Teresa Almeida Santos, MD., Ph.D.
Professor- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Director of the Gynecology, Obstetrics, Reproduction and Neonatalogy Department of the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal
General Secretary of the Portuguese Federation of OB/GYN societies

Claus Yding Andersen is Scientific Director of Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark and Professor of Human Reproductive Physiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.
Professor Andersen was member of the team that introduced IVF to Denmark in the mid-1980s and has during the last 20 years headed a national program of cryopreservation of human ovarian and testicular tissue. He is considered one of the pioneers in this field.
Professor Andersen’s major research contributions are ovarian endocrinology, oocyte maturation, cryopreservation of gonadal tissue, human embryonic stem cells and development of new principles for ovarian stimulation including introduction of the agonist trigger and novel approaches to luteal phase support.
He has published more than 440 scientific papers. His current H-index is 80 (Google Scholar) with more than 22.000 citations and he has made numerous international presentations and is currently chief editor on the Reproduction section of Frontiers in Endocrinology (IF 5.5).

DIOGO AYRES-DE-CAMPOS, MD, PhD, FRCOG is a Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical School, University of Lisbon, Portugal. His main scientific areas of interest are intrapartum fetal monitoring and obstetric simulation. He is a co-inventor of the “Omniview-SisPorto®” program for computer analysis of fetal monitoring signals (Speculum, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006), the clinical record database Obscare (Virtualcare, Porto, Portugal, 2002), and was the medical consultant for the development of the “Lucina®” obstetric simulator (CAE Healthcare, Montreal, Canada, 2014).
With an h-index of 40, he has published 154 papers in international Medline-indexed journals, edited 2 international books, and has given more than 300 invited lectures at international scientific meetings. He was the founding Editor-in-chief of the “Acta Obstetrica e Ginecologica Portuguesa” 2006-2010, and Associate Editor of “ISRN Obstetrics and Gynecology” 2012-2014.
He is the President of the “European Association of Perinatal Medicine – EAPM”, Executive Committee Member of the “European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynecology – EBCOG”, and co-ordinator of the EBCOG Part 2 Exam. Between 2010 and 2018 he integrated the “Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health committee” at the “International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology – FIGO”, where he coordinated the 2015 revision of the “FIGO guidelines on intrapartum fetal monitoring”. He participated in the World Health Organisation consensus panels for “Recommendations on antenatal care” and “Intrapartum care and reduction of unnecessary caesarean section”. He is the President of the “Federation of Portuguese Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology – FSPOG”, and presided over the “National Committee for Reduction of Cesarean Section rates”, and the “National Committee for Obstetric response” nominated by the Portuguese Ministery of Health.
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Alessandra Graziottin, MD
Alessandra Graziottin is specialized in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and in Oncology and a 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:
– professor on contract 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);
– lecturer on “Gynecological endocrinology, menopause and female sexuality” at the Specialty School of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases of the University Federico II of Napoli.
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 2017 she has been member of the Core Faculty of the European School of Oncology (ESO) and, since 2011, member of the International Organizing Committee (IOC) of Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (COGI).
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 27 scientific books and proceedings, over then 90 chapters of scientific books and more than 130 peer-reviewed papers. She has given more than 1800 lectures (including 110 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 is currently regular columnist of the monthly magazine “Benessere”, the weekly “Oggi”, and the newspapers “Il Gazzettino” and “Il Mattino”.

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.

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 300 original papers and authored nine book-chapters and has an H-index of 68. 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.

Education
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
Congress Experience
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 World Congress
1999 – present: Founder and Chairmen, COGI-World Congress of Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility
Scientific Publications
About 400 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
Advisor to start up and medical device companies
Biking, Hiking, Skiing, Reading history

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.

