ISSM Honors Prize and Award Recipients at the 27th World Meeting on Sexual Medicine

EAJ, a Full Professor of Endocrinology and Medical Sexology (ENDOSEX) – the first with this chair – in the School of Medicine and Surgery and in the School of Psychology at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, was a guest researcher and fellow at the Clinical Endocrinology Branch, NIDDK/NIH, Bethesda, and lecturer at St Catherine’s College, Oxford on courses of the European Academy of Sexual Medicine. He has been a Visiting Professor of Andrology or Urology at the Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou), Anhui Medical University (Hefei), Jiao Tong University (Shanghai), Daxin Hospital (Xi’an), and Academic Advisor of the First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; moreover, he is an Honorary Professor of Andrology & Sexual Medicine at the Hanoi School of Medicine and Distinguished Professor at the Third Affiliated Hospital of the Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou). He is the scientific coordinator of Hangzhou Mia Clinic for FSDs in Hangzhou and of the MaPS-GoSH (Marco Polo Study Group on Sexual Health), a Sino-Italian scientific network of various Universities and Clinical Centers developing research in the field of sexual medicine.

Prof. Jannini is an international expert in andrology and medical sexology, having published more than 450 well-recognized scientific studies and books on premature ejaculation (top quoted), psychometry of sexual identity, erectile dysfunction, paraphilias, homophobia, thyroid hormone receptor, and female sexual function and dysfunction, which produced, with more than 16000 citations, a Hirsch (H) index of 73 (Scopus) and 88 (Google Scholar).

Prof. EAJ’s contributions to the field of sexual medicine and ISSM include (but not limited):

1. ISSM Education Committee and ISSM Publication Committee (past chairperson)

2. ISSM Board of Director (past member-at-large)

3. ISSM University Committee and Education Committee (member)

4. ISSM Future Leader Program (co-coordinator)

5. Multidisciplinary Joint Committee on Sexual Medicine of UEMS (president)

6. Italian Academy for Couple Health (president)

Dr. Wayne J.G. Hellstrom is a Professor of Urology and the Chief of Andrology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received his MD from McGill University in Montreal, where he also completed a residency in general surgery, followed by a residency in urology at the University of California, San Francisco. He later completed an American Urological Association (AUA) Scholar-funded fellowship in andrology at the University of California, Davis.

Dr. Hellstrom has trained 34 fellows, more than 100 residents, and numerous medical students and visiting physicians. He practices as a urologist and andrologist at Tulane Medical Center, Touro Infirmary, East Jefferson General Hospital, University Medical Center, and the Veterans Administration Medical Center in New Orleans. His clinical and research expertise includes the diagnosis and treatment of sexual dysfunction, including Peyronie’s disease, surgical and vascular reconstruction, prosthetic surgery, male infertility (both surgical and medical therapies), benign prostatic hyperplasia, and urethral stricture disease.

He is an active member of numerous professional societies and is a Past President of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA), the American Society of Andrology (ASA), and the International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM). Dr. Hellstrom has authored or co-authored more than 570 peer-reviewed manuscripts and over 100 book chapters. He has also edited several major textbooks in the field of andrology, including Male Infertility and Sexual Dysfunction (1997), Handbook of Sexual Dysfunction (1999), Androgen Deficiency and Testosterone Replacement (2013), and Bioenvironmental Issues Affecting Men’s Reproductive and Sexual Health (2017). He has delivered invited presentations locally, nationally, and internationally on a wide range of topics related to male sexual dysfunction and male infertility.

His recent honors include the Living Legend Award from the Society of Urologic Prosthetic Surgeons (SUPS, 2022) and the Distinguished Mentor Award (AUA, 2024).

Dr. Edgardo F Becher is a Professor of Urology at the University of Buenos Aires, and Director of Centro de Urología – CDU in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Dr Becher graduated as a physician at the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine in 1983 receiving the “Honor Diploma”. He completed the residency program in Urology at the Department of Urology, Hospital de Clínicas “José de San Martín” (University of Buenos Aires) and served two clinical fellowships at the Departments of Urology of the William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA.

In 1995 he completed his Ph.D. in Surgery at the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, where he currently serves as Professor of Urology.

