservation. Simon’s professional interests span all elements of Human Reproduction, fertility and embryology, and IVF technologies in particular.

Ivan Fistonić MD, PhD
Specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Subspecialist in Human Reproduction
Born in Zagreb, Croatia, March 28, 1955.
Assist. Prof. at the Medical School University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Assist. Prof. at the Department of Health Studies University of Split, Split, Croatia
Prof. at the University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Senior research fellow at the Medical School University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Head of the Institute for Women’s Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Founder and board member of the Croatian Menopause Society
Senior lecturer at the Laser and Health Academy (LAHA), Ljubljana, Slovenia
Croatian representative in Council of Affilated Menopause Societies (CAMS) of the International Menopause Society (IMS)
Advisory Board member at the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS)
Court expert in Ob/Gyn.
Fields of interest: human reproduction, menopause, reconstructive and esthetic gynecology, noninvasive laser and radiofrequency applications in gynecology.
Pioneer in non-invasive laser therapy of the stress urinary incontinence and vaginal relaxation syndrome.

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.

Professor Suzanne Garland , AO, MBBS, MD, FRCPA, FRANZCOG Ad Eundem, FAChSHM, FASM, FACOG Hons

Professor Garland obtained her Bachelor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne in 1971, and subsequently worked as a Research Fellow at Harvard University, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, USA. Suzanne commenced as Director of Clinical Microbiology at the Women’s in 1984.
Professor Garland is a regular advisor to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on sexual and reproductive health infections, cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV). Her laboratory is a Western Pacific reference laboratory for HPV for the HPV Labnet, as set up by WHO.
Professor Garland has been a chief investigator for phase 3, clinical HPV vaccine trials for the bivalent and quadrivalent vaccines, and on the Advisory Board for the nonavalent vaccine: she with her team is currently measuring vaccine effectiveness post vaccine rollout in Australia. She has 700 peer reviewed articles in the scientific literature.
Professor Garland was integral to the setup of the New Society Asia Oceania Research Organisation on Genital Infections and Neoplasia (AOGIN) and is the Inaugural and Past President of AOGIN and ongoing Board Advisor.
She is currently the Director of Centre Women’s Infectious Diseases Research, Royal Women’s Hosptial, holds an Honorary Research Fellow position at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and Professorial Chair through the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Melbourne, President Elect IPVS and recent recipient of Officer of the Order of Australia, AO.

Prof. Juan A. García-Velasco obtained his Medical Degree from Complutense University in Spain in 1990. Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynaecology through residency at La Paz Hospital from 1992 to 1995 and obtained his PhD in Medicine and Surgery through Autonoma University of Madrid in 1995. He did a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Yale University (USA) in 1997/98. He is now Director of IVI Madrid and Full Professor of Gynaecology at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid, Spain. Active lecturer around the world at major scientific meetings, he has published more than 200 scientific articles published at impact journals, several chapters and edited sx books. He is the Principal Investigator of projects funded by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health. Member of the Editorial Committee of Fertility & Sterility and Associate Editor or Reproductive Biomedicine Online as well as active member of SGI, ESHRE, ASRM, SEGO and SEF.

Petra Gehle
Position: Head of Ambulatory Clinic for Genetic Aortic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Scientist, Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislaufforschung, Berlin, Germany

Work Adress: Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology
Charité Universitätsmedizin, Campus Virchow Klinikum
Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 30 450 665 391
Fax: +49 30 450 7 565 391

EDUCATION

1983 – 1985 Medical school of Homburg (Saar), Physikum
1985-1986 University of Grenoble, France, exchange student
1986 –1989 University of Freiburg, 1st and 2nd State exam
1989 – 1990 Practical year in Minneapolis, MN, USA, and
1990 – 1991 Berlin, Freie Universität, 3rd State exam

CARREER/EMPLOYMENT

1991- 1996 Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Prof. Dr. R. Hetzer, resident in cardio-vascular surgery
1996- 1997 Harefield Hospital and Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College, London, UK, Prof. Sir M. Yacoub, fellowship year in cardiovascular surgery
1997- 1999 Herzzentrum Leipzig, Prof. Dr. F. W. Mohr, resident in cardio-vascular surgery
1999-2000 Herz- und Diabeteszentrum Bad Oeynhausen, Prof. Dr. R. Körfer, resident in cardio-vascular surgery
2000-2009 Mediklin Herzzentrum Lahr/ Baden, Prof. Dr. J. Ennker, fellow and senior fellow, cardiac surgeon, permanent position
2009-2016 Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Prof. Dr. R. Hetzer and from 2014 Prof. Dr. V. Falk, permanent position, fellow, head of Marfan Clinic Berlin
since Jan/2016 Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Prof. Dr. B. Pieske, permanent position, fellow, Head of genetic aortic division and Marfan Clinic Berlin

QUALIFICATIONS

2002 Specialty in Cardiac Surgeon
2003 Certified specialist knowledge in Emergency Medicine
2004 Certified specialist knowledge in Echokardiografie
2005 Certified specialist knowledge in Thorakale Radiologische Diagnostik
2005 Certified specialist knowledge in Cardiac Intensive Care
2007 European Accreditation of Transoesophageal Echocardiography
2006 – 2009 Certified specialist knowledge in medical hygiene
Hygiene officer doctor in Mediclin Herzzentrum Lahr/Baden
2013 Certified specialist knowledge in Medical Genetics in Cardiology

RESEARCH FIELDS
i) General: Genetic aortic diseases, Genetic cardiac diseases, Marfan syndrome and Connective tissue diseases
ii) Specific: diastolic cardiac function, cardiomyopathy in Marfan syndrome and cardiac genetic diseases, interdisciplinary integration of care for genetic aortic diseases

TULLIO GHI graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bologna in 1997 (110/110 and honours). In 2002 he graduated in Obstetrics and Gynecology with honors from the same University. After a year in London at King’s College Hospital, from 2005 to 2014 he worked as a medical consultant at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Hospital S. Orsola Malpighi Hospital in Bologna. Since 2014 he is Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Parma.
In addition to the skills of surgeon and specialist obstetrician – gynecologist he has mastered the main techniques of invasive and non-invasive prenatal diagnosis.
Tullio has over 150 scientific papers published in international journals as well as a number of books and monographs. He is a regular speaker at national and international courses and congresses.