Professor Franco Borruto

WORK EXPERIENCES: University of Padua 1977 1980 University of Verona 1980 2010 Princes Grace Hospital Monaco 2011 2015

Department of social Affairs Government of Monaco 2015

PUBLICATIONS

8 MONOGRAPHS 400 PUBLICATIONS

Honorary Member of the Spanish Association of Prenatal Diagnosis(27/09/1989)  29/09-02/10/1996  Florence awarded the Karl Stortz Prize.Member of the Scientific Committee of EUROGIN, he is Honorary Member of the Spanish Society of Ultrasound in Gynecology and Prenatal Diagnosis as well as other Learned Societies. In June 2015, he was appointed as an Honorary Member of the Brazilian Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and in July 2015 of the title of Knight of Academic Palms (conferred by the French Prime Minister Manuel Valls), then in November 2015 the Principality of Monaco wanted to give him the title of Knight of the “Order of St. Charles”. In April 2017 he has been appointed Honorary Member of the College of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Latvia

Officier of Academic Palms (conferred by French Prime minister Elizabet Borne14 juli 2022

Officier of ordered of Saint Charles by ordonnance souveraine of 17 November 2023.

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.

Claus Yding Andersen is Scientific Director of Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark and Professor of Human Reproductive Physiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.
Professor Andersen was member of the team that introduced IVF to Denmark in the mid-1980s and has during the last 20 years headed a national program of cryopreservation of human ovarian and testicular tissue. He is considered one of the pioneers in this field.
Professor Andersen’s major research contributions are ovarian endocrinology, oocyte maturation, cryopreservation of gonadal tissue, human embryonic stem cells and development of new principles for ovarian stimulation including introduction of the agonist trigger and novel approaches to luteal phase support.
He has published more than 440 scientific papers. His current H-index is 80 (Google Scholar) with more than 22.000 citations and he has made numerous international presentations and is currently chief editor on the Reproduction section of Frontiers in Endocrinology (IF 5.5).

Mauro Cozzolino is a Gynecologist physician attending IVIRMA Roma, Italy where he serves as a specialist in Human Reproduction and Assisted Reproductive Techniques.
He obtained his MD degree from Federico II University, School of Medicine in Naples, Italy. He subsequently entered a residency program in Obstetrics and Gynecology at University Hospital Careggi, University of Florence. After completing a Fellowship in Reproductive Medicine at Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad (IVI–Madrid), Spain, in 2017, he got his PhD at University Rey Juan Carlos in 2023. He got a Fellowship at the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences of Yale School of Medicine from 2018 to 2021. Dr. Cozzolino has been working on the potential mechanisms leading to infertility in women with adenomyosis and the possible effect of adenomyosis in ART. Within this context, Dr. Cozzolino studies determinants of oocyte and embryo health and mechanisms of ovarian aging. In addition, he investigates factors regulating the response to ovarian hyperstimulation during in vitro fertilization in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and poor ovarian response.

PROF GEORGE K. CREATSAS MD, FACS, FRCOG (ae), FACOG (ae)
George K. Creatsas is Professor emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Ex Chairman of the 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Athens, Greece. He served as a Dean of the University of Athens Medical School for the years 2003-2007 and as a Vice Rector of the University of Athens Greece (2006 – 2010).
Professor Creatsas has published more than 433 papers with more than 4591 citations ( h index 33) in international peer review Journals in the fields of corrective gynecologic surgery, menopause, pediatric and adolescent gynecology and family planning. He is the Editor of 15 proceedings and 5 books in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is Honorary Chief Editor of the European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, Chief Editor of the Journal of Adolescent Gynecology – Reproduction and Menopause (Greece) as well as member of the Editorial Board of the Journals: Acta Obstetrica Gynecologica Scandinavica, Gynecological Endocrinology, and European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology.
Professor Creatsas was President and is currently Honorary President of the International Federation of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (FIGIJ). He was also President of the European Society of Contraception (ESC), Vice President of the European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG), President of the Hellenic Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Hellenic Family Planning Association and member of the Board of the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS). Is currently President of the Hellenic Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology. He is also Fellow ad eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG) and the American College of Surgeons (FACS), Fellow ad eundem of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG), member of the International Academy of Human Reproduction and the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).
His main topics of scientific interest are Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and Reconstructive Gynecologic Surgery as well as Contraception. He has developed a surgical technic for reconstcuction of vaginal aplasia modifying the Williams Vaginoplasty.- “Creatsas vaginoplasty”: Creatsas G. et al Creation of a neovagina after Creatsas modification of Williams vaginoplasty for the treatment of 200 patients with Mayer – Rokitansky – Kuster – Hauser syndrome. Fertil Steril, 94, 2010).
He has organized or contributed to the organization of many National and International Congresses, among which are: World Congresses of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (FIGIJ), Congresses of the European Society of Contraception (ESC), Congresses of the European Board College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (EBCOG) and 12 Congresses on Women”s Health and Disease. Proceedings of the above meetings have been published in the Annals of New York Academy of Medicine.

