Session Chairpersons
Thank you to the below for chairing sessions within the main program, as well as the Oral and Moderated e-poster sessions.
Teresa Almeida Santos, Portugal
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
Pierluigi Benedetti Panici, Italy
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.
Nuno Clode, Portugal
Alvaro Cohen, Portugal
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.
Fatima Faustino, Portugal
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.
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).
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.
Ana Sousa Ramos, Portugal
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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