Dr. Becher is member of several professional medical associations, frequent international presenter, author and reviewer of many peer review publications and book chapters in the field of Urology and Sexual Medicine.

He has an extensive career both in SLAMS and ISSM.

SLAMS: Founding Member 1990, President 1997-2001

ISSM: Member since 1988. EC Member at Large 2002-2004. Secretary General: 2004-2008. President Elect 2008-2010, President 2010-2012, Past President 2012-2014.

ISSM Meeting Chair: 2004 (Buenos Aires).

He served as Associate Editor for Sexual Medicine Reviews (2013-2024) and Member of the JSM’s Editorial Committee (2004-2011)

Dr. Kwangsung Park is a Professor Emeritus of Urology at the Chonnam National University Medical School, an Executive Member of the National Academy of Medicine of Korea, and Chairman of the Membership Committee of the ISSM. He was a research fellow at Boston University, USA. He is the Past President of the Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology, the Korean Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, and the Korean Association for Sexual Health.

Dr. Park served as Member at Large (2012-2016), co-Chair of Grants and Prizes Committee (2013-2014), co-Chair of Education Committee (2015-2018) and Editor-in-Chief of Sexual Medicine (2015-2020), and Secretary General (2020-2024) of the ISSM.

Dr. Giovanni Corona is an Endocrinologist and the Director of the Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases at AUSL Romagna, Forli/Cesena, Italy. He served Journal Of Sexual Medicine as an Associate Editors for several years and he is the current Editor in Chief of the Sexual Medicine Open Access (SMOA). Giovanni Corona holds honorary/concurrent/visiting professorships in numerous national and international universities. He is the Past President for European Society for Sexual Medicine.

Dr. Giovanni Corona has authored more than 450 articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and books. He served as editors, guest editors, associate editors, deputy editor, editorial members and reviewers for many medical and research journals. He was elected as the board member, committee chair and congress president/chair in various societies and scientific meetings. He received numerous awards in the fields of endocrinology, andrology and sexual medicine. Since 2019 he was quoted among the most influent 100,000 scientists worldwide by the Staford University doi 10.17632/btchxktzyw.6).

Dr. Giovanni Corona’s contributions to the field of sexual medicine and ISSM include:

1. Hormonal determinants underlining male sexual response

2. Impact of psychological organic and relational factors in the pathogenesis of erectile dysfunction

3. Impact of conventional and unconventional risk factors in predicting forthcoming CV events in patients with erectile dysfunction

4. Contribution of age-related hormonal modifications and male general and sexual health

5. Testosterone replacement therapy outcomes and safety in male hypogonadal individuals

Dr. Cindy Meston is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the Sexual Psychophysiology Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin. She has received numerous international awards and accolades for her ground-breaking research on women’s sexual function. In 2016, Dr. Meston was named one of the 100 most influential and inspirational women in the world by the BBC. In 2024, she was named the most highly cited scholar worldwide in Sexual Function and the second most highly cited scholar worldwide in Sexual Medicine by scholargps.com. She is a Past President for the International Society for the Scientific Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH).

Dr. Meston has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed academic publications and two books. Her book Why Women Have Sex (co-authored with Dr. David Buss) has been translated into eleven languages. She has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Sexual Medicine, and is an Editorial Board Member and Reviewer for many sexual medical and research journals.  

Dr. Meston’s contributions to the field of sexual medicine and ISSM include:

1. Female Sexual Arousal and the Sympathetic Nervous System: Dr. Meston was the first to directly examine the role of the SNS in the female sexual response, conducting a series of experiments on humans and animals and finding that an optimal level of SNS activation is necessary for physiological sexual arousal.

2. Childhood Sexual Abuse: Dr. Meston has conducted a series of studies seeking to understand the cognitive mechanisms by which early sexual abuse experiences impact adult sexual functioning. Based on her findings, she developed an efficacious expressive writing intervention for sexual trauma survivors.

3. Psychometric Development: Dr. Meston has developed a number of questionnaires and psychometric tools to measure constructs in sexuality including, the Sexual Satisfaction Scale, the Why Have Sex Questionnaire, the Cues for Sexual Desire Scale, the Sexual Disgust Scale, and the Female Sexual Function Index (co-author).