DIOGO AYRES-DE-CAMPOS, MD, PhD, FRCOG is a Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical School, University of Lisbon, Portugal. His main scientific areas of interest are intrapartum fetal monitoring and obstetric simulation. He is a co-inventor of the “Omniview-SisPorto®” program for computer analysis of fetal monitoring signals (Speculum, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006), the clinical record database Obscare (Virtualcare, Porto, Portugal, 2002), and was the medical consultant for the development of the “Lucina®” obstetric simulator (CAE Healthcare, Montreal, Canada, 2014).
With an h-index of 40, he has published 154 papers in international Medline-indexed journals, edited 2 international books, and has given more than 300 invited lectures at international scientific meetings. He was the founding Editor-in-chief of the “Acta Obstetrica e Ginecologica Portuguesa” 2006-2010, and Associate Editor of “ISRN Obstetrics and Gynecology” 2012-2014.
He is the President of the “European Association of Perinatal Medicine – EAPM”, Executive Committee Member of the “European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynecology – EBCOG”, and co-ordinator of the EBCOG Part 2 Exam. Between 2010 and 2018 he integrated the “Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health committee” at the “International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology – FIGO”, where he coordinated the 2015 revision of the “FIGO guidelines on intrapartum fetal monitoring”. He participated in the World Health Organisation consensus panels for “Recommendations on antenatal care” and “Intrapartum care and reduction of unnecessary caesarean section”. He is the President of the “Federation of Portuguese Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology – FSPOG”, and presided over the “National Committee for Reduction of Cesarean Section rates”, and the “National Committee for Obstetric response” nominated by the Portuguese Ministery of Health.
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Miss Rhianna Davies is a senior registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Clinical Research Fellow, and PhD candidate in Imperial College London. Her clinical interests lie in reproductive medicine and her current study investigates the endometrium via a novel form of ultrasound scan.

Professor Franco Borruto

WORK EXPERIENCES: University of Padua 1977 1980 University of Verona 1980 2010 Princes Grace Hospital Monaco 2011 2015

Department of social Affairs Government of Monaco 2015

PUBLICATIONS

8 MONOGRAPHS 400 PUBLICATIONS

Honorary Member of the Spanish Association of Prenatal Diagnosis(27/09/1989)  29/09-02/10/1996  Florence awarded the Karl Stortz Prize.Member of the Scientific Committee of EUROGIN, he is Honorary Member of the Spanish Society of Ultrasound in Gynecology and Prenatal Diagnosis as well as other Learned Societies. In June 2015, he was appointed as an Honorary Member of the Brazilian Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and in July 2015 of the title of Knight of Academic Palms (conferred by the French Prime Minister Manuel Valls), then in November 2015 the Principality of Monaco wanted to give him the title of Knight of the “Order of St. Charles”. In April 2017 he has been appointed Honorary Member of the College of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Latvia

Officier of Academic Palms (conferred by French Prime minister Elizabet Borne14 juli 2022

Officier of ordered of Saint Charles by ordonnance souveraine of 17 November 2023.

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.

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.

