The theme leaders and advisors for the FIGO 2023 World Congress represent specialties within women’s health from over 45 countries, spanning the 5 regions of FIGO.
Theme Leader
Professor Bo Jacobsson, Sweden
Theme Advisors
Professor Andrew Shennan, United Kingdom
Professor Fionnuala McAuliffe, Ireland
Dr Didier Riethmuller, France
Professor Leila Attia Mahbouli, Tunisia
Professor Priya Soma-Pillay, South Africa
Dr Eugene Ngoga, Rwanda
Professor Anwar Nassar, Lebanon
Dr Jolly Beyeza, Uganda
Dr Liona Poon, Hong Kong
Dr Dharmintra Pasupathy, Australia
Dr Ravi Chandran, Malaysia
Dr Khady Diouf, United States
Dr Wanda Nicholson, United States
Professor Deborah Money, Canada
Professor Alex Vidaeff, United States
Dr Diana Galimberti, Argentina
Dr Eliana Amaral, Brazil
Dr Catalina María Valencia González, Colombia
Dr Jezid Miranda, Colombia
Professor Cynthia Maxwell, Canada
Theme Leader
Dr Ivonne Diaz Yamal, Colombia
Theme Advisors
Dr Cuauhtemoc Celis González, Mexico
Dr Laura Gil, Colombia
Professor Blandine Courbiere, France
Dr Edgar Mocanu, Ireland
Professor Marlene Temmerman, Belgium
Dr Teresa Bombas, Portugal
Professor Basil C. Tarlatzis, Greece
Professor Blandine Thieba Bona, Burkina Faso
Dr Amala Nazareth, United Arab Emirates
Dr Musonda Makasa, Zambia
Dr Jotham Musinguzi, Uganda
Dr Jaideep Malhotra, India
Dr Louise Hull, Australia
Dr Krishnendu Gupta, India
Dr Aparna Sridhar, United States
Dr Julie Chor, United States
Theme Leader
Dr Juan Diego Villegas-Echeverri, Colombia
Theme Advisors
Dr Jorge Carrillo, United States
Professor Hervé Fernandez, France
Mr Edward Morris, United Kingdom
Professor Christl Reisenauer, Germany
Dr Fekade Ayenachew, Ethiopia
Dr Gabriel Yao-Kuma Ganyaglo, Ghana
Professor Stefan Gebhardt, South Africa
Dr Andrew Browning, Australia
Dr Nucelio Lemos, Canada
Dr Megan Wasson, United States
Dr Rachel Pope, United States
Theme Leader
Dr Jonathan Berek, United States
Theme Advisors
Dr Rene Pareja, Columbia
Professor Chérif Akladios, France
Professor Christina Fotopoulou, United Kingdom
Professor Guillaume Appolinaire Horo, Ivory Coast
Dr Muna Abdulrazak Talhak, United Arab Emirates
Dr Rose Anorlu, Ethiopia
Dr Yirgu Gebrehiwot, Ethiopia
Professor Sarikapan Wilailak, Thailand
Professor Aikou Okamoto, Japan
Ms Nandita Palshetkar, India
Dr Maria Julieta V Germar, Philippines
Theme Leader
Professor Chiara Benedetto, Italy
Theme Advisors
Professor Hilary Critchley, United Kingdom
Professor Nathalie Chabbert-Buffet, France
Professor Mouhamadou Mansour Niang, Senegal
Dr Tesfaye Hurisa, Ethiopia
Dr Hema Divakar, India
Professor Jason Abbott, Australia
Professor Gulshan Ara, Bangladesh
Professor Malcolm Munro, United States
Dr Kristen Matteson, United States
Dr Linda Giudice, United States
Dr Gelila Goba, United States
Dr Miguel Gutiérrez, Peru
Theme Leader
Professor Rubina Sohail, Pakistan
Theme Advisors
Professor Ditas Decena, Philippines
Dr Sharmin Abbasi, Bangladesh
Dr Jun Jim Zhang, China
Dr Colleen Patricia McNicholas, United States
Dr Jennifer Blake, Canada
Professor Jose Cordero, Puerto Rico
Dr Atziri Ramirez, Mexico
Professor Elie Azria, France
Professor Lola Gomez-Roig, Spain
Dr Ernestine Gwet-Bell, Cameroon
Dr John Muganda Rwibasira, Rwanda
Theme Leader
Professor Pius Okong, Uganda
Theme Advisors
Dr Salome Maswime, South Africa
Professor Blami Dao, Burkina Faso
Dr Lourdes Capito, Philippines
Dr Sanjay Gupte, India
Dr André Lalonde, Canada
Dr Edgar Ivan Ortiz, Colombia
Dr Carlos Salazar, Mexico
Professor William Stones, United Kingdom
Dr Claudia Hanson, Sweden