4. Sexual Motivation: Together with evolutionary psychologist Dr. David Buss, Dr. Meston conducted a five-year, large-scale study of sexual motives, finding that humans report 237 distinct reasons for having sex.

5. Co-chair, Disorders of orgasm in males and females, ejaculatory disorders in males. International Consultation on Urological Diseases, Paris, 2004. 

Dr. Lee is an Associate Professor of Urology at University College London and Consultant Urological Surgeon at University College London Hospital, UK. He is the Clinical Lead for Gender Surgery at New Victoria Hospital and Trust Education Lead at the Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

Dr. Lee serves as the Treasurer of the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM) and is a Board Member of both the British Society for Sexual Medicine and BAUS Section of Andrology. He serves as the Chair for the ISSM Scientific Review Committee and led the recent submission of 2 completed Scientific Reviews. He is also a Board Member of the ESSM Surgical Academy. Dr. Lee is the Co-Convenor of the prestigious Men’s Health Masterclass for Serious Implanters held biannually in London. He also co-convened the 18th GURS Masterclass in addition to other international and national scientific meetings. He regularly serves as chairperson and invited faculty at the same meetings.

Dr. Lee has authored more than 50 articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and books. He serves as Associate Editor for Sexual Medicine Reviews and Section Editor in Andrology for the BJU International in addition to the Editorial Board of the Video Journal of Sexual Medicine. He previously held Guest Editorships with the International Journal of Impotence Research. He continues to review manuscripts for multiple journals including European Urology and the Journal of Sexual Medicine, in addition to conference abstracts for the AUA, EAU, ESSM and WPATH/EPATH, amongst others.

Haocheng Lin, MD PhD, Peking University Third Hospital

Department of Urology, Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor

The First Cohort of the Peking University Clinical Scientist Training Program

Academic Positions

- Vice President, Sexual Medicine Branch, China Sexology Association

- Vice President, Youth Committee, Chinese Andrology Association

- Vice Chair, Young Researchers Committee, International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM)

- Executive Committee Member, Asia-Pacific Society for Sexual Medicine

- Associate Editor, The Journal of Sexual Medicine VJSM

Research

- Research Interest: Male sexual dysfunction and infertility

- Publications: 27 SCI papers as first or corresponding author, including J Urol, PNAS, Nat Chem Biol, ACS Nano, etc.; H-index 27

- Awards: Rising Star Award of the World Chinese Urological Association, Cornell-China Circle Young Scholar Award, and others

Surgical Expertise

- Penile prosthesis implantation，Microsurgical andrology procedures

Dr. Matthew Ziegelmann is an Associate Professor of Urology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, United States of America. His clinical practice focus sexual medicine with particular expertise in the medical and surgical management of Peyronie’s Disease and Erectile Dysfunction. He is a current member of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America Board of Directors and he is the chairperson for the Medical Student and Resident Committee as well. He will also be chairing the upcoming SMSNA Annual Fall Scientific Meeting in Orlando, FL scheduled for October 2026.

Dr. Ziegelmann has authored more than 140 articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and books. He has served as an associate editor for the Journal of Sexual Medicine and served on the International Consultation for Sexual Medicine Guidelines panel for Peyronie’s Disease, Genitourinary Trauma, and Penile Augmentation. He speaks nationally and internationally on topics related to sexual dysfunction. He is the vice-chair of an upcoming AUA Guideline on sexual dysfunction. He is the recent recipient of the SMSNA Young Investigator Award of Excellent. He is also actively involved in medical student, resident, and fellow education through several academic leadership roles in his institution and nationally.