Dr. Luca Gianaroli is specialist in Reproductive Medicine since the end of the Seventies. He is the Scientific Director of S.I.S.Me.R. (Italian Society for the Study of Reproductive Medicine) and he holds the position of Scientific Director of I.I.A.R.G., the International Institutes of Advanced Reproduction and Genetics and of IIRM SA. He is also Honorary Professor at the School of Biosciences of the University of Kent.Active member of several international scientific societies in which he has covered and currently covers roles of primary importance, he has served as Chairman of the Italian Society of Reproduction and of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). He is a member of the ESHRE Certification Committee and he is the coordinator of the Steering Committee of the ESHRE ART Centre Certification Program.From 2015 to 2017 he served as Chairman of SIOS.E (Italian Society of Sterility and Embriology).

In 2014 he was appointed as Fellow ad eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. In the same year he obtained the Italian Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale (National Scientific License) as Ordinary Professor – I category, which was renewed in 2020.

Dr. Gianaroli is author of more than 250 papers in international scientific journals and publisher or co-publisher of 9 books. As of the date of this biosketch his H-index is 72 (Google Scholar).

Throughout his professional career he collaborated with several Italian universities (Università degli Studi di Teramo, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Università di Bologna).

Alessandra Graziottin, MD
Alessandra Graziottin is currently Director of the Centre of Gynaecology and Medical Sexology at the H. San Raffaele Resnati in Milano, Italy. She is specialised in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, in Oncology and a certified Psychotherapist in Sexual Medicine.
She is Founder and Chair of the Alessandra Graziottin Foundation for the cure and care of pain in women NPO.
She was Consultant Professor at the Advanced Master in Andrology and Sexual Medicine of the University of Firenze, Consultant Professor at the Advanced Master in Clinical Sexology of the University of Pisa, and Professor at the Master Course of Sexual Medicine for Students of Psychology of the University of Venezia and Salesian University (UPS) of Roma.
Prof. Graziottin has published: 24 scientific books (as author, co-author or editor); more than 90 chapters of scientific books, more than 120 refereed papers and more than 300 proceeding contributions and non-refereed articles; 7 lay books and 8 educational booklets for women. Since 1984 she has been regular columnist on women’s health in Italian national newspapers and magazines.
She wrote, with Filippo Murina:
– Clinical management of vulvodynia (Springer Verlag, 2011);
– Vulvar pain from childhood to old age (Springer Verlag, 2017).
As a leading expert and teacher in Gynaecology and Medical Sexology, with special focus on Chronic Pelvic pain, Vulvar pain and associated comorbidities, she has given more than 1700 lectures (more than 90 state of the art lectures) at international and national meetings and courses.
She is currently:
– Regional Contact for Lombardy for the International Society of Dietary Supplements and Phytotherapy (ISDSP);
– member of the Scientific Board for the “Comorbidity and Psychopathology” Area of the Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Motilità dell’Apparato Digerente (GISMAD);
– member of the Core Faculty of the European School of Oncology (ESO);
– member of the permanent International Organizing Committee (IOC) of Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (COGI);
– coordinator of the Italian Association of Hospital Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (AOGOI) for the Milan Metropolitan Area.
She also served in the Board of:
– the Italian Menopause Society from 1997 until 2001;
– the Italian Menopause Project (PMI) from 1997 to 2007;
– the European Society of Menopause and Andropause (EMAS) from 2000 to 2006;
– the Italian Society of Psychosomatic Gynecology and Obstetrics (SIPGO) from 2002 to 2008;
– the Italian Society of Psychosomatic Gynecology and Obstetrics (SIPGO) from 2008 to 2012, as Vice-President;
– the Italian Society of Gynaecology of the Elderly (SIGITE) from 2003 to 2006;
– the Italian Society of Preventive and Social Paediatrics (SIPPS) from 2008 to 2012;
– the Italian Society of Ginecology and Obstetrics (SIGO), as Coordinator of the Special Interest Area on “Pelvic Pain” (2009-2011);
– the Female Sexual Function Forum, FSFF (2000-2001), as Vice President;
– the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, ISSWSH (2001-2002), as President;
– the International Society for Sexuality and Cancer (ISSC) from 2003 to 2010;
In June 2004 she was awarded the Honorary Membership by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC).

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).

Georg Griesinger is a full Professor at Luebeck University, Germany, and chair at the Department of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany. He trained at the University of Vienna, where he worked in trophoblast research for his MD thesis at the Department of Obstetrics, and then did postdoctoral studies at University College London, where he obtained an MSc in prenatal genetics and fetal medicine. His PhD was on ovarian stimulation for IVF using GnRH-antagonists. His research interests include the endocrinology of ovarian stimulation, evidence-based medicine in reproductive health care, epidemiological studies in IVF, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and basic aspects of folliculogenesis and cryopreservation of human ovarian tissue. He has been an Associate Editor for Human Reproduction 2008-2012, for Fertility and Sterility 2010-2012, and for the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2013-2016. He is currently section editor for Reproductive Biomedicine Online and editor in-chief at Gynaekologische Endokrinologie. Furthermore, he is past coordinator of the special interest group REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY of the ESHRE and served on the Executive Committee of the ESHRE from 2013-2017.

Murat Gültekin Dr. Gultekin is a Gynae Oncologist, an associated Professor and lately a government official as cancer director in MoH, who is actively involved in several leading cancer organizations, such as being vice president of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) and council member of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), European Commission Expert Group on Cancer Control and World Health Organization (WHO) and President of Blacksea Coalition for Cervical and Breast Cancer and CENT-East Trial Group. Recently, he has been appointed as one the 5 HPV experts for European Parlimentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights.

He has been the leading founder of HPV DNA Screening, Mobile Trucks and Central Mammography Report Unit, cancer registry systems in Turkey and community based palliative care systems in the world. He is a member of the editorial board of several international cancer journals and prominent oncology textbooks, including ESGO’s Textbook of Gynaecological Oncology and author of over 100 articles in SCI indexed publications. Currently, he is also the chair of ENGAGE and ESGO prevention task force. He is married and has 2 kits.

