Thursday, February 27, 2025

7:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Annual Pre-Course (Separate Registration Required)

Moderator: Sarah Cigna, MD, MS, 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, IF (USA)

7:35 AM - 7:55 AM

Sex Education - What We Want Every Provider to Know

7:55 AM - 8:15 AM

Let’s Talk About Great Sex – What a Sexologists Wants You to Know

Speaker: Heather Howard, PhD, MPH, IF (USA)

8:15 AM - 8:35 AM

POC - Identification of Sexual Health Problems / Epidemiology

Speaker: Juliana Kling, MD, MPH (USA)

8:35 AM - 8:50 AM

Physical Exam

Speaker: Sarah Cigna, MD, MS, 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

9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

HSDD Non-Hormonal Pharmacological Treatments

Speaker: Anita Mikkilineni, MD (USA)

9:50 AM - 10:10 AM

HSDD Hormonal Treatment: Androgens

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM

Q&A

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Coffee Break

10:45 AM - 11:20 AM

Painful Intercourse: Causes, Evaluation and Treatment

Speaker: Sarah Cigna, MD, MS, IF (USA)

11:20 AM - 11:35 AM

Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause

Speaker: Rachel Rubin, MD, IF (USA)

11:35 AM - 11:50 AM

Pain - Physical Therapy

Speaker: Jandra Mueller, PT, DPT, MS (USA)

11:50 AM - 12:00 PM

Q&A

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

Lunch - Pre-Course Registrants Only

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

Opening Ceremony (non-CME)

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Sandra Leiblum ISSWSH Presidential Lecture

Speaker: Linda Vignozzi, MD, PhD (Italy)

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

State of the Art 1 – The Big “O” The Process of Care for Female Patients with Orgasm Concerns

Moderators: Jandra Mueller, PT, DPT, MS (USA) & Stephanie Prendergast, PT, MPT (USA)

Speakers: Annamaria Giraldi, MD, PhD, IF (Denmark), Irwin Goldstein, MD, IF (USA) & Barry Komisaruk, PhD (USA)

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Break - Visit Exhibitors

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

First Time Attendee/New Member Meet-Up

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Symposium 1 - The History of Sexual Medicine, Where We Were, Where We Are, Where We Are Going

Moderator: Heather Quaile, DNP, WHNP-BC, IF (USA)

Speakers: Sue Goldstein, BA, CCRC, AASECT-CSE, IF (USA) & Sarah Ponce (USA)

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Intsructional Course 1 - How to Practice Sexual Medicine with an Insurance Lens (Separate Registration Required)

Moderator: Sarah Cigna, MD, MS, IF (USA)

Speakers: Rachel Bracken, DPT (USA), Kathryn Dumas, MD (USA) & Anita Mikkilineni, MD (USA)

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Research Podium Session 1

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Welcome Reception

Friday, February 28, 2025

6:45 AM - 7:30 AM

Regional Networking Event (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 - Is the Black Box Warning on Estrogen Containing Products (still) Justified and What is This Doing for Cancer Survivorship

Moderator: James Simon, MD, CCD, MSCP, IF, FACOG (USA)

Speakers: Avrum Bluming, MD (USA) & Tami Rowen, MD, MS, FACOG, IF (USA)

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Research Podium Session 2

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Instructional Course 2 - Zebras - Hypermobile EDS (Separate Registration Required)

Moderator: Sameena Rahman, MD, IF (USA)

Speaker: Linda Bluestein, MD (USA)

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Break - Visit Exhibitors

10:35 AM - 11:05 AM

Poster Sessions

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

ISSM Lecture

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Lunch Break - Visit Exhibits

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Industry Sponsored Lunch Symposium (non-CME)

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

State of the Art 3 - Unpartnered Sex

Moderator: Heather Quaile, DNP, WHNP-BC, IF (USA)

Speakers: Marieke Dewitte, PhD (The Netherlands) & Michal Lew-Starowicz, MD, PhD (Poland)

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Strategic Projects/Programs on Female Sexual Health to Share in the Next Years

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Break - Visit Exhibitors

3:20 PM - 3:50 PM

Poster Sessions

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Symposium 2 - Complexities of Trauma and the Intersection with Sexual Healthcare

Moderator: Sameena Rahman, MD, IF (USA)

Speakers: Janeane Anderson, PhD, MPH (USA), Juan Michelle Martin, PT, DPT (USA), Talli Rosenbaum, MSc (Israel) & Erin Sullivan Wagner (USA)

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

ISSWSH Business Meeting (members only)

Saturday, March 1, 2025

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Pain Special Interest Group Breakfast Session

Moderator: Megan Falsetta, PhD (USA)

Speakers: Dee Hartmann, PT, DPT (USA), Heather Howard, PhD, MPH, IF (USA), Jill Krapf, MD, MEd, FACOG, NCMP (USA) & Paul Yong, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Canada)

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Orgasm Special Interest Group Breakfast Session

Moderators: Sue Goldstein, BA, CCRC, AASECT-CSE, IF (USA) & Irwin Goldstein, MD, IF (USA)

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Journals Sessions

Speakers: Annamaria Giraldi, MD, PhD, IF (Denmark) & Landon Trost, MD (USA)

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Symposium 3 - Dyadic Sexuality and Navigating Couples with Sexual Dysfunction Through the Urological Lens

Moderator: Marieke Dewitte, PhD (The Netherlands)

Speakers: Lance Frank, PT, DPT, MPH (USA) & Rose Hartzell, PhD, EdS, CHES, LMFT, IF (USA)

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Break - Visit Exhibitors

10:05 AM - 10:35 AM

Poster Sessions

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

State of the Art 4 - Ethical Challenges and Equity in Navigating Sexual Health

Moderator: Megan Falsetta, PhD (USA)

Speakers: Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN (USA) & Skye Perryman, JD (USA)

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM

Lunch Break - Visit Exhibits

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch and Learn 2 - Psychedelics

Moderator: Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, MD (USA)

Speaker: James Pfaus, PhD, IF (Czech Republic)

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch and Learn 1 - Sex Work Through International Lens

Moderator: John Vogel, DO (USA)

Speaker: Amber Hull, DO (USA)

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Research Podium Session 3

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Instructional Course 3 - Helping your Patient to Overcome Diminished Desire and Difficulty Orgasming with a Partner (Separate Registration Required)

Moderator: Barry Komisaruk, PhD (USA)

Speaker: Laurie Mintz, PhD (USA)

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Break - Visit Exhibitors

2:50 PM - 3:20 PM

Poster Sessions

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Symposium 4 - Controversies in the Management of Testosterone Across the World

Moderator: James Pfaus, PhD, IF (Czech Republic)

Speakers: Martin Miner, MD (USA), Giulia Rastrelli, MD, PhD (Italy) & Rachel Rubin, MD, IF (USA)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Mentoring Mixer (non-CME)

Sunday, March 2, 2025

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 - Social Determinants of Health with Sex and Menopause Access to Care and Equity for Women of Color (Separate Registration Required)

Moderator: Janeane Anderson, PhD, MPH (USA)

Speakers: Jayne Morgan, MD (USA) & Sameena Rahman, MD, IF (USA)