OSCAR CONTRERAS ORTIZ, MD., FACOG(hon)

Consultant Head Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Consultant Physician, School Hospital “José de San Martín”, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 

EDUCATION

- Medical School: Medical Doctor, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Faculty of Medicine, 1960

- Residency University Hospital “Jose de San Martín” School of Medicine - University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

BOARD CERTIFICATION IN OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGY

By Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

By Obstetrics and Gynecology Society of Buenos Aires, Argentina

By National Medicine Academy of Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2004 – Emeritus Professor, University of Social and Business Sciences (UCES)

2001 – Present Consultant Head Professor. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

1999 - 2004 - Director of Ob/Gyn Department Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

1998 - Professor, Major University of San Marcos, University of Perú,

Dean’s Office Resolution N° 197 - FM-98, Lima - Peru

1997 - 2001 - Head Professor and Chairman of Gynecology. University of Buenos Aires

1986 - Honorific Professor of the Major University of San Simón.Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Resolution nº 40/86.

 

AWARDS IN GYNECOLOGY - GYNECOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - UROGYNECOLOGY

24 NATIONAL AWARDS

4 awards Conferred by the National Academy of Medicine, Argentina (1999-1989-1986-1980)

5 awards Conferred by the Faculty of Medicine - University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (1993-1992-1990-1981-1970)

2 awards Conferred by the Argentine Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology Societies (FASGO) (1996-1981)

7 awards Conferred by the Obstetrics and Gynecology Society of Buenos Aires, Argentina (2001-1998-1992-1985-1977-1969)

2 awards Conferred by the School - Hospital “José de San Martin”, Faculty of Medicine - University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (2001-1977)

4 awards Conferred by other Medical Institutions and Societies. (2000-1992)

4 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS (2006-1977)

 

DISTINCTIONS

 

In Journals

 

1997 - Corresponding Editor, “The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology” (Mosby, USA).

1997 – Present - Founding Editor of the “International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (Springer Verlag, London, U.K.)

1986 - 1997 - Founding Editor and Editor in Chief of the “International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (Springer Verlag, London, U.K.)”

1985 – Present - Member of the Editorial Board of “Urogynecology” Journal, Rome, Italy

1985 - Member of the Editorial Board of “The International Journal of Breast Disease”, Boston, USA

 

In Scientific Societies or Medical Institutions

 

Internationals

 

2007 – General Coordinator of the “FIGO Task Force” and Chairman of the Committee on “Reconstructive Female Pelvic Floor Surgery”. International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO).
Task Force formed by international opinion leaders to outline guidelines on:

    • Educational Program on Pelvic Floor Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery.
    • Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Classification.
    • Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery in Women.

2005 - President of the International Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Society (IPFDS)

2004 – Member of the FIGO Scientific Advisory Committee.

2003 – Appointed President of the 5th International Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Society (IPFDS)

            Congress, November 8-11, 2005.

2003 - President of the XXVIII Annual Meeting of the International Urogynecological Association

            (IUGA)

2001 - Honorary Fellowship of American College Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

2001 - Board of Director. International Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Society.

1999 - Member of Jury to award. International Menopause Society. World Congress on Menopause. Yokohama, Japan.

1999 – Present – Chairman of the Research and Development Committee of the International Urogynecological Association

1998 - President of the XXIII Annual Meeting of the International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)

1998 - Member, FIGO Expert Advisory Panel of Urogynecology, Féderation Internationale de Gynécologie et d’ Obstétrique (FIGO)

1998 - Argentina Coordinator in the FIGO-ACOG Educational Objectives in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Caracas, Venezuela

1996-1998 - President of the International Urogynecology Association (IUGA)

1996 - Member, Executive Committee of the World Summit of Deans and Experts on Health and   Medical Education, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

1990 - 1995 - Executive Board Member of the International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)

1986 – 1990 – South America International Board Member of the of the International

Urogynecological Association (IUGA)

1985 -  President of the X Annual Meeting of the International Urogynecological Association,

1964 - Member of Scientific Committee of the IV World Obstetrics and Gynecology Congress International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FIGO), Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

            In Europe

2006 – Honorary Member of the Portuguese Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery Society, Lisbon, Portugal

1999 - International Scientific Committee Member. 2nd International Congress on Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions. International Pelvic Floor Society, Spain.

1998 - Member Honoris Causa, Italian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Rome, Italy

1981 - Honor Member of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Society of Levante, Valencia, Spain

 

            In North America

 

1983-1986 - Member of the Board of Directors of the Gynecology Urology Society, USA

1980-83 - Member-at-Large representing South America in the Gynecology Urology Society, USA

 

            In Latin-America

2007 – Foreign Honorary Member of the Chilean OB/GYN Society. Viña del Mar, Chile.  

