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Peter Chedraui, MD, MSc, PhD
Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Instituto de Investigación e Innovación en Salud Integral, Universidad Católica of Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Former Chief of Research and Development at the Enrique C. Sotomayor Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital Guayaquil Ecuador.
Member of the International Menopause Society (IMS), the European and Androgen Society (EMAS) and the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology (ISGE)
Board Member of the IMS (2011-2014 and 2014-2016)
Secretary of the Council of Affiliated Menopause Societies (CAMS) (2016-2018; 2018-2020)
Board Member of the EMAS (2017-2019; 2019-present)
Board Member of the ISGE (2014-2018 and 2018-present)
Associate Editor for Climacteric, Official Journal of IMS
Editor in Chief for Gynecological Endocrinology, Official Journal of ISGE
Member of the Editorial Board of Maturitas, Official Journal of EMAS
Past President of the Ecuadorian Society of Climacteric and Menopause (National)
Past Vice-President of the Latin American Association of Gynecological Endocrinology (ALEG)
Member of the Collaborative Group For Research of the Climacteric in Latin American (REDLINC)
Professional activities include a busy clinical hospital practice in women’s health in combination with clinical and lab research and teaching commitments.
Regularly invited to give lectures at Ecuadorian, Latin American and European Scientific Meetings. Published over 180 international peer reviewed scientific papers related to women’s health of all stages of reproduction, some in conjunction with important international research groups and many supporting research groups of Latin American. Led and organized the IMS-CAMS study for Ecuador.
As a past board member of IMS I supported the Spanish version of Menopause Live which is weekly sent out to all IMS members. As secretary of CAMS I have supported, promoted and enhanced IMS’s international aims. My election as Treasurer of CAMS will seek at continuing these initiatives and others to come, aimed at the members of CAMS, in addition at help coordinating and supporting IMS scientific tasks.
My close links with key colleagues in other countries, particularly in Latin America, would certainly continue to enhance the role of CAMS in our region. This will help IMS and its members to appreciate the particular needs and clinical issues of women from Latin America. If elected as Treasurer of CAMS I will continue to support the mission of IMS with focus on research and education in developing countries. In addition, continue supporting research initiatives of my Latin American colleagues in relation to women’s health and needs.
APPOINTMENTS and POSITIONS
ACADEMIC:
Aug 2005-Nov 2005 Department of Psychiatry Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Dec 2005-Feb 2013 Department of Psychiatry Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Feb 2006-June 2013 Department of Epidemiology Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School
of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 2009-June 2013 Department of Psychology Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Arts
and Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA
June 2011-present University of Pittsburgh School of Graduate Faculty
Medicine, Pittsburgh PA
July 2012-June 2013 Clinical and Translational Science Assistant Professor
Institute, Department of Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 2012-present Women’s Biobehavioral Health Laboratory Director
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
March 2013-Dec 2015 Department of Psychiatry Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
July 2013- Dec 2015 Department of Epidemiology Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School
of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA
July 2013- Dec 2015 Clinical and Translational Science Associate Professor
Institute, Department of Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
July 2013-June 2016 Department of Psychology Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Arts
and Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA
July 2014-June 2016 Center for Research on Women and Gender Visiting Scholar
University of Illinois at Chicago
Jan 2016-present Department of Psychiatry Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 2016-present Clinical and Translational Science Professor
Institute, Department of Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 2016-present Department of Epidemiology Professor
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School
of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA
July 2016-present Department of Psychology Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Arts
and Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA
September 2018-present Vascular Medicine Institute Member
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
December 2018-present Women’s Biobehavioral Health Program Director
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
February 2019-present Aging Institute Associate Member
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
October 2020 Department of Psychiatry Tenure
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
October 2020 Department of Psychiatry Pittsburgh Foundation Chair in
Women’s Health and Dementia
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Faubion completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin and medical school and residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She received her masters of business administration at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota in 2019.
She is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida and the Penny and Bill George Director of the Center for Women’s Health. In 2019 she was named Medical Director of The North American Menopause Society.
Her clinical research interests include menopause and sexual health in women. She is Principal Investigator for the Data Registry on Experiences of Aging, Menopause and Sexuality (DREAMS). She has served on the board of trustees for the North American Menopause Society and the board of directors for the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health. She also serves as editor of the journal, Menopause, and is on the editorial board of Journal of Sexual Medicine.
