Joint ISSM/SLAMS Webinar on Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD) in Males and Its Implications for Couples
This webinar took place on August 14, 2025.
In this webinar, we collaborated with the “Sociedad Latinoamericana de Medicina Sexual” (SLAMS), ISSM's regional affiliated society for the Latin American region. In Latin America, low desire in men is a common reason for consultations among physicians who work in Sexual Medicine. It's a great challenge for physicians to provide guidance to their patients, but many don't, and their partners are seeking alternatives to improve their sex lives, or they are seeking professional help. This webinar aimed to address these issues and provide recommendations for providing care.
Program
Opening by ISSM representative Danielle Velez Leitner (USA) and SLAMS representative Alejandro Carvajal (Colombia)
Male Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder: Testosterone and Beyond by Leonardo Seligra Lopes (Brazil)
Couple Response to Low Libido in Men with HSDD by Silvina Valente (Argentina)
Sensate Focus, Mindfulness and Somatic Interventions in Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder by Lori Brotto (Canada)
Q&A
Danielle Velez LeitnerUSA
Danielle Velez Leitner Is a urologist specializing in male infertility and sexual dysfunction at Rutgers Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson in New Jersey. She completed her urology residency at Brown University and then a fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago in male infertility and sexual dysfunction. She is now the Director of Men’s Health at Rutgers, focusing on testosterone supplementation and the medical and surgical management of male infertility and sexual dysfunction, especially microsurgery, complex penile prosthesis and artificial urinary sphincters, and Peyronie’s Disease.
Alejandro CarvajalColombia
Dr. Alejandro Carvajal, Urologist, Andrologist certified by the European Academy of Andrology
Fellow of the European Committee of Sexual Medicine
Chair of the ISSM Membership Committee 2023-2024
Professor at Ces University, Medellin, Colombia
Vice President of SLAMS National and international lecturer Instructor of urological prosthetic surgery
Leonardo Seligra LopesBrazil
Dr. Leonardo Seligra Lopes, MD, MSc, PhD, FECSM
Urologist and Andrologist – Brazil
Dr. Leonardo Seligra Lopes is a board-certified urologist and andrologist with a solid academic and clinical background in sexual medicine. He earned his medical degree from FMABC (Brazil), where he also completed his residency in General Surgery and Urology. He specialized in Andrology and Male Reproductive Health, and holds both a Master’s and a PhD in Health Sciences at Centro Universitario FMABC.
Dr. Lopes is a Fellow of the European Committee of Sexual Medicine (FECSM) and currently serves as Vice President of the Brazilian Association for the Study of Sexual Medicine and Health (ABEMSS). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Latin American Society for Sexual Medicine (SLAMS) and coordinates the Sexual Medicine Group of Urology Department at FMABC.
In addition to his academic and clinical work, Dr. Lopes is the main editor of the Tratado Brasileiro de Medicina Sexual, a comprehensive national textbook in the field. His main areas of expertise include erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory disorders, testosterone therapy, male infertility, and sexual rehabilitation after prostate cancer treatment. He has published extensively and plays an active role in medical education, scientific events, and international collaborative research in sexual medicine.
Silvina ValenteArgentina
Dr. María Silvina Valente
Medical Specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Clinical Sexology
Academic Background:
- Medical Doctor, Universidad del Salvador, with Honors Diploma (1993)
- Specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology, UBA – Residency and Chief Residency at Hospital de Clínicas (1994–1999)
- Clinical Sexologist, LUDIAS (1997)
- Fellowship in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Hospital de Clínicas (2001)
- Master’s Degree in Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology, Universidad Favaloro (2001)
Current Key Positions:
- Staff physician and Head of Clinical Sexology, Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín"
- President of the Argentine Society of Human Sexuality (SASH)
- 2nd Vice President of FLASSES (Latin American Federation of Sexology Societies)
- Director of postgraduate courses in Clinical Sexology (SASH, SOGIBA)
- Full member of SOGIBA and board member of SLAMS and SAEVPH
- Director of the Clinical Sexology Fellowship at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lori BrottoCanada