Samir Hamamah is Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the medical school and University Hospital of Montpelier, France. He is also Chair of the Reproductive Biology Department and Chair of the assisted reproductive technology/pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (ART/ PGD) division at Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, Montpellier.
He also holds the post of Director at the INSERM U1230, heading the Early Embryonic Development and Human Pluripotency programme, which aims to understand the early embryonic development of the egg to the blastocyst stage. He is a member of the French National AIDS Council and President of the French National University Council of Reproductive Medicine and Medical Gynecology. Professor Hamamah’s research interests include gene expression profiles of human cumulus–oocyte complexes, non-invasive oocyte and embryo biomarkers, controlled ovarian stimulation protocols and endometrial receptivity.
Professor Hamamah has published widely, with more than 165 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 54 book chapters and 10 books. He has been invited to speak at more than 350 national and international meetings, and has been awarded several prestigious prizes, including the Prix de la Société d’Andrologie de Langue Française in 1991, Prix de l’International Society of Andrology in 1993, Prix de la Société Française pour l’Etude de la Fertilité in 1993, and the Lauréat Fondation Aventis in 2002.

Univ.-Professor Dr. med. Wolfgang Henrich

Position Held
• Director of the Department of Obstetrics and head of ultrasound division, Charité, Campus Virchow Clinic and Campus Mitte, Berlin Germany.
• President of the Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology Berlin.

Education
1983-1989 Medical school: University of Heidelberg/Germany, San Diego/USA, Zürich/Switzerland
1990-1997 Clinical Education at the Charité, Virchow-Clinic, Berlin
1997 Board Certification for Obstetrics & Gynecology
1999 Board Certification in Feto-Maternal Medicine
2000 Diploma in Fetal Medicine (Fetal Medicine Foundation London UK)
2009 Board member German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine

Memberships and publications
Member of several national and international societies (ISUOG, DGGG, DEGUM, DGPM etc.)
More than 500 national and international publications

Clinical and Research fields
Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy / First and Second Trimester Screening / Fetal Echocardiography / 3D Ultrasound / Noninvasive Prenatal Testing / Prevention of Congenital Anomalies / Intrauterine Therapy / Fetomaternal Doppler Sonography / Preterm Birth / Cervical Assessment / High risk pregnancy and delivery / Peripartum Hemorrhage / Ultrasound in the Labor Ward.

-Larry Hinkson “In 2011, I was appointed as a full time Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Charité University Hospital Department in Berlin and as of 2017 I have been the leading Consultant in Obstetrics and the deputy director of the Charité Obstetrics Department in Campus Mitte.
The Charité is one of the largest Obstetric Units in Europe with over 5000 deliveries yearly. The Charité Obstetric Department has been consistently voted the best Obstetric unit in Germany for the last 6 years under the directorship of Professor Wolfgang Henrich.
With my background training in Obstetric Leadership, I play a central role in the running and leadership of the unit, which is a referral centre for high-risk pregnancies, not only for Berlin but surrounding regions and international referrals as well. It is a level one tertiary referral centre with advanced neonatal services. I supervise specialized, dedicated, interdisciplinary clinics for high risk pregnancy and medical disorders in pregnancy. I have a special interest in ultrasound in pregnancy especially in labour and operative delivery. I am also interested in the development of clinical pathway systems for the management of breech presentation and high-fidelity simulation training in obstetric emergencies.
The Charité University Department is the largest training facility for medical students in Berlin and is a centre of excellence for postgraduate training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. ”

Prof. Dr. med. Dr.h.c.mult. Wolfgang Holzgreve, MBA, FACOG, FRCOG

Wolfgang Holzgreve graduated in medicine from the University of Münster in Germany and in genetics from the University of California in Berkeley.
He became a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology in Germany and did his postdoctoral fellowship in reproductive genetics at the University of California in San Francisco. In 1995 he was appointed as Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. From there he was recruited back to Germany to become the Medical Director and Chair of the Board of Directors of the University of Freiburg. In 2010/2011 he has been on a sabbatical at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin. Since 2012 he is Physician-in-Chief and Chair of the Board of Directors (CEO) of the University Bonn Medical Center.
Prof. Holzgreve´s main research has been in the area of prenatal diagnosis and therapy, and he was involved with the development of invasive techniques such as chorionic villus sampling and Non-invasive Prenatal Diagnosis from maternal blood. His research resulted in more than 600 original papers, more than 10 books, Editorial Board memberships of 15 journals. His Hirsch index is > 60.
He received many awards including the Maternite award, the Liley medal etc, and received seven honorary doctoral degrees. He was President of many professional organizations such as the German Societies of Reproductive Medicine and of Perinatal Medicine, as well President of the Swiss Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Treasurer of the European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG) and of the World Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) for six years each.
In 2018 he received the Ordination of First degree (Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse) from the President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
He has served the German National Academy of Science Leopoldina in various Capacities; and in 2019 was elected into the Executive Committee of the Inter Academy Partnership (IAP).
In 2020 he was reelected as Medical Director and CEO of the Universit Medical Center Bonn for the period of Jan.1, 2022 – Dec. 31, 2026.

Geranne Jiskoot works as a psychologist and obtained a master degree in epidemiology in 2014. She is a PhD Candidate in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and the Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy at The Erasmus MC. Geranne’s main research interests include lifestyle treatment for obesity, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and the emotional effects of premature Menopause (POI).

Andreas Kaufmann holds a degree in Biology from the University of Heidelberg (1992). Dr. Kaufmann completed his PhD at the German Cancer Centre working on tumour metastasis and EGF receptor signalling. In 1994, he proceeded to Loyola University at Chicago to join the Lab of Lutz Gissmann and started working on Human Papillomavirus immunology and vaccine development. In 1997, he moved to Jena, Germany, and engaged in clinical testing of experimental vaccines and characterization of immune responses to HPV vaccination. Several clinical vaccination studies were performed. The research group moved to Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin by 2005. Andreas Kaufmann holds a position as head of research at the Department of Gynaecology. He is responsible for the development and organisation of the departmental research. This comprises acquisition and organisation of clinical studies with companies and academic translational basic research. The main interests are i) characterization of tumour-specific immune responses and development and evaluation of tumour vaccination strategies ii) epidemiology of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer and development and introduction of screening methods, iii) cancer stem cell biology and targeted treatment. Current interests are T cell immunology of HPV vaccination of both prophylactic and therapeutic approaches. Sensitive T cell assays have been developed and are validated for use in clinical studies. HPV testing is performed for diagnostic purposes on patients and subjects recruited into studies. HPV gene expression in correlation to disease progression is investigated to identify potential progression markers. In addition the biologic and immunologic features of cancer stem cells of HPV-related cervical and head-and-neck cancer are investigated. Several cervical cancer implementation trials in LMIC were supported by the lab. The emphasis is on translational research making innovative methods and therapies available to patients.