APPOINTMENTS and POSITIONS
ACADEMIC:
Aug 2005-Nov 2005 Department of Psychiatry Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Dec 2005-Feb 2013 Department of Psychiatry Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Feb 2006-June 2013 Department of Epidemiology Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School
of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 2009-June 2013 Department of Psychology Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Arts
and Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA
June 2011-present Graduate Faculty
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh PA
July 2012-June 2013 Clinical and Translational Science Assistant Professor
Institute, Department of Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 2012-present Women’s Biobehavioral Health Laboratory Director
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
March 2013-Dec 2015 Department of Psychiatry Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
July 2013- Dec 2015 Department of Epidemiology Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School
of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA
July 2013- Dec 2015 Clinical and Translational Science Associate Professor
Institute, Department of Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
July 2013-June 2016 Department of Psychology Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Arts
and Sciences,
Pittsburgh, PA
July 2014-June 2016 Center for Research on Women and Visiting Scholar
Jan 2016-present Department of Psychiatry Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 2016-present Clinical and Translational Science Professor
Institute, Department of Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 2016-present Department of Epidemiology Professor
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School
of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA
July 2016-present Department of Psychology Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Arts
and Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA
September 2018-present Vascular Medicine Institute Member
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
December 2018-present Women’s Biobehavioral Health Program Director
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Stavroula A. Paschou, MD, PhD is Assistant Professor of Endocrinology (elected) at School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She graduated with Honors (8.88/10) from School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Greece in 2005. She obtained her PhD in Endocrinology with Honors from the same University in 2010. Then, she worked at the Department of Diabetes, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, University of London, UK, funded by grants from the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and the British Diabetic Twin Trust. She continued with clinical training in Endocrinology at the Hellenic Red Cross Hospital in Athens, Greece. In 2015, she was awarded the International Endocrine Scholarship by the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) and moved to Boston, MA, USA. She completed her training in Endocrinology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Assist. Prof. Paschou has published a large number of chapters in prestigious scientific books, such as Oxford Textbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes, and papers in prestigious scientific journals. Her author metrics can be summarized as following: publications in PubMed 124, citations 1,664, h-index 21, i10-index 40. She has presented studies, she has given invited lectures or has chaired in many national and international congresses or webinars. She regularly serves as Faculty at the Postgraduate Education Courses of EASD and ESE. Assist. Prof. Paschou acts as member of the editorial board or reviewer in high impact scientific journals. She has received prestigious awards and scholarships. She is member of the ESE Science Committee and the ESE Young Endocrinologists and Scientists (EYES) Committee. She coordinates the ESE/EYES Clinical Observership Program for the training of Young Endocrinologists in Centres of Expertise in Europe and the ESE/EYES Mentorship Program. Assist. Prof. Paschou chaired the 7th EYES Meeting in Athens, Greece in September 2019. She is Chair of the ESE Growth & Genetic Obesity COVID-19 Subgroup of the ESE COVID-19 Committee and member of the Program Organizing Committee (POC) for the 23rd European Congress of Endocrinology, which will be held in Prague, Czech Republic in May 2021.
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European Menopause and Andropause Society
Rue du Rhone 118
CH-1204 Geneva
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Panagiotis G. Anagnostis has completed his basic medical training (MD) (2002) and received his PhD (on “Prevalence and management of osteoporosis in haemophilic patients”) from the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2013). For this work he has been awarded the prestigious grant of “Distinction” from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He was also awarded a MSc degree from the Open University of Cyprus (in “Health Services Policy”) (2016). He has acquired the specialty of “Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism” at the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes of Hippokration Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece) (2012).
Having had a scholarship from the European Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society of the USA (International Endocrine Scholarship Program, 2013), he completed his post-doctoral training as a Clinical Research Fellow (Honorary Specialist Registrar) at the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, St. Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College of London, UK (2014). During his post-doctoral training, except for his academic research activity on “dyslipidaemias in postmenopausal women”, he had also the opportunity to attend and participate in specialized menopause clinics in London (UK) at the Department of Gynaecology, West London Menopause and Premenstrual Syndrome Centre (Queen Charlotte and Chelsea & Westminster Hospitals).
He has also received a postgraduate award for Distinguished Research Activity (2010, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) and a grant from the Hellenic Atherosclerosis society for his post-doctoral training abroad (2014). He is also a fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH) since 30th of May 2018.