2000 - Honorary Member in Scientific Societies in: Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru,

1999 - ORDEN “ Dr. Francisco Antonio Rísquez", Margarita, State of New Esparta, Venezuela.

1995 - Representative of the Latin-American Urogynecology and Vaginal Surgery Society at foreign and national societies, Victoria, Brazil

1987 - Distinguished Visitor of Jalisco, Guadalajara Town Hall, Guadalajara, Mexico

1987 - Honor Guest of Cochabamba City Council, Bolivia

1985 - Founder President of the Urogynecology and Vaginal Surgery Latin American Society.

 

            In Argentine

2001 - Director of the Actualization Program's in Ob/Gyn. Gynecology and Obstetrics Society of

Buenos Aires (9 books)

2000 – Present – Director of the OB/GYN Specialist Career, Faculty of Medicine, University of

            Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1999-2000 - President of the Buenos Aires Obstetrics and Gynecology Society

1998 - Distinguished Professor and Illustrious Visitor of the National University of Tucumán, School

of Medicine, Resolution 1336/98, Tucumán, Argentina

1998 - Member of the Committee for the Study of Requirements for  Gynecology and Obstetrics

Specialist Degree Certification, Argentine Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Societies.

1998 - Chairman, Scientific Committee, Gynecology and Obstetrics Society of Buenos Aires,       Argentina

1996-1997 - Member, Executive Committee, Gynecology and Obstetrics Society of Buenos Aires,

Argentina

1993 - President, Gynecological Scientific Committee of the XII Congress of Obstetrics and          Gynecology, Gynecology and Obstetrics Society of Buenos Aires, Argentina

1992 - Member, Gynecological Scientific Committee of the XI Congress of Obstetrics and             Gynecology and of the VIII International River Plate Congress on Obstetrics and       Gynecology, Gynecology and Obstetrics Society of Buenos Aires, Argentina

1976/85/91/92/93 - Member, Board of Directors, Gynecology and Obstetrics Society of Buenos

Aires, Argentina

1991 - Founder President of the Argentine Urogynecology and Vaginal Surgery Society,

Argentina

1986 - Scientific Committee Member, First National Congress of the Argentine Association of       Gynecology and Obstetrics, Argentina

1985 – Present – Director of the OB/GYN Course for National and Foreign Physicians, Faculty of

Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1976 - Board of Directors, Gynecology and Obstetrics Society of Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

PUBLICATIONS.(Scientific works published in Journals, Meetings and Congresses.)

144 Papers submitted in Argentina

93 International Papers

 

Books

 

1972 - Diagnosis of the female urine incontinence. Ed. Panamericana, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1992 - Modern gynecology for students. Ed. López, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1996 - Genital Prolapse and Urinary incontinence. FLASOG text

1997 - Guide for teaching and learning in pre-grade of gynecology. Editorial La Aldea Global, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Activities in Congresses and Meetings of the specialty, by invitation, during the last 5 years

 

·       Invited Speaker at the II National Permanent Congress on Transvaginal and Laparoscopic Mini-Invasive Surgery in Urogynecology.  Topic: Sling Intervention Evolution – Complex Genital Prolapse. Palermo. Italy.

·       Invited Speaker at the XIV National Congress of the Italian Association of Gynecologic Urology and Pelvis Floor.  Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery. Topic: Stress Female Urinary Incontinence at gynecological Practice. Rome. Italy.

·       Invited Speaker, State-of-the-Art-Lecture at the Policlínico Universitario “A. Gemelli”. Topic: Past, Present and Future of Female Urinary Incontinence in the Gynecological Practice. Rome. Italy

·       Invited Speaker. Lecture at the Multi-specialized Center for the Treatment of Urinary and Pelvis Floor Dysfunctions. Hospital S. Bortolo. Topic: Female Urinary Incontinence and Pelvis Floor.  Problem’s Dimension. Vicenza. Italy.

·       Invited Speaker XXIV OB/GYN Colombian Congress. OB/GYN Colombian Society. Topic: Urinary Incontinence, Sling Surgery. Cartagena de Indias. Colombia

·       Invited Speaker at the XXXIX Annual National Meeting of the Argentine Federation of OB/GYN Societies (FASGO) Topic: Past and Future in Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions. Tucumán, Argentina

·       Director and Speaker at the Teleconferences with OSDE Foundation on OB/GYN Updating (Topics: Female Urinary Incontinence Surgical Treatment with Suburethral Sling. – Current Approach of Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. – Genital Prolapse. Simple or Complex Pathology? – Suburethral Swing Surgeries at Present) Buenos Aires and Chaco, Argentina.

·       Invited Speaker at the National Course (“Female Urethra”) from morpho-functional diagnosis to surgical treatment. Topics: Updating on Incontinence Surgery – Anatomy of the Urethra– Stress Urinary Incontinence in the Gynecological Practice. Italian Association of Gynecologic Urology and Pelvis Floor (AIUG) – University of Studies of Catania. Catania. Italy

·       Invited Speaker at the XXV Sunshine Seminar. Topics: Genital Prolapse, Simple or Complex Pathology – Current Approach of Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions – Evolution in Urinary Incontinence Surgeries. San Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

·       Invited Speaker at the XVIII Latin American Congress of OB/GYN – XVII Dominican Congress of OB/GYN. Topics: Surgical Treatment of Urinary Incontinence – Genital Prolapse, Simple or Complex Pathology? – Coordinator of the Expert’s Table: Integral Concept of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. Punta Cana. Dominican Republic.

·       Invited Speaker and Surgeon of the Course on Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.  Santa Casa de Misericordia of Belo Horizonte. Topics: Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions, past and present. – Surgical Treatment of Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions. Belo Horizonte. Brazil.

·       Director of the Osde Foundation Teleconference – ACOG Argentine Learning Center. Conference: Post Partum Bleeding. Preterm Delivery Risk. Effective Interventions. (August 25, 2005) Buenos Aires

·       President of the 5th International Congress of the International Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Society (IPFDS). November 8-11, 2005) Buenos Aires, Argentina.

·       Invited Speaker at the “I OB/GYN Congress of Tarija”. Topics: Surgical Treatment of Urinary Incontinence – Genital Prolapse, Simple or Complex Pathology? March 2006, Tarija – Bolivia.

·       Invited Speaker at the 3rd International Conference of Vaginal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery.  Topic: The Future of Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery.  June 2006, Lisbon – Portugal.

·       Invited Speaker at the “VII National Congress of OB/GYN of Costa Rica”.  Topics: Current Integral Concept of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Genital Prolapse: Simple or Complex Pathology?, Surgical Therapies in the Management of Vaginal Vault Prolapse, Surgical Treatment of Urinary Incontinence.  June 2006, San José de Costa Rica – Costa Rica.

·       Invited Speaker at the MERCOSUR Congress on OB/GYN 2006.  Topics: Integral Concept of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.  Evolution in Female Urinary Incontinence Surgical Treatment.  July 2006, Asunción – Paraguay.

·       Director of the OSDE Foundation Teleconference – ACOG Argentine Learning Center. Continuous Medical Education Program. Updating Course on OB/GYN. (August, 2006) Buenos Aires, Argentina

·       Chairman at the Workshop “Prolapse Surgery Efficacy, New Techniques, Complications and Management, Sexual Function and Prolapse” at the 31 Annual Meeting of the International Urogynecological Association (IUGA).  September 2006, Athens – Greece.

·       Invited Speaker at the XVIII FIGO World Congress (International Federation of Gynecology & Obstetrics. Topic: Sling Type Surgery in Stress Urinary Incontinence. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 5-10 November 2006.

·       Invited Speaker at the 2006 International Official Course of the IPFDS “Female Pelvic Floor Surgical and Rehabilitative Therapy”.  Topics: “Updated Knowledge in Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery”, “Sling Type Surgery in Stress Urinary Incontinence Treatment”.  December 2006, Vicenza and Bassano del Grappa, Italy

·       Invited speaker. IV Congress on Gynecology and Obstetrics of the north region – ASSAGO. Topic: “Cesarean on demand. Urogynecologist Point of View”. Manaos, Brazil, May 24-26, 2007

·       Invited Speaker. 32 Annual Meeting. International Urogynecological Association. Topic: “Urinary Tract Lesions in OB/GYN Surgery”. Cancun, Mexico, June 12 – 16, 2007

 

·       Surgeon and Invited Speaker. Live surgical procedures. 5th International Conference and operative demonstration on Pelvic Floor Surgery in Govt Kasturba Gandhi Hospital and Madras Medical College, Chennai - India, July 2007

·       Invited Speaker. XXXI Chilean Congress of OB/GYN. Topics: “Evolution of Surgical Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence”, “Past, Present and Future of Pelvic Floor Reconstructive Surgery”. Viña del Mar, Chile, November 22-24, 2007.