Asma Khalil is a Professor of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine at St George’s Hospital, University of London. 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 300 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 ISUOG 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.
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Ludwig Kiesel, MD, PhD, is Chairman of the Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics at the University of Münster School of Medicine, Germany.
He has studied at the University of the Heidelberg School of Medicine Germany, and the Royal Free Hospital Medical School at the University of London UK. Thereafter he earned a research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland from 1981-1982. Following his residency at the University of Heidelberg he was faculty member at the University of Tübingen until 2000.
Professor Kiesel is the president of the German Society of Gynecological Endocrinology and Fertility (DGGEF) and member of the board of the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS). He has served previously as president of the German Menopause Society (DMG), the German Joint Societies of Reproductive Medicine (DVR), the German Endometriosis Society (SEF) and as board member of the World Endometriosis Society (WES). His main interests are endometriosis, menopause, minimal invasive surgery and mechanisms of endocrine regulation.

Antonio La Marca is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences of the Mother, Children and Adults of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, and Medical Coordinator at Clinica Eugin Modena in Modena, Italy. He was awarded his MD in 1996 by the University of Siena, Italy, specialized in obstetrics and gynecology in 2001, and gained a PhD in 2004. His clinical activity covers all fields of reproductive medicine and surgery, and he has taken part in thousands of IVF, laparoscopic, and hysteroscopic surgical procedures. Research interests include ovarian reserve and endocrinology and pharmacological manipulation of ovarian activity, including the prediction of ovarian response in IVF, the personalization of ovarian stimulation protocols, the physiological significance of anti-Müllerian hormone and antral follicle count (including their measurement and clinical utility), and conventional and alternative strategies for ovarian stimulation. In addition to his clinical and research activities. Active member of several national and international professional and scientific societies, has served as consultant for Italian Ministry of Health for infertility-related issues. He has published extensively in his field, being recognized as author or co-author of more than 160 peer-reviewed articles and numerous chapters in national and international textbooks, and is currently principal investigator in several phase 3 and 4 trials; his current h -index is 44, with more than 8,000 citations. He is member of the Editorial Board of the journal Reproductive Biomedicine Online.

Dr Elena Labarta is a certified specialist in OBGYN. Since July 2005 belongs to the Human Reproduction Unit of IVI-RMA Valencia, Spain, where she combines clinical practice with research activity, having participated in several clinical research projects and authored many publications in peer reviewed international journals.
She is frequently invited to give lectures about her research activity.
Dr Labarta´s research is now focused on the Predictive Value of Mid-luteal Serum Progesterone Levels; Ovarian Stimulation and Embryo Quality; use of 3D Ultrasound for Uterine Evaluation; and the impact of mitochondrial transfer on Embryo Quality in IVF Patients.

Prof. dr. C.B. (Nils) Lambalk, MD, PhD Professor Lambalk is a gynaecologist/fertility specialist and works as professor of Reproductive Medicine and Scientific Director of de division of Reproductive Medicine at the department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology of the Amsterdam University Medical Centres, VU University in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and guest professor in the Gynaeco-Urology/Reproductive Medicine, University of Gent, Belgium.
His scientific interests are: neuroendocrinology of reproduction (including GnRH-analogues), physiology of natural twinning, reproductive aging, fertility preservation ,PCOS, embryo quality assessment and implantation.
He has published over 300 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and is a member of the scientific board of several international and national organizations.
Per January 2019 he is Editor in Chief of Human Reproduction.

Professor Joop S.E. Laven
Professor of Reproductive Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam The Netherlands.

Professor Joop S.E. Laven is professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and was initially trained at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. After Medical school he completed his Ph.D. thesis on clinical and experimental aspects of varicocele at Utrecht University in 1991. From 1991 till 1997 he continued his training at the University Medical Center St. Radboud in Nijmegen. In 1997 he became board certified in OBGYN (FRCOG) and moved to the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam. In 2000 he became certified subspecialist Reproductive Medicine. He is a member of ESHRE, ASRM, the Endocrine Society, the Society of Gynaecological Investigation (SGI) and the Royal Dutch College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He is the past president of the Dutch Society of Reproductive Medicine.
For many years he had a particular interest in the management of polycystic ovary syndrome covering the full spectrum from the effects of the syndrome during adolescence and adult life on the menstrual cycle, fertility, body weight and cosmetic aspects. During the last decade the research focussed on more fundamental effects that PCOS may have on quality of life and long-term health risks as well as the genetic basis of the disease. More recently he was also involved in Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) exploring the genetic basis of PCOS, premature ovarian insufficiency, menarche and menopause.
He has published over 350 peer-reviewed papers and several reviews as well as chapters in books, and has delivered over 300 lectures to international scientific audiences. Books to which he has contributed include Endocrinology, De Groot and Jameson, IVF in the complicated patient, Insulin Resistance and PCOS. He is a past member of the editorial board of Human Reproduction Update, Human Reproduction and the Journal of Endocrine Society. He is a visiting professor at the University of Shandong, Shandong, China. 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.
Currently he is living together with Annemarie Rietveld, he is the proud father of 4 sons: Niels, Pim, Jannes and Loek. In his rare free private time you might see him fly-fishing or biking or just being lazy on these Sunday afternoons listening to Van Morrison.

Dr Emmeline Lee
Emmeline graduated from the University of Western Australia with an MBBS, who then went on to obtain a Diploma in Obstetrics from RANZCOG before specialising in Radiology in WA. She then completed fellowships in Women’s Imaging and in Breast Imaging. She currently a partner in a specialist O&G Imaging practice, Western Ultrasound for Women, as well as in the public sector at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and BreastScreenWA.
Emmeline is the Co-Lead examiner in O&G Imaging for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists, and is a keen teacher of Radiology registrars and sonographers in Western Australia.
Emmeline is the current Chair of the Obstetric and Gynaecological Special Interest Group of the RANZCR.
Emmeline is the Expert Advisor for Obstetric Imaging in the popular website, Radiopaedia, which is the premier reference website for Imaging professionals around the world (http://radiopaedia.org).
She was the recipient of the Professor Turab Chakera Award for Radiology Teaching in 2014.
Emmeline received the Australasian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine’s Sonologist of the year award in 2019.
As part of her commitment to education, Emmeline is Co-Lead in Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Radiology Across Borders, and has done multiple trips supporting Sonographers, Radiologists, Registrars and Medical Students in developing nations.
Emmeline also has a keen research interest, particularly in the field of Subfertility.