He has also been awarded the 2021 Jens Sandahl Christansen Award, by the European Society of Endocrinology, for clinical science, which is presented to an endocrinologist for a specific piece of research or project on metabolism in general (contributing to our understanding of metabolism), nominated by the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) for his work on “Cardiovascular Disease – menopause”.
He works currently as a Consultant in Endocrinology at the Police Medical Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece. He is also currently a clinical research fellow in Endocrinology at the Unitof Reproductive Endocrinology, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and at the Third Academic Orthopaedic Unit of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in “Papageorgiou” General Hospital. He is also a member of the Centre of Orthopaedic and Regenerative Medicine Research (CORE), at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation (CIRI) of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His main research aspiration is in the field of menopause and metabolic bone diseases.
He actively participates in the teaching program of the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, being a tutor of the “Research Methodology” lesson, a post-graduate course of the “Applied Nutrition and Health Promotion” MSc program, as well as for the postgraduate course “Research in female reproduction” of the Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Angela Maas, MD, PhD is a clinical cardiologist since more than 30 years and has developed a main interest in heart disease in women over the past decades. She followed training programs in de VS and Canada and established the first outpatient clinic for women in the Netherlands in 2003. Since 2012 she holds a chair in Cardiology for women at the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. She focuses on the early identification of women at increased CV risk and symptom evaluation in women at middle-age. She has initiated several multicenter collaborative projects with other disciplines (gynecologists, oncologists, vascular imaging, epidemiologists, primary care, etc) to improve healthy ageing in women. She has received many awards such as by the Dutch Society of female physicians (2010), the Radboud University (2014) and was knighted by the King in 2017. She is currently one of the most influential female doctors in Dutch healthcare and is the 2020/21 Women’s representative of the Dutch Government to the United Nations.
Prof John Stevenson is Reader in Metabolic Medicine in the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Visiting Professor at the Belgrade School of Medicine, and Consultant Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, where he jointly runs the UK’s first female heart disease clinic. His research has included studies of metabolic risk factors for coronary heart disease and the effects of sex hormone deficiency and replacement, and metabolic bone diseases, particularly the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. He lectures extensively throughout the world, and has over 450 publications in journals and books, including 12 textbooks. He is Chairman of the charity Women’s Health Concern, Trustee of the British Menopause Society, Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, Foundation Member of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine (UK) and Executive Committee Member of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology. He is a past Chairman of the British Menopause Society, past Executive Committee Member of the International Menopause Society and of the European Menopause and Andropause Society, and past Editor of Maturitas.
Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Instituto de Investigación e Innovación en Salud Integral, Universidad Católica of Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Former Chief of Research and Development at the Enrique C. Sotomayor Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital Guayaquil Ecuador.
Member of the International Menopause Society (IMS), the European and Androgen Society (EMAS) and the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology (ISGE)
Board Member of the IMS (2011-2014 and 2014-2016)
Secretary of the Council of Affiliated Menopause Societies (CAMS) (2016-2018; 2018-2020)
Board Member of the EMAS (2017-2019; 2019-present)
Board Member of the ISGE (2014-2018 and 2018-present)
Associate Editor for Climacteric, Official Journal of IMS
Editor in Chief for Gynecological Endocrinology, Official Journal of ISGE
Member of the Editorial Board of Maturitas, Official Journal of EMAS
Past President of the Ecuadorian Society of Climacteric and Menopause (National)
Past Vice-President of the Latin American Association of Gynecological Endocrinology (ALEG)
Member of the Collaborative Group For Research of the Climacteric in Latin American (REDLINC)Professional activities include a busy clinical hospital practice in women’s health in combination with clinical and lab research and teaching commitments.
Regularly invited to give lectures at Ecuadorian, Latin American and European Scientific Meetings. Published over 180 international peer reviewed scientific papers related to women’s health of all stages of reproduction, some in conjunction with important international research groups and many supporting research groups of Latin American. Led and organized the IMS-CAMS study for Ecuador.
As a past board member of IMS I supported the Spanish version of Menopause Live which is weekly sent out to all IMS members. As secretary of CAMS I have supported, promoted and enhanced IMS’s international aims. My election as Treasurer of CAMS will seek at continuing these initiatives and others to come, aimed at the members of CAMS, in addition at help coordinating and supporting IMS scientific tasks.