Dr. Ziegelmann’s contributions to the field of sexual medicine and ISSM include (but not limited):

1. Sexual Medicine Society of North America Board of Directors

2. Chairperson for the Medical Student and Resident Committee

3. More than 140 articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and books on topics including Peyronie’s Disease and erectile dysfunction

4. Vice-chair of an upcoming AUA Guideline on sexual dysfunction

5. Associate editor for the Journal of Sexual Medicine

6. International Consultation for Sexual Medicine Guidelines panel for Peyronie’s Disease, Genitourinary Trauma, and Penile Augmentation

Dr. Paolo Capogrosso is Assistant Professor of Urology at the University of Insubria in Varese, Italy. He serves as Assistant Chief of the Department of Urology at Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, ASST-Sette Laghi in Varese. Dr. Capogrosso earned his medical degree with highest honors from Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan and completed his urology residency at the same institution, followed by clinical fellowships in advanced laparoscopic surgery in Belgium and France, robotic surgery at Institut Mutualiste Montsouris in Paris, and biostatistics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

Dr. Capogrosso has authored more than 197 articles and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals, with an H-index of 29. He serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Sexual Medicine and Andrology. He has held leadership positions including Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM) and is a member of the European Association of Urology (EAU) Guidelines Panel on Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Dr. Capogrosso's contributions to the field of sexual medicine and ISSM include (but are not limited to):

Authoring key ESSM position statements on low-intensity shockwave therapy and male infertility-sexual dysfunction relationships

Leading the Italian National Registry on penile prosthetic surgery (INSIST-ED)

Contributing to the development of EAU guidelines on male sexual and reproductive health

Active participation in the ISSM Publication Committee (2021-2022) and Young Research Committee (2023-2025), fostering international collaboration in sexual medicine research

Participation in the International Consultation on Sexual Medicine (ICSM) in 2024.

Dr. Fernando Facio is a Professor of Urology and the Director of Sexual Medicine Fellowship Program at FAMERP Medical School in Brazil. Dr. Facio completed his Postdoctoral studies at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, under the supervision of Dr. Arthur L. Burnett, USA (2008-2009). He served as the Chief of Andrology Department of Brazilian Society of Urology (SBU 2023-2025). He is the Past President of Latin American Society for Sexual Medicine (SLAMS 2021-2025).

Dr. Facio has authored more than 130 articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and books. He has been serving as associate editor of SMOA since 2015, and reviewers for many medical and research journals. He received numerous awards in the fields of urological andrology and sexual medicine.

Dr. Facio’s contributions to the field of sexual medicine and ISSM include:

1.ISSM - Member of ISSM Education Committee 2017-2018

2.ISSM- Vice-chair, Grants&Prizes Committee 2019-2021

3.ISSM - Chair, Grants&Prizes Committee 2021-2022.

4.ISSM - Vice-chair, Publication Committee 2022-2023

5.SLAMS Member at large 2011-2013

6.SLAMS Member at large 2013-2015

7.SLAMS Treasurer 2015-2021

8-SLAMS President 2021-2025

9.ISSM Journal SMOA Associate Editor since 2015

10. ISSM-WMSM 2024 Chair the Scientific Program Committee

Xin, Zhong-cheng, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China

Clinical PI of Department of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Director of Male Reproductive and Sexual Medicine, Department of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Executive Committee Member of Chinese Physicians Association (CPAM) and Founding President of the Urology and Reproductive Medicine Branch, CPAM

President of the Society of Reproductive and Sexual Medicine, Taiwan Society of Internal Medicine (TSIM)

International Consultant, International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM/ICSM)

Past President, Asia-Pacific Society for Sexual Medicine (APSSM)

Executive Editor, Translational Andrology and Urology (TAU)

President, Beijing ZhongkeJingfu International Andrology Academy (BZIAA)

Dr. Jawad Feghali, MD, MSc, FECSM

Past President, Middle East Society for Sexual Medicine (2022–2023)

Genito-Urinary Surgeon trained in the USA (Lenox Hill Hospital; Advanced Urological Care NY), Europe (Heidelberg University–Klinikum Heilbronn), and Asia in Endourology and Sexual Medicine. Graduate of Saint Joseph University–Hôtel-Dieu de France, Beirut; licensed in Lebanon and New York. Head of the Urology Department at SZUMC and practicing at AUBMC–Keserwan, Lebanon. Fellow of the European Board of Sexual Medicine and the ESSM Surgical Academy for Penile Implants.

Pioneer in minimally invasive urological surgery and sexual medicine in the MENA region. Performed the first Laser-MiniPCNL in Lebanon and the first dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound for PCNL puncture in MENA; developer of the Awake Flexible Ureterorenoscopy, C-V GreenLight Laser, and Gradual PCNL techniques. Among the first in the MENA to introduce LISWT and the No-Touch penile implant technique for erectile dysfunction. Author and presenter of novel concepts on LISWT for ED and innovative surgical techniques for kidney stone and prostate disease management. International speaker and strong advocate for advancing education, awareness, and access to care across the region.