Professor Abha Maheshwari is the lead consultant for Reproductive medicine and Surgery in Aberdeen Fertility Centre. She is a strong advocate for research and research being lead and delivered in clinical setting to improve patient care. She is Clinical lead for Reproductive Health and Childbirth for National Research Scotland after having had personal fellowships from Chief Scientist Office for working on safety and efficacy of Assisted Reproduction.
She has lead the E-Freeze study for UK. She has published extensively in the field both primary and secondary research and given talks nationally and internationally.

Ariel Many MD MHA
Professor
Director, Labor & Delivery Division,
Lis Maternity Hospital
Sourasky Tel Aviv Medical Center
Tel Aviv University
1990 – MD- Tel Aviv University
1991 – Residency in OB& GYN at Tel Aviv Medical Center
1993-1995 – Clinical and research fellowship- Magee Women’s Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2004-2005 – Research associate at Mount Sinai research Institute, Toronto, Canada
2014-2018 – Chairman, Israeli Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine
Dr Many published numerous publications in perinatology and Obstetrics, currently interested in Preeclampsia, advanced maternal age and delivery patterns of different populations.

Dr. Sebastiaan Mastenbroek is an Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam and one of the Senior Clinical Embryologists of the Center for Reproductive Medicine of the Amsterdam UMC. An important focus of his research has been Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS / PGT-A). Publication of his RCT on PGS in the New England Journal of Medicine started a fiercely debated controversy on the use of PGS as it showed that the technique actually lowered pregnancy rates after IVF instead of increasing them. He is an associate editor of Human Reproduction Open, editor of the Cochrane Gynaecology and Fertility Group, chair of the Science Committee of the Dutch Society for Clinical Embryology, board member of the special interest group ART of the Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, board member of the SAF foundation, and board member of the Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute.

Rajiv McCoy is an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. McCoy received his PhD in Biology from Stanford University, then completed postdoctoral work at the University of Washington and Princeton University. The McCoy lab uses computational and statistical approaches to investigate the functional and fitness effects of human genetic variation, as well as the evolutionary mechanisms that shape such variation among cells, individuals, and populations. This includes work studying the genetic determinants, mechanistic origins, and developmental consequences of embryonic aneuploidy and mosaicism.

Dr. Dir Melamed, MD, MSc
Dr. Melamed is a staff physician in the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and an Associate Scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute. He holds an appointment of an Associate Professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto.
Dr. Melamed is the recipient of the Waugh Family Chair in Twin Research at the University of Toronto and is the Director of the Sunnybrook Twin Research Center (https://twincentre.sunnybrook.ca/).
Dr. Melamed has co-authored over 160 original research papers, as well as 10 book chapters and reviews, and his research has been presented in numerous national and international congresses.
His main topics of interest include twin pregnancies, placental disease, and fetal growth

Micheline Misrahi
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universities
Paris-South-Paris-Saclay and Molecular Genetics of Reproductive and Metabolic diseases
Bicetre Hospital, France
Research Interests: Molecular and cellular mechanisms in Reproductive Endocrinology. Nuclear receptors, membrane receptors. Gonadotropins and their receptors. Thyrotropin receptor. Reproductive genetics. Genetics of male and female infertility. Primary ovarian insufficiency. Disorders of puberty. Genetic diseases of GPCR.

Ben (Willem) Mol (MD PhD FRANZCOG) is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University. He is focused on the organisation of multi-centric evaluative research in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Fertility. The research is focused mainly upon everyday practices. Born and trained in the Netherlands, Ben was instrumental in setting up a nationwide research consortium in women’s health that produced many landmark studies.
Ben came to Australia in 2014 and started at Monash in 2018. Since his arrival, Ben holds continuous NHMRC funding, including a prestigious investigator grant. During his time in Australia, he developed extensive relations with Asian universities. Ben has mentored >100 PhD students and published >1200 papers, many in high impact journals. A publication in Nature acknowledged Ben as one the most proliferative medical scientists. His professional adage is ‘A day without randomisation is a day without progress.’

Anna Barbara Moscicki is Professor of Pediatrics at UCLA, Division Chief of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Associate Executive Chair for Clinical Research, and Chair, Clinical Trials Committee for Pediatrics. Dr. Moscicki’s career has focused on adolescent gynecology and STI research with a specific focus in Human Papillomavirus, HIV infection and mucosal immunology. Dr. Moscicki was the PI of a natural history study of HPV in adolescents and young women that followed women for 25 years, one of the longest running HPV cohorts. Her work on the natural history included defining persistence and clearance, mucosal and systemic immune responses to HPV and the role of the microbiome and HPV clearance. She serves on numerous national and international committees, including the W.H.O., N.I.H., American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), and the American Cancer Society. She is the immediate Past President of ASCCP for 2017-18. Her work was highly influential in forming the new cervical cancer screening guidelines and triage of abnormal cytology in young women in the US. She is also involved in health outcomes in perinatally HIV infected children including sexual risk behaviors, substance use, oral health, microbiomes, and HPV and has worked with numerous Networks on HIV disease in children and adolescents including Adolescent Medicine HIV/AIDS Research Network, Adolescent Therapeutic Network, IMPAACT and PHACS.

Professor Geeta NargundFounder and Medical Director, CREATE Fertility and Lead Consultant for Reproductive Medicine services at St George’s Hospital, London.Affiliations: President, International Society for Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction (ISMAAR).
Board Member of the British Red Cross.
Board of the charity- London Emergencies Trust.
Director, Walking Egg Foundation, a Belgian Charity.
Member of the Guild of Health Writers, UK.
Founder and CEO, CREATE Health Foundation.

Awards: “Woman of the Year Award for Charity and Community work” by RED magazine in December 2013.
“RBS Chairman’s Award”, as the Asian Woman of the Year at the Asian Women of Achievement awards ceremony, 2014.
Woman of the Year at the 60th Women of Year Anniversary Lunch by Women of the Year, 2015.
Inspirational Woman Award at the 9th Inspiration Awards, 2015.
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics ) Heroes by the Daily Telegraph in 2015.
Top 10 most influential Asian women in the UK by the Asian Sunday Newspaper to mark International Women’s Day, 2016.
“Doctor of the Year” by the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin in November 2017.