My close links with key colleagues in other countries, particularly in Latin America, would certainly continue to enhance the role of CAMS in our region. This will help IMS and its members to appreciate the particular needs and clinical issues of women from Latin America. If elected as Treasurer of CAMS I will continue to support the mission of IMS with focus on research and education in developing countries. In addition, continue supporting research initiatives of my Latin American colleagues in relation to women’s health and needs.
1970 MD
1975 Specialist Ob-Gyn
1976 Ph.D.
1978-80 Fellowship at UCLA Dept Ob-Gyn
1980 Specialist in Perinatal Med
1970-2010 Clin training and work in various positions
1989-99 Board/President of Fin Gyn Assoc
1995-97 President Fin Menop Soc
1997-2001 EBCOG Council
2001-03 EAGO Exec Board
2001- Nord Menop Assoc, Board
1994-2010 Professor and Chairman, Dept Ob-Gyn, University Hospital, Turku, Finland
2019- EMAS Exec Board Member
315+ Peer reviewed publications
146+ Review articles or chapters in books
300 + Proceedings in conferences
Member of many Editorial Boards
Dimitrios G. Goulis
Professor in Reproductive Endocrinology
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Professor Dimitrios G. Goulis completed his medical training (MD) and received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Having a scholarship from the European Union, he worked as clinical research fellow at St. Mary’s Hospital (Imperial College), London, acquiring the specialty of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. He is currently professor of Reproductive Endocrinology in the 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University, Greece. He has published more than 300 full papers in peer-review international journals and has been an invited speaker in more than 400 international and congresses. His main research interests include Andrology, endocrine complications of pregnancy, polycystic ovary syndrome, menopausal transition, and research methodology.
He is currently or had been:
Dr. Angelica Lindén Hirschberg is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. She is Head of the Women´s Health Research Unit and a Consultant Gynecologist in charge of Gynecological Endocrinology at the Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Her research is focused on interaction between sex steroids and metabolism of importance for female reproduction and health. Professor Hirschberg is a fellow of the Endocrine Society, board member of The International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology (ISGE) and the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS), the official gynecologist of the Swedish Olympic Teams, medical advisor to World Athletics (IAAF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Antonio Cano is full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Valencia, Spain, and Head of the Obstet Gynecol Department at the Clinico University Hospital-INCLIVA in Valencia. Graduated at the University of Valencia, doctorate as scholar at the Royal Spanish College in the University of Bologna, and postdoctoral fellow of British Council in the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London, UK. He has authored several books and around three hundred articles written in English or Spanish, many of them in the field of menopause and women’s health. Member of the Board in three scientific journals, Maturitas, Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation, and Pregnancy Hypertension, and editor for Gynecology of the European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. Coordinator in the A3 group (frailty and functional decline) of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) and coordinator of the European project FOCUS (Frailty management Optimisation though EIP AHA Commitments and Utilisation of Stakeholders input). Current President of the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS).
Dr Lambrinoudaki was born in Athens and graduated from Athens University Medical School. She conducted her Doctoral Thesis in Ruprecht Karls University in Heidelberg, Germany on the Epidemiology of osteoporosis in association with endogenous sex hormones. She was trained in Clinical Endocrinology in the Department of Pathophysiology, Athens University Medical School and in the Departments of Endocrinology and Metabolism, in Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany, in Nikaia General District Hospital, Piraeus, Greece and in Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong. Currently she is Professor of Endocrinology in the 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece. She has been responsible for educational, clinical and research activities in her Department since 2000. She has authored 216 publications (March 2020) in peer-reviewed international journals, mainly on gynecological endocrinology, menopause, hormone therapy and osteoporosis. She is President of the Hellenic Society of Climacterium and Menopause, Past President of the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS, 2015-2017), Scientific Director of EMAS (2017-today) and Editor in Chief of the journal MATURITAS, official journal of EMAS. She is the recipient of the 2018 Henry Burger Prize which is awarded by the International Menopause Society to the Scientist with the most significant contributions in the field of menopause in the previous five years of a World Congress.
Margaret Rees has an international reputation of leadership in women’s midlife health and is the Executive Director of the European Menopause and Andropause Society. A gynaecologist, she is Editor in Chief of Case Reports in Women’s Health and Emeritus Editor of Maturitas. Her expertise has been recognized nationally and internationally, by appointments to a Readership in Reproductive Medicine at Oxford University; and visiting Professorships at Glasgow University and at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and the University of Turku in Finland, and an Adjunct Associate Professorship at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey.