CONGRESS COMMITTEE EBCOG 2025

Frank Louwen
EBCOG President

Professor & Head Division Obstetrics and Fetomaternal Medicine University of Frankfurt/Main & University Hospital. International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO): President- Elect. Past Executive Board Member and Vice President of German Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics DGGG.

Nuno N. Martins
EBCOG Congress President

Senior Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Subspecialist Gynaecological Oncology and Head of the Gynaecological Oncology Unit Viseu, Portugal, member of the EBCOG SCTR. Honorary fellow of AOGU and SEGO. Ex-Officio: Invited Assistant Professor - University of Aveiro; founder of PONTOG and ESGE-Young Endoscopists Platform; ENTOG President; Board of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Ginecologia; Board of the Portuguese College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; EBCOG Secretary General; Chairman of the Congress Committee for EBCOG 2018 - Paris.

Sambit Mukhopadhyay

Current President-Elect of EBCOG and Past Treasurer. Consultant Gynaecologist at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich UK, with a special interest in Urogynaecology and Medical Education. Co-Editor of the EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook and the EFOG book. He is also widely published, authoring peer-reviewed papers, position statements, and textbook chapters.

Alexandra Kristufkova 

Assoc. prof., Dr., PhD. Consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology from Bratislava, Slovakia. Executive member of EBCOG. Secretary general of Slovak national Society of obstetricians and gynaecologists and EBCOG Council member.

Basil Tarlatzis

MD, PhD, FRCOG (Ad Eundem). Prof Em of Obstetrics - Gynecology and Human Reproduction, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Immediate Past President of EBCOG, Immediate Past FIGO Trustee, Past President of IFFS, Past Chairman of ESHRE, Honorary Member of IFFS, ESHRE and MEFS. Honorary Fellow DGGG, Honorary Doctor Ovidius and Patras Univ, Deputy Editor HRU.

Chiara Benedetto

Full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Torino, Italy. EBCOG Past President. FIGO Regional Trustee for Europe. Past President of SIPGO. Head of ObGyn 1 and Director of the Research and Educational Center, St. Anna University Hospital, Torino. President of The Medicine Tailored to the Woman Foundation, Italy.

Dace Rezeberga

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Head of the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Riga Stradins university, medical director in Riga Maternity hospital, lead specialist in obstetrics and gynecology at the Ministry of health of the Republic of Latvia, lead specialist in obstetrics and gynecology in Riga East clinical university hospital.

Dimitris Loutradis

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Athens. Was Chairman of the 1st Department of Obst/Gyn of Athens University at "Alexandra" Hospital 2013-2020. He was member of Executive Committee of (ESHRE) for the years 2005-2009. He was President of the Hellenic Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 2016 -2021. In 2022 elected as Executive member of EBCOG Southern Region.

Dmytro Ledin

Professor of Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductology in Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine and Chair of Diavita Institute medical center.  He was the General Secretary of Ukrainian Federation of Professional Medical Organizations (organization representing more than 80 medical associations) and currently heads the international department of Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Ukraine. Member of EBCOG SCTR.

Ferry Boekhorst

Consultant in obstetrics and urogynaecology from Gouda, the Netherlands, executive officer EBCOG. Executive officer of the midwifery cooperation InZwang Gouda, vice-president of the Netherlands breech working group. Past-president of ENTOG.

Fionnuala McAuliffe

Full Academic Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maternal and Fetal Medicine Specialist at University College Dublin, National Maternity Hospital Dublin Ireland. EBCOG Executive Officer and Chair of Standing committee of training and assessment. FIGO Council member and Chair of FIGO Impact of Pregnancy on Longterm Health Committee 2021-23. Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Ireland co-convenor of scientific meetings and board member. She is founder and Director of the UCD Perinatal Research Centre, a multidisciplinary research centre aiming to improve outcome for mother and baby though clinically relevant pregnancy research.

Goknur Topcu

Associate Professor. Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Infertility Specialist in Istanbul, Türkiye. Past President of ENTOG. Executive member of WATOG. Member of EBCOG SCTA Committee. Member of FIGO REI Committee.

Helder Ferreira

Prof. (MD, PhD, MBA) is the Head of the Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Unit of Centro Hospitalar Universitário in Porto, Portugal. Professor of Gynaecology at the University of Porto. Full Executive Board Member of the European Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE). He is a Board Member of the Portuguese Society of Gynecology and a Board Member of the Portuguese College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is president of the Portuguese Society of Minimally Invasive Surgery.

Helle Karro

Professor (MD, PhD), Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Current position: Professor and Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Chief-physician, Women’s Clinic of Tartu University Hospital. Secretary General, EBCOG. Past president of Estonian Gynaecologists’ Society.

Ioannis Messinis

Professor (Em.) of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece. Past Rector of the University of Thessaly. Past member of the Executive Committee of ESHRE. Past President of MSRM. Chair of EBCOG SCE.

Jure Klanjscek

Specialist in obstetrics and gynecology at General Hospital Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Particular focus on minimally invasive surgery, office hysteroscopy, and colposcopy. Since 2019, has served as the EBCOG Webmaster and collaborated across various EBCOG Standing Committees.

Karen Rose

Consultant Gynaecologist Royal Infirmary Edinburgh with a special interest in minimal access surgery, ambulatory gynaecology and Urogynaecology. Member of the EBCOG SCTA, SCTR and SCE. Past President of ENTOG.

Klaus Doubek

Dr med., Specialist in gynaecology and obstetrics, gynaecological practice in Wiesbaden, President of the Professional Association of Gynaecologists BVF, Associate Member of the Board of the German Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics DGGG, Member of the Assembly of Representatives of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians KBV, Member of the Assembly of Delegates of the Hesse State Medical Association LÄKH, Member of the German Medical Assembly DÄT.

Michael Mueller

Prof. Dr. Med. Managing Co-Director Head of Department Gynecology & Gynecological Oncology University of Bern and University of Bern. After graduation, he started his post-doctoral training first with basic training in general surgery, followed by training in gynecology, obstetrics and gynecologic oncology at various Swiss hospitals. He completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California San Francisco, where he devoted his energies to basic research for nearly three years. He is Past-President of the Swiss Society of Gynecological Endoscopy (AGE) of the SGGG and actual President of the Swiss Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

Oskari Heikinheimo

Professor in obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Helsinki and physician in-chief at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Helsinki University Hospital. Immediate past-president of the Nordic Federation of the Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology (NFOG) and of the Finnish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Active in several international scientific and professional organizations, and clinical guideline development groups. Has served as an editor for Human Reproduction Update, BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health and the Finnish medical journal Duodecim.

Petr Velebil

MD, PhD. Clinician/Research worker. Chief of the Perinatal Centre of the Institute of Mother and Child, Prague. Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre in Perinatal Medicine of the Institute. Chair of the EBCOG SCTR, Chair of the EBCOG Fellowship WG, Chair of the EAPM Standing Committee on Training Certification.

Philipp Foessleitner

MD, BSc. Consultant at the Medical University of Vienna/Vienna General Hospital, Austria. Currently working as a Research Fellow at the Vincent Center of Reproductive Biology at the Harvard Medical School/MGH in Boston, USA. Has been part of ENTOG since 2019 and is currently the EBCOG Council representative for Austria.

Philippe Descamps

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and has been Head of the Department in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Angers University Hospital in Angers, France since 1999. In addition, he is the Director of the regional reference center for endometriosis, Endo Ref-Pays de Loire. At a national level, he is President of the International Relations Committee and a member of both the Board and the Bureau of the French National College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians. He previously served as Vice-President of the French Society of Gynecological and Pelvic Surgery from 2011 to 2021. FIGO Vice-President from 2021 till 2023 and a member of the FIGO Strategic Planning Committee since 2021 after having been elected as the French representative to the FIGO Council from 2015 to 2021.

Piotr Sieroszewski

Professor is a specialist in obstetrics, gynecology and feto-maternal medicine, Head of the Department at the Medical University of Lodz, Poland. He continues a collaboration with the founder of the Fetal Medicine Foundation (Professor Kypros Nicolaides), regularly organizing congresses in feto-maternal medicine: in Poland, first in 2005 in Łódź, and more recently, in 2023 in Krakow, the 28th EBCOG European congress in obstetrics and gynecology. EBCOG Treasurer and EBCOG Council Member for Poland.

Rudi Campo

One of the internationally recognized hysteroscopic surgeons and has worked as a consultant for endoscopic surgery and IVF at ZOL Hospital in Genk, Belgium and at the Life Expert Center since 2007. He was the Scientific Chair of the 2023 EBCOG Congress besides previous Congresses, and a former member of the EBCOG Executive Board for the Western Region.

Sebastian Kwiatkowski

Professor in Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, Member of Board Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians, Polish Delegate to EBCOG Council, Specialty: OB&GYN, fetal-maternal medicine (perinatology), Field of interest : High risk pregnancy, Placental insufficiency, Fetal growth restriction.

Sofia Tsiapakidou

President of ENTOG. Gynaecologist. Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Minimally Invasive Gynaecological Surgery and Ph.D. candidate in Urogynaecology in 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Tahir Mahmood

Past Vice President Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Past President of EBCOG, Chair Standing Committee of Standards of Care and Position Statements (SCSCPS).

Diogo Ayres de Campos
EAPM

Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical School, University of Lisbon, Portugal. President of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine and the Federation of Portuguese Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Hellenic Society of Perinatal Medicine and Romanian Society of Fetal and Neonatal Medicine.

Maja Pakiz
ESGO

Ass. Prof. MD, PhD. Since 2012 working in Department for Gynecologic and Breast Oncology at University Medical Center Maribor, Slovenia. Dedicated to gynecologic oncology patients, from diagnostics, surgery to palliative and end of life care. Active in CEEGOG (Central and Eastern Europe Gynecologic Oncology Group), so far mainly in the fields of cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and palliative care. She was elected as ESGO Council member in 2019, chaired ESGO Training committee in 2021-2023 and was elected as ESGO Vice-President for the mandate 2024-2026.

Tatjana Motrenko Simic
ESHRE

Specialist Ob&Gyn, subspecialist reproductive medicine, currently Head of Human Reproduction Center, Budva, Montenegro. ESHRE liaison officer in EBCOG, currently Coordinator of ESHRE Certification Committee. She ground first Governmental IVF centre in Montenegro, as she participated in writing first ART law in state. She served as ESHRE Executive Committee member 4 years, and member of EIM ESHRE Steering Committee for 8 years. Past President of MSRM, ESHRE assessor for RM training certification, inspector for ART centre certification.

Starvos Athanasiou
EUGA

Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Director of Urogynecology and Pelvic reconstructive surgery Unit, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 'Alexandra Hospital'. P. President of European Urogynecological Association (EUGA).

Kate Thorman
EBCOG Central Office