Publications: Professor Nargund has published several peer-reviewed scientific papers including abstracts and also several book chapters in the field of reproductive medicine and advanced ultrasound technology.

SPECIAL INTRESTS: She is a regular blogger on Huffington Post on Health and Lifestyle.
She introduced Fertility Education in London Secondary Schools.
Campaigner for the welfare and safety of women in IVF.

Dr. Sara Nasser is a senior fellow in gynaecological oncology currently working at one of the largest cancer centres in Europe. Through her varied experience in both Obstetrics and Gynecology in Germany, the United Kingdom and in developing countries, she is always at the forefront of innovative changes in the clinical, research and educational aspects of her field. Dr Nasser stands for women empowerment in medicine. In her position as executive officer for the Panarabian Research Society for Gynecologic Oncology(PARSGO) and Chair of the Global Health Taskforce for the German Cancer Society(NOGGO) she is an advocate for improving women’s healthcare worldwide.

DR. MONA ORADY IS THE DIRECTOR OF CENTER FOR ADVANCED GYNECOOLGY AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY AT DIGNITY HEALTH AND THE DIRECTOR ROBOTIC SURGERY SERVICES AT ST. FRANCIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN SAN FRANCISCO Dr. Mona Orady is currently the Director the newly opened Center for Advanced Gynecology and Minimally Invasive surgery at Dignity Health in San Francisco. She is also the Director of Robotic Surgery Services at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco California practicing GYN Minimally Invasive Surgery with a focus on menstrual disorders, endometriosis, and fibroids. She is starting a SLS fellowship in Menstrual disorders, Endometriosis and Minimally Invasive Gyn Surgery. Formerly she served as the Chief of Quality and Education in OB/GYN at Tawam Hospital in affiliation with John Hopkins Medicine in Alain, UAE. Prior to this, she was the Director of Robotic Surgery Education at the Cleveland Clinic Obstetrics & Gynecology & Women’s Health Institute from 2012-2015, specializing in robotic surgery in benign gynecology. There she developed and oversaw the minimally invasive surgery curriculum for the Gynecology residents at the Cleveland Clinic. She previously spent three years as a Senior Staff Physician in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan. There, she was a member of the Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecology and Robotic Surgery and was faculty for the AAGL accredited Minimally Invasive Gynecology fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital. She is actively involved in teaching medical students and residents and advancing MIS surgery education with involvement on the Robotic SIG at AAGL and most recently serving for the last 8 years as an active Board member of SLS and now serving her term as Secretary Treasurer and upcoming President of SLS. After completing a B.Sc. from McMaster University and an M.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 2001, she completed her residency in OB/GYN at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Board Certified from the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 2007, she is a current a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She was trained in Robotic Surgery in 2008 completing more than 1000 complex cases to date. Her research focus is robotic surgery applications and innovation in surgery. .

Santiago Palacios, MD, PhD
Santiago Palacios is the Director of the Palacios Institute of Health and Women’s Medicine, in Madrid, Spain and, in addition, he is the President of the Private Assistance Section of the Spanish Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (SEGO), President of the Spanish Foundation of Women and Health (FEMYS), President of the Hispanic Foundation of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases (FHOEMO), Professor of Universities and Head of Masters at the Distance University of Madrid (UDIMA) and the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) ). He has also received two recognitions from Doctor Honoris Causa.
He is also Past President and Honorary Member of the Spanish Menopause Society (AEEM), Past Chairman of the Council of Affiliated Menopause Societies (CAMS) of the International Menopause Society (IMS), and Past President of the Ibero American Society of Osteology and Mineral Metabolism (SIBOMM).
Education: Dr. Palacios received his MD degree, completed his residency in obstetrics and gynaecology, and earned his PhD degree from Complutense University of Madrid.
Research and special interests: Dr. Palacios is highly experienced as a principal investigator, having participated in more than 100 clinical trials. His most important areas of research are menopause, osteoporosis and female sexual dysfunction.
In 1989, Dr. Palacios founded the first Spanish unit devoted to the advancement of information on menopause at the Jimenez Diaz Foundation.
Publications and congresses: Dr. Palacios has contributed to more than 400 books and journal articles, nationals and internationals, on women’s health. He is editor in chief and member of the Editorial Board of several indexed journals related to menopause and gynaecology.
He is a frequent speaker in national and international congresses and has participated in more than 1000 presentations.

Nick Panay BSc MRCOG MFSRH

Present position

Consultant Gynaecologist, Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine & Surgery
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College London
Guest Professor, Beijing OBGYN Hospital, Capital Medical University

Private practice

Director, International Centre for Hormone Health
92 Harley Street London W1G 7HU

Summary CV

Nick Panay is a Consultant Gynaecologist with a Special Interest in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Menopause, PMS, contraception and gynaecological endocrinology.
As director of the West London Menopause & PMS Centre at Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Chelsea & Westminster Hospitals, he heads a busy clinical and research team which publishes widely, presents at scientific meetings and trains health professionals at all levels.
Much of his team’s research has focused on improving the understanding and management of Premature Menopause, PMS, Female Sexual Dysfunction, New HRT and Contraceptive regimens and Complementary Therapies.
He is on the editorial board of Climacteric (The Journal of the International Menopause Society) and Gynecological Endocrinology and is on the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare.
Through his work with a number of councils and women’s groups he campaigns actively for women’s health issues both nationally and internationally. His affiliations include:
Board Member and Secretary General, International Menopause Society,
Chairman of The National Association for Premenstrual Syndromes,
Trustee and medical advisory committee member, British Menopause Society,
Past Chairman of The British Menopause Society,
Past President and current council member, The Royal Society of Medicine (O & G Division),
Patron of Daisy Network (Premature Menopause Society) and
Past Council Member of British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy.
Immediate Past Honorary Director of Conferences RCOG.

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Member of Global Team, Besins Healthcare Corporate (since 2015)
✓ Expert and speaker at PRISM School (Post-Graduate International of Men’s Health School) – Bruges – Belgium (since 2013).
✓ Expert and speaker at PREIS School (Permanent International and European School in Perinatal, Neonatal and Reproductive Medicine) PREIS School – Florence – Italy (since 2012).
✓ Senior Research Fellow of Besins Healthcare R&D (December 2007)
✓ Scientific & Medical Affairs Director of Besins Healthcare Corporate (2006) and Medical Director of Besins Healthcare, Region Benelux (2001)
✓ Permanent clinical expert consultant for Besins Healthcare Global since 2001
✓ Pharmacist agreed by Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products, famhp in Belgium for pharmacovigilance (P244)
✓ Medico-Marketing Director of Besins International Healthcare, Head of Regulatory Corporate Affairs (from 2003 to 2006)
✓ Associated Pharmacist responsible for QA in Besins International Belgium (1997-2001)
✓ Effective Member of National Committee of Clinical Biology (1996–2000)
✓ Master of training Courses at the Free University of Brussels for Clinical Chemistry and Endocrinology since 1991
✓ Consultant at Clinique Antoine Depage – Brussels – Belgium (from 2001)
✓ Director and CEO of Laboratoire d’Analyses Médicales (Labopiette S.P.R.L.), Chief of Blood Analysis Department and Laboratories of Clinique Antoine Depage from 1982 to 2001
✓ Director and CEO of Laboratoire d’Analyses Médicales Piette & Stallenberg SPRL from 1978 to 1982
✓ Associated Industrial Pharmacist of Laboratoires Piette Internatonal s.a. (Manufacturing plant), agreed by Belgian Ministry of Public Health, since 1982 (AFMPS Agr.number 902)
✓ Consultant of Sopropharm s.a.(Edition and Medical Promotion Company), from 1985 to 2001
✓ Board of Directors & Medical Director of Besins International Belgium s.a., before Laboratoires Piette International s.a. (1977-2001)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• KOLs management in men’s and women’s health (since 2001)

LUÍSA PINTO MD , master degree at the Medical School – University of Lisbon, Portugal. Invited lecturer at the same University since 2000.
Senior consultant responsible for the outpatient obstetric clinic (preconceptional, low-risk and high risk pregnancies) at the Obstetrics Department of the Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon.
Her main scientific areas of interest are high risk pregnancies and obstetric simulation, promoting national level courses in these areas. She has published 13 papers in international Medline-indexed journals, authored 3 national book chapters, and has given 28 invited lectures at national and international scientific meetings.
She is a board member of the “Federation of Portuguese Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology – FSPOG”.

Peter Platteau
Education/Career: University of Antwerp, Belgium
University of Natal, Durban, South-Africa
University of Newcastle, UK.
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Free Flemish University of Brussels, Belgium

Qualifications: M.D. FRCOG (London)

Major Research
Involvement: Author in several International Medical Books and over sixty articles in peer reviewed Journals
FSA price for the best young clinician, IVF world congress, Sydney 1999
Co and head investigator in different international clinical trials
Organizer of international workshops
Invited speaker at over four hundred International conferences

Present Position: Senior consultant in Reproductive Medicine, UZ-Brussels, Brussels, Belgium; largest IVF unit in Europe with over 5000 IVF cycles yearly and where the first ICSI baby was born in the world in January 1992.

Laura Rienzi is a Senior Clinical Embryologist and Laboratory Director at the GENERA Centres for Reproductive Medicine in Rome, Marostica, Umbertide and Naples in Italy.
She obtained her biological degree magna cum laude at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ in 1993. Research Fellow at the Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Hôpital Necker in Paris, France in 1994 and Laboratory Director at the Centre for Reproductive Medicine of the European Hospital in Rome, Italy from 1996-2007. She also obtained a II Level Master in “Reproductive Medicine” at the University of Padua. From 2000-2004 was adjunct Professor of Clinical Embryology, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Perugia, and was elected in 2014 President of the Italian Society of Embryology Reproduction and Research.
Since 2016 Laura is Adjunct Professor of Biotechnology in Assisted Reproduction at the Faculty of Biology at the University of Urbino, in Italy.
Laura’s field of interest includes in vitro fertilization, ICSI, studies of human gametes, zygote and embryo morphology in relation to their developmental ability, and chromosomal constitution, as well as the cryopreservation of sperm, oocytes and embryos.
Author and co-author of 154 articles, reviews and book chapters (Scopus H-Index is 44), she is passionate about sharing her knowledge as evidenced by the more than 250 invitations to speak at national and international scientific meetings.
Involved in different Academic Activities, she has supervised 7 B.Sc students and 2 PhD students to successful completion and is currently involved in tutoring and teaching activities for various Italian Universities.
She has also held editorial positions: Associate Editor of Human Reproduction, Reproductive Biomedicine Online, Fertility and Sterility, and Focus on Reproduction and Associate Editor of Human Reproduction Update.

Stefano Salvatore I graduated medical school from the University of Pavia, and did my residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Varese Hospital, Italy. My fellowship in Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Medicine included four years, shared between London (King’s College Hospital) and Lublijana (Slovenia). My current position in San Raffaele Hospital in Milan is head of the Urogynecology unit. My practice is combined of clinical load of urogynecology patients, complex reconstructive surgery, teaching residents and medical students and clinical research.
I was Pesident of the European Association of Urogynaecology form 2016 to 2018 and I am actually the Past President. I have been serving as cohair of the International Consultation on Incontinence Committee on Pathophysiology of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction since 2013. I am elected president of the Italian Association of Urogynaecology. I am member of the FIGO urogynaecological Committee. I introduced the vaginal laser use for Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause. My research interest is focused female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and I have published more than 180 peer reviewed articles

Professor Ute M. Schaefer-Graf is chairwoman of the Berlin Center for Diabetes & Pregnancy at St. Joseph Hospital in Berlin which serves as a tertiary Center for Perinatale Medicine. She is gynaecologist with specialisation in both Perinatale Medicine and Diabetology. Academically she is associated with the Charité, the University Hospital of the Humboldt University. She published in several areas of diabetes and pregnancy including congenital anomalies, lipid metabolism, amniotic fluid insulin and maternal postpartum testing after GDM. Her research interest is ultrasound and management of GDM with focus on fetal parameters. Since 2000, she is speaker of the German Diabetes & Pregnancy group and is responsible for the implementation of guidelines in the field of Diabetes and Pregnancies.