PROF GEORGE K. CREATSAS MD, FACS, FRCOG (ae), FACOG (ae)
George K. Creatsas is Professor emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Ex Chairman of the 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Athens, Greece. He served as a Dean of the University of Athens Medical School for the years 2003-2007 and as a Vice Rector of the University of Athens Greece (2006 – 2010).
Professor Creatsas has published more than 433 papers with more than 4591 citations ( h index 33) in international peer review Journals in the fields of corrective gynecologic surgery, menopause, pediatric and adolescent gynecology and family planning. He is the Editor of 15 proceedings and 5 books in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is Honorary Chief Editor of the European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, Chief Editor of the Journal of Adolescent Gynecology – Reproduction and Menopause (Greece) as well as member of the Editorial Board of the Journals: Acta Obstetrica Gynecologica Scandinavica, Gynecological Endocrinology, and European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology.
Professor Creatsas was President and is currently Honorary President of the International Federation of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (FIGIJ). He was also President of the European Society of Contraception (ESC), Vice President of the European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG), President of the Hellenic Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Hellenic Family Planning Association and member of the Board of the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS). Is currently President of the Hellenic Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology. He is also Fellow ad eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG) and the American College of Surgeons (FACS), Fellow ad eundem of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG), member of the International Academy of Human Reproduction and the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).
His main topics of scientific interest are Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and Reconstructive Gynecologic Surgery as well as Contraception. He has developed a surgical technic for reconstcuction of vaginal aplasia modifying the Williams Vaginoplasty.- “Creatsas vaginoplasty”: Creatsas G. et al Creation of a neovagina after Creatsas modification of Williams vaginoplasty for the treatment of 200 patients with Mayer – Rokitansky – Kuster – Hauser syndrome. Fertil Steril, 94, 2010).
He has organized or contributed to the organization of many National and International Congresses, among which are: World Congresses of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (FIGIJ), Congresses of the European Society of Contraception (ESC), Congresses of the European Board College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (EBCOG) and 12 Congresses on Women”s Health and Disease. Proceedings of the above meetings have been published in the Annals of New York Academy of Medicine.

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, MD
Alessandra Graziottin is specialized in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and in Oncology and a 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:
– professor on contract 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);
– lecturer on “Gynecological endocrinology, menopause and female sexuality” at the Specialty School of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases of the University Federico II of Napoli.
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 2017 she has been member of the Core Faculty of the European School of Oncology (ESO) and, since 2011, member of the International Organizing Committee (IOC) of Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (COGI).
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 27 scientific books and proceedings, over then 90 chapters of scientific books and more than 130 peer-reviewed papers. She has given more than 1800 lectures (including 110 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 is currently regular columnist of the monthly magazine “Benessere”, the weekly “Oggi”, and the newspapers “Il Gazzettino” and “Il Mattino”.

Prof. Gerard H.A.Visser
Emeritus professor Obstetrics and former head of department, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Member and past chair FIGO Committee Safe Motherhood Newborn Health. Former president of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine. Honorary Fellow of the Flemish, South African, Royal ( British; fellow ad eudem) and Romanian Colleges of O&G and of the German and Greek Perinatal Societies. Awarded the Maternity price of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine in 2016. Research interests: fetal ( neurological) development, fetal monitoring, asphyxia, IUGR, cesarean section, diabetes and pregnancy. Over 570 PubMed articles, which have been cited over 45.000 times according to Google Scholar; Hirsch factor 99. Supervisor of 73 completed PhD projects..

Prof. Liran Hiersch received his MD from Tel Aviv University, Israel. He did a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Rabin Medical Center and Lis Hospital for Women, both affiliated to Tel Aviv University, followed by a fellowship in Advanced Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Toronto (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada). He is the Director of the Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the High-Risk Pregnancy outpatient clinics at Lis Hospital for Women and a Professor at Tel Aviv University. He has published more than 170 original manuscripts, reviews and chapters in books, focusing on the field of pregnancy-complications and maternal-fetal medicine.

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.

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.

