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Joint ISSM/EUGA Webinar on: Women’s Pelvic Health Today: Clinical Challenges and Ethical Questions
The Joint ISSM/EUGA Webinar on: Women’s Pelvic Health Today: Clinical Challenges and Ethical Questions will take place on Friday, January 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC. To see what time that is for you, click here.
Join us for the first webinar of the 2026 year! This fantastic program is a joint effort between the ISSM and the European Urogynaecological Association (EUGA). This webinar explores the physiological and ethical complexities of female pelvic health. Experts will analyse the mechanical influence of the pelvic floor on sexual response cycles and present evidence-based strategies for the pathophysiology and management of coital incontinence. A critical portion of the session is dedicated to the clinical and ethical demarcation between elective female genital cosmetic surgery and female genital mutilation. Attendees will gain multidisciplinary insights into how urogynecological health intersects with patient autonomy and sexual well-being. This high-level exchange is designed to advance the clinical standards of healthcare professionals and researchers in the field.
Program
1:00 PM UTC Opening by ISSM Representative Anna Padoa and EUGA Representative Orfhlaith O'Sullivan.
1:05 PM UTC Presentation 1: Sexual Dysfunction and the Pelvic Floor by Mackenzie Gibbs
1:20 PM UTC Presentation 2: Coital Incontinence: Pathophysiology, Assessment and Therapeutic Strategies by Maurizio Serati
1:35 PM UTC Presentation 3: Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery and Female Genital Mutilation – Where Do We Draw The Line? by Jasmine Abdulcadir
1:50 PM UTC Q&A led by moderators
2:15 PM UTC Estimated closing of webinar
This webinar is open for all ISSM Members and Non-Members! A recording of the webinar will be available on the ISSM University as well as ISSM Youtube following the live event.
Anna PadoaIsrael
Dr. Padoa's expertise encompasses the diagnosis and treatment of pelvic organ prolapse, female lower urinary tract symptoms, genito-pelvic pain disorders, and female sexual dysfunction. From 2015 to 2025, she directed the Urogynecology Service at Shamir-Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, and beginning in 2020, she established and directed Israel's first recognized fellowship program in urogynecology and pelvic floor reconstructive surgery.
Dr. Padoa is an active member of the European Society of Urogynecology (EUGA) and serves as chair of the EUGA Education Committee. Since 2023, she has been a Fellow of the Multidisciplinary Joint Committee of Sexual Medicine (MJCSM) and chairs the Female Sexual Dysfunction Subcommittee at the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM).
Her scholarly contributions include numerous book chapters covering urogynecology, sexual medicine, and trauma-informed medical care. She co-edited "The Overactive Pelvic Floor," published by Springer Switzerland in December 2016, and has authored about 50 peer-reviewed articles in obstetrics and gynecology, pelvic floor medicine, and sexual medicine.
Dr. Padoa is co-founder and Secretary of the Israeli Healthcare Association for Sexual Trauma Treatment and Prevention (ISTT) and serves as a board member of the Israeli Society for Sexual Medicine (ILSSM).
Mackenzie GibbsUSA
Dr. Evan ‘Mackenzie’ Gibbs, a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, completed her urology residency at The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. She specializes in Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery for both men and women, with special interest in female pelvic and abdominal reconstruction. This includes diagnosis and treatment of female urinary incontinence, vaginal prolapse, female urethral stricture and diverticula, interstitial cystitis, overactive bladder, mesh complications, fistula repair, neurogenic bladder, ureteral stricture disease and iatrogenic urinary system injury.
Originally from Oklahoma, Dr. Gibbs and her husband enjoy family time, hiking, traveling, and outdoor activities. They have also just welcomed their first child, Benson Kirk Baird. She recently completed a fellowship with Dr. Charles Secrest at Baylor Scott and White Health in Fort Worth, TX, focusing on a wide breadth of male and female reconstruction, affiliated with the Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons.
Maurizio SeratiItaly
Prof. Maurizio Serati has taken the degree in Medicine in 1998 and the specialization in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2005. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Insubria – Varese (Italy).
2021-12/2024: President of European Uorgynaecological Association (EUGA) and currently member of the Executive Board as Past President
2025- present: Trustee of the International Continence Society (ICS)
2023- present: member of IUGA scientific committee
As regards the scientific activity, he has published about 257 articles in peer-reviewed journals, his total Impact Factor is over 700 and the Hirsch Index (H-index) is 46 (in Scopus) and 53 (in Google Scholar). He has given more than 300 presentations in national and international meetings. The main areas of his clinical practice and research include urogynaecology and pelvic floor dysfunction (such as urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, sexual dysfunction, urinary tract infections, delivery and pelvic damage...) and gynaecological surgery.
Reviewer for more than 30 international journals indexed on Pubmed, and in particular for Lancet, BMJ, European Urology.
