Program times are listed in EST (Pacific Standard Time).

Thursday, February 12
7:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Annual Pre-Course (Separate Registration Required)
Moderator: Sarah Cigna, MD, MS, FACOG, IF (USA)
7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
Breakfast - Pre-Course Registrants Only
7:30 AM - 7:35 AM
Welcome and Introduction
Speaker: Sarah Cigna, MD, MS, FACOG, IF (USA)
7:35 AM - 7:55 AM
Sex Education and Menopause Care - What We Want Every Provider to Know
Speaker: Lauren Redfern (United Kingdom)
7:55 AM - 8:15 AM
A Region-Based Approach to Sexual Health Concerns: History Tells the Story
Speaker: Jewel Kling, MD, MPH, IF (USA)
8:15 AM - 8:35 AM
Sexual Medicine Physical Exam
Speaker: Kathryn Dumas, MD, MS, FACOG, IF (USA)
8:35 AM - 8:50 AM
Region Based Evaluation and Management for Orgasm Dysfunction
Speaker: Jewel Kling, MD, MPH, IF (USA)
8:50 AM - 9:10 AM
Q&A
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
ISSWSH HSDD Processes of Care and Mental Health Treatments
Speaker: Rose Hartzell-Cushanick, PhD, EdS, CHES, LMFT, IF (USA)
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
HSDD Treatments
Speaker: Anita Mikkilineni, MD, IF (USA)
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Region Based Evaluation and Management for PGAD/GPD
Speaker: Sarah Cigna, MD, MS, FACOG, IF (USA)
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Q&A
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM - 11:20 AM
Region Based Approach to Evaluation and Treatment of Painful Sex
Speaker: Aleece Fosnight, MSPAS, PA-C, CSC-S, CSE, MSCP, IF, HAES (USA)
11:20 AM - 11:35 AM
Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause and Lactation
Speaker: Rachel Rubin, MD, IF (USA)
11:35 AM - 11:50 AM
Region Based Applications of Physical Therapy
Speaker: Jandra Mueller, PT, DPT, MS, IF (USA)
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM
Q&A
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Lunch - Pre-Course Registrants Only
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Opening Ceremony (non-CME)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
ISSWSH Presidential Lecture
Speaker: Linda Vignozzi, MD, PhD (Italy)
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
State of the Art 1 - Top 5 Abstract Presentations
Moderators: Irwin Goldstein, MD, IF (USA) & Michael Perelman, PhD, IF (USA)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Break - Visit Exhibitors
2:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Research Podium Session 1
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Symposium 1 - Pelvic Venous Disorders (PeVD) and Sexual Health
Moderator: Alyssa Yee, MD (USA)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Presentation 1
Speaker: Brooke Spencer, MD, FSIR (USA)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Presentation 2
Speaker: Alexis Cutchins, MD (USA)
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Presentation 3
Speaker: Julie Baron, PT, DPT, CSCS, PCES (USA)
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Instructional Course 1 - Region 5: Central Sensitization and PGAD Practical Approach
Speakers: Irwin Goldstein, MD, IF (USA) & John Vogel, DO, IF, MSCP, CIPS (USA)
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Welcome Reception
Friday, February 13
6:45 AM - 7:30 AM
Regional Networking Breakfast (non-CME)
7:35 AM - 7:55 AM
Industry Sponsored Breakfast Innovation Showcase (non-CME)
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
State of the Art 2 – State of Sexual Medicine Research: How Dismantling Us Government-Funded Research Has Global Implications
Moderator: Megan Falsetta, PhD (USA)
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Presentation 1
Speaker: Janeane Anderson, PhD, MPH (USA)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Presentation 2
Speaker: Elisa Maseroli, MD (Italy)
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Instructional Course 2 - Clitoral Ultrasound: Practical Applications
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Research Podium Session 2
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Break - Visit Exhibitors
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
ESSM Lecture
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
ISSM Lecture
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch Break - Visit Exhibits
1:45 PM - 1:55 PM
State of the Art 3 - Major AUA GSM Guidelines as Endorsed by ISSWSH and TMS and Summary of ICSM
Moderator: Irwin Goldstein, MD, IF (USA)
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Presentation 1
Speaker: Rachel Rubin, MD, IF (USA)
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Presentation 2
Speaker: Annamaria Giraldi, MD, PhD, IF (Denmark)
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
To be confirmed
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Break - Visit Exhibitors
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Symposium 2 - Childhood Experiences: Pathways to Sexual Health from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood 
Speakers: Jasmine Abdulcadir, MD (Switzerland), Sophie Bergeron, PhD (Canada), Elizabeth Gordon, MD, IF (USA) & Shameka Thorpe, PhD (USA)
Moderator: Heather Quaile, DNP, WHNP-BC, AFN-C, MSCP, CSC, IF, FAANP (USA)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
ISSWSH Business Meeting (members only)
Saturday, February 14
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Special Interest Group Breakfast Session (non-CME)
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Journals Session
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Symposium 3 - Body Image and Cancer
Speakers: Mae Murakami, PT, DPT, CLT (USA) & Anne Peled, MD (USA)
Moderator: Sharon Bober, PhD (USA)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Break - Visit Exhibitors
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
State of the Art 4 - Social Media and Technology: The Digital Impact on Intimacy
Moderator: Sameema Rahman, MD, FACOG, NCMP,IF (USA)
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Presentation 1
Speaker: Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel, PhD (USA)
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Presentation 2
Speaker: Rhonda Nicole Balzarini, PhD (USA)
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
Lunch Break - Visit Exhibits
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch and Learns
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch and Learn 1 - Changing the Narrative of Women’s Pain: Addressing the Gender Disparities in Pain Management
Speaker: Cecilia Martinez-Plaza, PhD candidate (USA)
Moderator: Janeane Anderson, PhD, MPH (USA)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch and Learn 2 - Glp-1: Neural Pathways and Applications Sexual Health
Moderator: Jandra Mueller, PT, DPT, MS, IF (USA)
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Instructional Course 3 - Conversations With the Oncologist: Cancer and Hormones (Estrogen and DHEA Use for the Patient Using Aromatase Inhibitors and Tamoxifen)
Speakers: Shari Goldfarb, MD (USA) & Eleanora Teplinsky, MD (USA)
Moderator: Corinne Menn, DO, FACOG, MSCP (USA)
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Research Podium Session 3
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Break - Visit Exhibitors
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
To be confirmed
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Symposium 4 - Sex, AI, and Bias: Technology at the Frontiers of Sexual Health
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Practical Applications of New Sex Tech and Patient Impact
Speaker: Amy Pearlman (USA)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Who is Left Behind, and Why Bias Matters
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
What Happens When Tech Interacts with Atypical or Risky Sexual Behavior
Speaker: Patrice Renaud, PhD (USA)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Mentoring Mixer (non-CME)
Sunday, February 15
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Breakfast
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Research Podium Session 4
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Instructional Course 4 - Highlight a Hormone – Testosterone
Speakers: Sharon Parish, MD, NCMP, IF (USA) & Tami Rowen, MD, MS, FACOG, IF (USA)
Moderator: James (Jim) Simon, MD, CCD, NCMP, FACOG, IF (USA)

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