ISSM / MESSM & Sexual Medicine Contributions (not limited to)

• Past President, MESSM (2022–2023): MESSM Launched the MESSM Academy (with ISSM support), initiated the MENA Male Sexuality Survey, relaunched the MESSM Newsletter, expanded membership and affiliated societies, and led regional and international scientific activities

• Co-Chair, World Meeting on Sexual Medicine 2023 | Co-organizer, WMSM 2023 Dubai

• ISSM Board Member & Nominations Committee Member (2022–2023)

• MESSM Board Member (2018–2021)

• ICSM Guidelines Committee 2024 – Regenerative Interventions in Sexual Medicine

• Co-founder, MESSM/ISSM AMEENA Campaign against sexual violence

Motto: “No patient with ED and acceptable heart function is untreatable.”

Dr. Fode is a Professor of Urology at the University of Copenhagen and Consultant Urologist at Herlev and Gentofte Hospital. He is President of the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM), former Chair of its Scientific and Educational Committees, Co-Chair of the 5th International Consultation on Sexual Medicine, and Chairman of the Andrology Group under the Danish Urological Association. He directs the EAU/ESU course Office Management of Male Sexual Dysfunction and previously served as President of the Scandinavian Society for Sexual Medicine.

Dr. Fode has authored more than 200 publications, book chapters, and scholarly works. He has serves as Associate Editor of European Urology, and has previously served as Section Editor for BJU International, Social Media Editor for the Journal of Sexual Medicine and the Scandinavian Journal of Urology, and Guest Editor for the International Journal of Impotence Research. He has held multiple leadership roles across ESSM, SSSM, NUF, and the EAU and has received numerous awards, including the ESSM Award of Excellence.

Dr. Fode’s contributions to sexual medicine and ISSM include:

1. Leadership within ESSM and ISSM, including serving as ESSM President and Co-Chair of the 5th International Consultation on Sexual Medicine.

2. Advancing sexual rehabilitation after prostate cancer, including work on penile vibratory stimulation and regenerative approaches.

3. Significant educational impact through long-standing faculty roles and the development of international training programs.

4. Editorial leadership shaping scientific advancement in sexual medicine and functional urology.

5. Contributions to guidelines, consensus statements, and systematic reviews for the EAU, ISSM/ESSM, and international consultations.

DAI YU-TIAN, MD, PhD.

Professor of Urology,

Professor of Surgery,

Chief of Andrology and Sexual Medicine Department.

Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital,

Nanjing University, school of Medicine

Chairman, Chinese Sexology Association (CSA)

Member of Executive Committee of APSSM

Associate chief editor, Journal of Chinese sexology science

Dr. Osama Shaeer is a Professor of Andrology at Kasr EL Aini Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, and Director of the European Academy of Andrology Training Center in Egypt. He is the Past President for the Middle East Society for Sexual Medicine (MESSM).

Dr. Shaeer has authored more than 60 articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and books. He served as editor for several journals including the Journal of Sexual Medicine and the Video Journal of Sexual Medicine. He received numerous awards in the fields of andrology and sexual medicine, including the National Award of Excellence in Egypt, Award, and the VJSM Innovation Award .

Dr. Shaeer’s contributions to the field of sexual medicine and ISSM include (but not limited to):

1. Developing several novel surgical techniques and tools including: Shaeer’s Corporal Rotation, a no-shortening technique for congenital curvature, Shaeer’s Cavernotome for coring fibrous tissue out of scarred corporal bodies, Shaeer’s Dorsal Phalloplasty for revealing the concealed penis upon penile prosthesis implantation, among others.

2. Initiating the MESSM Penile Implant Summer School, an annual accredited course that delivers comprehensive video content over two months.

3. Initiating the Intercultural Parol in Sexuality, a global project documenting the unique sexual habits for every country.

4. Boosting the number of in-person courses of MESSM to more than 10 per year.

5. Boosting MESSM membership and clearing long-standing official and financial obstacles.