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NEW! Sexual Medicine Reviews Journal

2013-04-26T14:11:09+00:00

ISSM introduces a new quarterly journal called 'Sexual Medicine Reviews'.

Sexual Medicine Reviews is a new, quarterly journal commissioning systematic, evidence-based reviews in order to synthesize clinical and translational research to distill the best available evidence in the field for the widest possible audience of healthcare practitioners, with an emphasis on promoting knowledge translation in sexual health. Find out more here.

Register now for early/discounted fees: deadline 3 April 2013

2013-03-21T21:07:15+00:00

Intl Symposium on Prostate, Androgens and Men’s Sexual Health - Deadline early registration fees: 3 April

Make sure you register before 3 April 2013 for the International Symposium on Prostate, Androgens and Men’s Sexual Health to take advantage of the reduced registration fees. Special discounts apply for ESSM and ISSM members, residents, nurses and students. Click here to register now for the early bird fees.

Don’t Miss the First Latin American Men’s Health Forum Webcasts!

2013-03-15T21:04:42+00:00

Webcasts from First Latin American Men's Health Forum

Webcasts of lectures held at the First Latin American Men's Health Forum are now available online. The forum, organized by the ISSM, was held in Cancun, Mexico in March 2012. The lectures cover a variety of men's sexual health topics, including erectile dysfunction, testosterone therapy, prostate cancer, BPH, premature ejaculation, and Peyronie's disease. Please click here to view the webcasts.

Call for abstracts: deadline 1 March 2013

2013-02-05T14:59:31+00:00

Intl Symposium on Prostate, Androgens and Men’s Sexual Health - call for abstracts: deadline 1 March

Submit your abstract for the International Symposium on Prostate, Androgens and Men’s Sexual Health, jointly organized by the ISSM and ESSM, today for your chance to present your findings in front of a global audience. The Scientific Committee welcomes the submission of abstracts for podium (oral) and poster presentations. All abstracts presented at the meeting will be published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Please submit your abstract(s) by using the easy on-line abstract submission system, which can be accessed through our meeting website by clicking here. Submissions will be accepted until the deadline of 1 March 2013.

Click here for more information on the International Symposium on Prostate, Androgens and Men’s Sexual Health.

NEW! Sexual Medicine Open Access Journal

2013-01-10T19:57:56+00:00

ISSM introduces a new official open access publication called 'Sexual Medicine'.

ISSM introduces a new official publication titled Sexual Medicine. Sexual Medicine publishes multidisciplinary clinical, basic, and epidemiological research to define and understand the basis of sexual function and dysfunction in diverse populations. Sexual Medicine welcomes manuscripts on basic anatomy and physiology pertaining to human sexuality, pharmacology, clinical management of sexual dysfunction, epidemiological studies in sexuality, psychosexual and interpersonal dimensions of human sexuality, and clinical trials, and particularly acts as a venue for topics of regional or sub-specialty interest.

Sexual Medicine is an Open Access journal. All articles published by Sexual Medicine are fully open access: immediately freely available to read, download and share. To cover the cost of publishing, Sexual Medicine charges a publication fee.

The open access format of Sexual Medicine ensures that accepted manuscripts will be rapidly published and freely available worldwide, accelerating the translation of strong science into effective practice. Submitting your paper to Sexual Medicine gives you the opportunity to publish in a broadly distributed and highly viable forum, thereby lending a strong impetus to this important and developing field.

To celebrate the launch of Sexual Medicine all active ISSM members including joint APSSM, ESSM, ISSWSH, MESSM, SLAMS & SMSNA members are eligible to receive an 80% (!) discount on the article publication charge for a special introductory period! For more information on how to obtain this discount please log into the ISSM members only section. Learn more about publishing in Sexual Medicine here.

The Editorial Board of Sexual Medicine and the ISSM invite you to submit your manuscript today!

CME International Symposium on Prostate, Androgens and Men’s Sexual Health

2012-12-10T20:50:36+00:00

14 hours of CME credits for the Intl Symposium on Prostate, Androgens and Men’s Sexual Health

The 'International Symposium on Prostate, Androgens and Men’s Sexual Health' is designated for a maximum of 14 hours of European external CME credits. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). EACCME credits are recognised Europe-wide and in North America. EACCME credits can be exchanged for their national equivalent by contacting the respective National CME authority. EACCME credits are recognised by the American Medical Association (AMA) towards the Physician’s Recognition Award (AMA).