Mauro Cozzolino is a Gynecologist physician attending IVIRMA Roma, Italy where he serves as a specialist in Human Reproduction and Assisted Reproductive Techniques.
He obtained his MD degree from Federico II University, School of Medicine in Naples, Italy. He subsequently entered a residency program in Obstetrics and Gynecology at University Hospital Careggi, University of Florence. After completing a Fellowship in Reproductive Medicine at Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad (IVI–Madrid), Spain, in 2017, he got his PhD at University Rey Juan Carlos in 2023. He got a Fellowship at the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences of Yale School of Medicine from 2018 to 2021. Dr. Cozzolino has been working on the potential mechanisms leading to infertility in women with adenomyosis and the possible effect of adenomyosis in ART. Within this context, Dr. Cozzolino studies determinants of oocyte and embryo health and mechanisms of ovarian aging. In addition, he investigates factors regulating the response to ovarian hyperstimulation during in vitro fertilization in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and poor ovarian response.

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

Rui Filipe Miguelote graduated in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal, in 2005, and completed his Residency Program in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira (Guimarães, Portugal) in 2013. His PhD thesis, titled “Prenatal ‘isolated’ mild ventriculomegaly: Looking for sonographic markers of prognosis and differential diagnosis,” was concluded in 2013 at the School of Medicine, University of Minho.
Since 2014, Rui Miguelote has been an Invited Assistant Professor at the School of Medicine (University of Minho, Braga) and works as a Research Project Coordinator at the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (University of Minho, Braga) and at the Clinical Academic Center of Braga. His ongoing research projects focus on polycystic ovary syndrome and functional hypothalamic amenorrhea.
He is a Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine and currently works in the ART Unit of Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira (Guimarães, Portugal).
He is the mentor and coordinator of the advanced course “Evaluation and Treatment of the Infertile Couple” at the School of Medicine (University of Minho), which has trained more than 380 Portuguese Obstetrics and Gynecology specialists and residents.
He is a board member of the Portuguese Reproductive Medicine Society (SPMR) and a former member of the board of the Portuguese Association of Prenatal Diagnosis (2017-2021).

Santiago Palacios, MD, PhD
Santiago Palacios is the Director of the Palacios Clinic for Women’s Health, in Madrid, Spain, and is also:
– Director of the Chair of Climacteric and Menopause of the HM Foundation,
– Scientific Director of the Foundation of the Illustrious College of Physicians of Madrid (ICOMEM),
– President of the Private Assistance Section of the Spanish Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (SEGO),
– President of the Spanish Foundation for Women and Health (FEMYS),
– President of the Hispanic Foundation for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases (FHOEMO),
– Professor of Universities and Head of Masters at the Distance University of Madrid (UDIMA)
– Professor of Universities and Head of Masters at the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP).
-In addition, he has received two recognitions of Doctor Honoris Causa.
He is also former President and Honorary Member of the Spanish Association for the Study of Menopause (AEEM), former President of the Council of Affiliated Menopause Societies (CAMS), of the International Menopause Society (IMS) and of the Ibero-American Society of Osteology and mineral metabolism.
Education: Dr. Palacios obtained a Bachelor of Medicine, completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and obtained his Doctorate “Cum Laude” from the Complutense University of Madrid.
Research and special interests: Dr. Palacios has extensive experience as a principal investigator, having participated in more than 100 clinical trials. His most important research areas are menopause, contraception, osteoporosis and female sexual dysfunction.
In 1989, Dr. Palacios founded the first Spanish unit dedicated to the promotion of menopause information in the Fundación Jiménez Díaz.
Publications and conferences: Dr. Palacios has contributed to more than 400 books and magazine articles, national and international, on women’s health. He is the editor-in-chief and member of the Editorial Board of several indexed journals related to menopause and gynecology.
He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences and has participated in more than 1,000 national and international presentations.

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 more than 200 peer reviewed publications with more than 10000 citations to date and has a Google Scholar h index of 49. 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:

President, International Menopause Society,
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).

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 300 original papers and authored nine book-chapters and has an H-index of 68. 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.

Education
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
Congress Experience
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 World Congress
1999 – present: Founder and Chairmen, COGI-World Congress of Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility
Scientific Publications
About 400 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
Advisor to start up and medical device companies
Biking, Hiking, Skiing, Reading history

Miss Rhianna Davies is a senior registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Clinical Research Fellow, and PhD candidate in Imperial College London. Her clinical interests lie in reproductive medicine and her current study investigates the endometrium via a novel form of ultrasound scan.