Gerald P. Schatten, Ph.D.
Professor Schatten is Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Cell Biology, Bioengineering and Division Director of the Division of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Schatten has directly trained >50 doctoral and postdoctoral fellows, along with several MD, MD-PhD and DVM trainees. He is active in advanced research training and was the founding director of the FRONTIERS IN REPRODUCTION, the premier reproduction training vehicle for MD and PhDs. He is currently President of UNESCO’s International Cell Research Organization. With extensive funding from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Schatten is the recipient of an NIH MERIT, and earlier a Research Career Development, Award, was honored by the Czech Academy of Sciences with their Purkinje Medal of Science, elected as a Delegate of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, a Mentor Awardee of the American Society for Cell Biology, Elected Australian Society for Reproductive Biology President’s Lecturer, awarded the Daniel Mazia Award from Stanford University and a Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate) from the University of Nova Gorica, presented by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, among other honors. The Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole awarded him their new FOUNDER’S AWARD in 2018 and he is the 2019 Johan Gregor Mendel Medal for Outstanding Scientific Achievements speaking at Mendel’s home, the Augustinian Abbey in Brno. Czech Republic. His > 300 papers on stem cells, regeneration, fertilization, cell biology, development, infertility, assisted reproductive technologies, as well as strategies for rectifying past injustices in scientific careers, have appeared in premier journals including Nature and Science. Dr. Schatten is also an eloquent advocate for research in reproduction, development, regeneration and stem cells.

Gilbert Schönfelder
In the context of a joint appointment Professor Gilbert Schönfelder heads the department “Experimental Toxicology and ZEBET” at The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) as well as the division toxicology at the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology of the Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Since September 2015, he also heads the German Center for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R). He is a medical doctor and specialized in pharmacology and toxicology, as well as in clinical pharmacology. His scientific interests are experimental toxicology, as well as research and development of alternative methods to animal testing. In addition, he is a reviewer for various national and international journals, institutions and authorities. He advises the European Commission as well as national and international governments and their institutions.

Dr. Michael Schumacher
Born in 1958 in Verviers (Belgium), Michael Schumacher conducted his doctoral research under the supervision of Pr. Jacques Balthazart and received in 1985 his PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Liège (Belgium). After postdoctoral trainings in the laboratories of Pr. John B. Hutchison at the University of Cambridge (U.K.) and Pr. Bruce S. McEwen at the Rockefeller University (New York), he became in 1991 Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Paris-Sud. In 1993, he has been appointed Director of Research of Inserm, the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research, and he pursued his research on neurosteroids in the laboratory of Pr. Etienne-Emile Baulieu. Since 1998, he is heading research units of Inserm and University Paris-Sud. In 2009, he also became the Dean of the Doctoral School “Signaling and Integrated Networks in Biology” (Univ. Paris-Saclay).
His Research Unit “Diseases and Hormones of the Nervous System (U1195 Inserm and University Paris-Sud) is located in the suburbs of Paris. It is aimed at developing new neuroprotective and neuroregenerative therapies for the treatment of lesions and diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Major lines of research concern the mechanisms of the neuroprotective, neuroregenerative and promyelinating actions of small molecules, including neurosteroids, ligands of the translocator protein (TSPO) and activators of the Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signalling pathways. Combinations of reconstructive microsurgery with pharmacological treatments or gene therapy are explored for promoting peripheral nerve regeneration. The laboratory has made relevant contributions to the use of Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) gene therapy and the delivery of siRNA and nanoparticles for the treatment of monogenic peripheral neuropathies and it integrates both basic and clinical research. The laboratory has also a prominent training activity through the key participation in the Doctoral school “Biosigne” of University Paris-Saclay and has contributed to the creation and management of a degree of University Paris-Sud entitled “Translational Research and Therapeutic Innovation for Diseases of the Nervous System”.

Dr. Bruce Shapiro is the Medical and Laboratory Director of The Fertility Center of Las Vegas and a clinical professor at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. He completed residency at Yale University School of Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, followed by a Fellowship in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, also at Yale. Dr. Shapiro was among the first physicians in the United States to adopt routine blastocyst transfer as the standard of care in 1997 and to report its efficacy. He’s been the principal investigator for many randomized trials, including three investigator-initiated randomized trials assessing the efficacy of frozen-thawed embryo transfer. He has authored one book, several book chapters, and >100 research publications focused on making reproductive medicine safer and more successful. His other interests include meteorology and cosmology.

Sven Skouby,
Curriculum Vitae: Sven Olaf Skouby, MD, DMSc, Professor, Chief Physician
Work: Dept. Obsterics and Gynecology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark. Phone: +45 3868 3796. E-mail: sven.olaf.skouby@regionh.dk.
EDUCATION AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:
1974 medical doctor (=MD). Average grade of 10.7 (0-13 scale).
1982 specialist in obstetrics and gynecology
1987 doctor medicinae (Dr.Med. = DMSc) from University of Copenhagen.
Clinical training includes 3 years gynecologocial endocrinology, 1 year oncology, 1 year pediatrcis, 6 months nephrology, 2 years surgical gastroenterology, and >25 years obstetrics and gynecology including 12 years of reproductive medicine.
Postdoctoral residency in Diabetology, Endocrinolgoy and Reproductive Medicine
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT:
Professor of Obstetrics Gynecolgocy with special focus on gynecologocial endocrinology, University of Copenhagen.
Chief physician, Dep. Ob/Gyn, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital.
Other: Professor in Gynecological Endocrinology and Hemostasis, University of Southern Denamrk, 2006-2013
Coordinating Professor at the Institute Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
GCP certified
INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE:
Member of steering committees of major national/international initiatives:
Founding member of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Haealth (ESC) in 1988
President 2000-2004
President of the Scandinavian Menopause Society 1990-2002
President of the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS).1994-2000
Board member of the International Menopause Society (IMS). 2004-2010
During the last 20 years organizer and chairman for a number of national and international congresses, workshops and consensus meetings on reproductive health care in general and sex steroid and metabolism in particular. President of the First Global Congress of the ESC. Former member of the European Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP) expert advice group on Health Concerns in Relation to Sex Steroids.
Member of FIGO Expert Advisory Panel on Contraception and Menopause. Former Chairman of the gynecological guidelines Committee of the Danish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. National representative in ESHRE

Presentations: >600 invited presentations at international meetings.
Reviewer for: BMJ, Lancet, N Engl J Med, Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, Menopause, Climacteric, European J Contracep Reprod Health, Maturitas , >10 other journals.
Research committees: