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Meeting report ESSM 2017: Highlights from Nice
therapeutics selected by high troughput screen-
ing as well as repurposing EMA/FDA approved
drugs for the use in sex med- is continuing to
show encouraging results (prize winners: Javier
Angulo, Spain; Linda Vignozzi, Italy; Marcus Ilg,
United Kingdom). In female sexual function sex-
related pain was a much discussed topic with
much attention to vulvodynia and other genito-
pelvic pain disorders. Furthermore, there was
attention given to sex following female cancer
(treatments) and female sexuality as indicator
of overall health. (prize winners female sexual
dysfunction: Elisa Maseroli, Italy; Caroline Vos,
The Netherlands; Chantelle Otten, Australia). On
the sexology and pshychology side, hot topics
included pornography use, adolescent sexual-
ity and prevalence and help-seeking of sexual
difficulties in the population, the latter which
was awarded with a best presentation award to
Dr. Richard de Visser from the United Kingdom.
Future meetings
In 2018, we are very excited to host the World
Meeting on Sexual Medicine which will be held
in Lisbon on February 28 – March 3 and will
be co-hosted by the ESSM, the International
Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM) and the So-
ciedade Portuguesa de Andrologia, Medicina
Sexual e Reprodução. It marks the 20th Congress
at the ESSM and the contents will be very at-
tractive, program chairs Prof. Wayne Hellstrom
and myself are working hard to finalize the full
program which will air shortly on www.wmsm.
org, please take a look. We’ll host more than
15 workshops (including a manuscript writing
and reading workshop by the ISSM journal edi-
tors), 2 live surgery sessions, 2 video tips and
trick-sessions, an international keynote speaker
and an innovations in sex-med platform next to
the well-known interactive, debate and round
table sessions on various topics, again including
multidisciplinary sessions as well as focused
sessions. The audience as well as the speaker
pool will be attending from all over the world
indicating that you’ll get the best of the best in
terms of science, education and networking out
of this collaboration with ISSM.
The ESSM School of
Sexual Medicine 2017
27 October – 5 November 2017 | Budapest, Hungary
For information please visit:
This year edition is already fully booked