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.

Rui Filipe Miguelote graduated in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal, in 2005, and completed his Residency Program in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira (Guimarães, Portugal) in 2013. His PhD thesis, titled “Prenatal ‘isolated’ mild ventriculomegaly: Looking for sonographic markers of prognosis and differential diagnosis,” was concluded in 2013 at the School of Medicine, University of Minho.
Since 2014, Rui Miguelote has been an Invited Assistant Professor at the School of Medicine (University of Minho, Braga) and works as a Research Project Coordinator at the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (University of Minho, Braga) and at the Clinical Academic Center of Braga. His ongoing research projects focus on polycystic ovary syndrome and functional hypothalamic amenorrhea.
He is a Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine and currently works in the ART Unit of Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira (Guimarães, Portugal).
He is the mentor and coordinator of the advanced course “Evaluation and Treatment of the Infertile Couple” at the School of Medicine (University of Minho), which has trained more than 380 Portuguese Obstetrics and Gynecology specialists and residents.
He is a board member of the Portuguese Reproductive Medicine Society (SPMR) and a former member of the board of the Portuguese Association of Prenatal Diagnosis (2017-2021).

João Ramalho-Santos is Vice-Rector for Research at the University of Coimbra, Portugal and Full Professor at the Department of Life Sciences. His Research focuses on Reproductive Biology, Andrology and stem cells in terms of both basic research and application to Assisted Reproduction. The main research focus is on energy metabolism, mitochondrial function and oxidative stress; as well as science communication and bioethical issues. He was recently considered one of the top 2% of influential researchers worldwide, and is a member of the Portuguese National Council for Ethics in the Life Sciences (CNECV), co-authoring Council Reports on Assisted Reproduction, Scientific Integrity, Conflict of Interests, Novel Technologies, Artificial Embryos and One Health.

Ricardo Santos is a Portuguese Obstetrician/Gynecologist, with the Assisted Reproductive Technologies sub specialty, working in Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães and Ferticare, Braga
He completed a master’s degree in Medical Informatics in 2010 and a PhD in Clinical Investigation and Health Services in 2017. He is a professor in Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto and an active collaborator with the Medical School, University of Minho.
He is also an associate editor for Acta Obstétrica e Ginecológica Portuguesa, and a board member of the Portuguese Society for Reproductive Medicine.

Dr. Vassena
Dr. Vassena is the co-founder and director of Fecundis, a company dedicated to the development of innovative treatments for infertility. Before this position, Dr.Vassena was the global Scientific Director of the Eugin Group. She has more than 20 years of experience in the field of reproduction with more than 120 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 and is an advisor to several companies in the fertility space.

Santiago Palacios, MD, PhD
Santiago Palacios is the Director of the Palacios Clinic for Women’s Health, in Madrid, Spain, and is also:
– Director of the Chair of Climacteric and Menopause of the HM Foundation,
– Scientific Director of the Foundation of the Illustrious College of Physicians of Madrid (ICOMEM),
– President of the Private Assistance Section of the Spanish Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (SEGO),
– President of the Spanish Foundation for Women and Health (FEMYS),
– President of the Hispanic Foundation for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases (FHOEMO),
– Professor of Universities and Head of Masters at the Distance University of Madrid (UDIMA)
– Professor of Universities and Head of Masters at the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP).
-In addition, he has received two recognitions of Doctor Honoris Causa.
He is also former President and Honorary Member of the Spanish Association for the Study of Menopause (AEEM), former President of the Council of Affiliated Menopause Societies (CAMS), of the International Menopause Society (IMS) and of the Ibero-American Society of Osteology and mineral metabolism.
Education: Dr. Palacios obtained a Bachelor of Medicine, completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and obtained his Doctorate “Cum Laude” from the Complutense University of Madrid.
Research and special interests: Dr. Palacios has extensive experience as a principal investigator, having participated in more than 100 clinical trials. His most important research areas are menopause, contraception, osteoporosis and female sexual dysfunction.
In 1989, Dr. Palacios founded the first Spanish unit dedicated to the promotion of menopause information in the Fundación Jiménez Díaz.
Publications and conferences: Dr. Palacios has contributed to more than 400 books and magazine articles, national and international, on women’s health. He is the editor-in-chief and member of the Editorial Board of several indexed journals related to menopause and gynecology.
He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences and has participated in more than 1,000 national and international presentations.

Susana Santo, MD, PhD is currently Professor at the Medical School – University of Lisbon, Portugal, and a consultant in obstetrics department at the Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon.
Her main scientific areas of interest are fetal medicine, intrapartum fetal monitoring and obstetric simulation. She made part international consensus of “FIGO guidelines on intrapartum fetal monitoring” published in 2015. She is an associated editor of Acta Obstétrica e Ginecológica Portuguesa and a member of the Portuguese College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Ricardo Santos is a Portuguese Obstetrician/Gynecologist, with the Assisted Reproductive Technologies sub specialty, working in Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães and Ferticare, Braga
He completed a master’s degree in Medical Informatics in 2010 and a PhD in Clinical Investigation and Health Services in 2017. He is a professor in Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto and an active collaborator with the Medical School, University of Minho.
He is also an associate editor for Acta Obstétrica e Ginecológica Portuguesa, and a board member of the Portuguese Society for Reproductive Medicine.

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).

Dr. Vassena
Dr. Vassena is the co-founder and director of Fecundis, a company dedicated to the development of innovative treatments for infertility. Before this position, Dr.Vassena was the global Scientific Director of the Eugin Group. She has more than 20 years of experience in the field of reproduction with more than 120 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 and is an advisor to several companies in the fertility space.

Luís Ferreira Vicente
IVF Coordinator of Centro PMA, Hospital Lusíadas, Lisbon
Medical degree since 1995 from Universidade Nova, Lisbon, Portugal.
Obstetric and Gynecology Specialist since 2004- Maternidade Dr.Alfredo da Costa, Lisbon.
President of the Portuguese Ginecological Endoscopic Society (SPEG) since January of 2019 till December 2022.
Vice President of the Portuguese Gynecological Society since January 2023
Vice President of the Portuguese Reproductive Medicine Society (SPMR), since 2018
Associated Editor of the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology since 2023

Prof. Gerard H.A.Visser
Emeritus professor Obstetrics and former head of department, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Member and past chair FIGO Committee Safe Motherhood Newborn Health. Former president of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine. Honorary Fellow of the Flemish, South African, Royal ( British; fellow ad eudem) and Romanian Colleges of O&G and of the German and Greek Perinatal Societies. Awarded the Maternity price of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine in 2016. Research interests: fetal ( neurological) development, fetal monitoring, asphyxia, IUGR, cesarean section, diabetes and pregnancy. Over 570 PubMed articles, which have been cited over 45.000 times according to Google Scholar; Hirsch factor 99. Supervisor of 73 completed PhD projects..

Professor Jessica Ybanez-Morano, MD, MPH, FACOG, CPE

Dr. Jessica Ybanez-Morano is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Northeast Ohio Medical University. She practices at the West Virginia University Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital. She is the Medical Director for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She specializes in reduced site gynecologic laparoscopic techniques and vaginal re-enhancement. She is focused with single-site laparoscopic surgery for gynecology procedures. Dr. Ybanez-Morano continues to practice high-risk Obstetrics. Recently, she serves as Immediate Past President for SLS (The Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons) in 2021.

Dr. Ybanez-Morano is doubly boarded with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American College of Physician Executives (aka the American Association of Physician Leaders.) She maintains numerous academic positions. She received adjunct faculty appointments with the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, West Liberty University and West Virginia University School of Medicine.

She graduated with a combined degree. She received her MD/MPH from West Virginia University and the Johns Hopkins University. She is a Fellow in the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. She is a Certified Physician Executive and a Diplomate with the American College of Physician Executives (also known as American Association of Physician Leaders. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons (JSLS.)

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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.