Click here for more information on the International Symposium on Prostate, Androgens and Men’s Sexual Health.

Peyronie’s Surgery Survey

2012-11-26T13:07:03+00:00

Peyronie's Surgery Survey

While there has been considerable published literature on Peyronie's disease guidelines and clinical reviews, there is a great variation in the actual clinical practice patterns among surgeons who manage men with Peyronie's disease. We are interested in the surgical practice among members of the ISSM community and would like to invite you to complete a brief survey on your Peyronie's disease management. A similar survey was distributed at the Peyronie's surgery session in Chicago during the ISSM meeting and the preliminary results were quite surprising. Some of you may recall completing the survey on that day and we hope you could participate in this (revised) survey as well.

The aims of this survey are to evaluate the practice patterns in the pre-, intra-, and postoperative phases of Peyronie's surgery among surgeons; and potentially provide information that may assist in the development of uniform evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking your time to complete this study.

Please click here for the survey.

By Gerald Brock (Canada), Eric Chung (Australia) and Larry Levine (USA)
ISSM Members

JSM - Call for Applications for Editor-in-Chief

2012-11-09T10:33:04+00:00

Call for Applications for Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Sexual Medicine (JSM)

The Journal of Sexual Medicine (JSM) is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on human sexuality. JSM is owned by the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) and is currently published by Wiley-Blackwell. The Journal publishes studies on basic anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, clinical management of sexual dysfunction, epidemiological studies in sexuality, psychosexual and interpersonal dimensions of human sexuality, clinical trials, reviews, and other articles of interest to clinicians and researchers interested in human sexuality. This journal is in its 8th full year of monthly publication in 2012 preceded by a 3 issue volume 1 in 2004.

The term of office of the current editor-in-chief will end with the last issue of 2014 Volume 11, Number 12. The term of office for the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sexual Medicine will be 5 years, with a possibility for one 5 year renewal. Applications must be submitted to the ISSM Executive Office by February 28, 2013.

Please click here for the complete "Call for Applications for Editor-in-Chief".

Contact details:
ISSM Executive Office
PO Box 94
1520 AB Wormerveer
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-75-6476372
Fax: +31-75-6476371
E-mail: secretariat@issm.info

ISSM Symposium at SIU Congress

2012-11-07T09:10:07+00:00

ISSM Symposium at 32nd SIU Congress in Fukuoka, Japan

Report of the ISSM Symposium at the 32nd Congress of Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU)
By Yasusuke Kimoto - Department of Urology, Spinal Injuries Center, Fukuoka, Japan

The 32nd Congress of Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU) was held in Fukuoka, Japan from September 30 to October 4, 2012. A total of 3202 delegates from 93 countries all over the world participated the meeting. Fukuoka city is located on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu. The population is some 1.4 million (7th largest in Japan). Ranked as the 12th of the world’s most livable cities in the magazine Monocle in 2012. One pre-congress ISSM symposium, two plenary sessions, one podium session and one moderated poster session were attributed to sexual medicine in the program. On September 30th, the ISSM Symposium (chaired by me) was held as one of the pre-congress symposia. The program was as follows:

Peyronie’s Disease: surgical alternatives for severe penile curvature
by Claudio Teloken, Brazil
Epidemiology of premature ejaculation
by Hwancheol Son, South Korea
Silodosin: its potential for treating premature ejaculation
by Yoshikazu Sato, Japan
Non-PE ejaculatory disorders
by Raouf Seyam, Saudi Arabia
The practice of sexual medicine in a developing country in Asia Pacific
by Doddy Soebadi, Indonesia.

All presentation were very informative and there were a lot discussions. Approximately 60 delegates attended the ISSM Symposium.

Videoclip World Meeting on Sexual Medicine 2012

2012-11-05T13:54:33+00:00

Videoclip World Meeting on Sexual Medicine 2012

The World Meeting on Sexual Medicine was jointly organized by the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) and the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA). It was the 18th Scientific Meeting of the SMSNA and the 15th World Meeting of the ISSM. Both societies promote, encourage and support the highest standards of practice, research, education and ethics in the study of human sexual function and dysfunction.

Over 800 attendees representing 52 countries took part in the meeting. The attendees included urologists, primary care physicians, psychologists, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, sex counselors, OB/GYNs and other clinicians currently treating patients with sexual health issues.

Click here for the official video clip of the World Meeting on Sexual Medicine 2012.