We will have the real privilege to enjoy a talk from one of the giants in urology - Prof Philip Hanno. He will take us through a journey in time on the “History of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome - from 1917 to the present”.
Prof Hanno will take us through the various stages over the past hundred years when the complex and elusive disease has been varyingly described and categorised, and how the diagnostic criteria have changed. The talk promises to remind and update us on the controversies and current understanding in this complex field of pelvic pain.
Our dynamic Steering Goup members - Tatiana Semedo from Portugal and Kazibe Koyuncu from Turkey will jointly co-host the session.
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Moderator
Dr Keng Ng is a Consultant Urological Surgeon based in London, United Kingdom. He was awarded the Clifford Morson Medal at The Institute of Urology London for his thesis work on urodynamics and bladder dysfunction. His specialty interests include interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome and female urinary incontinence surgery.
He was elected Chair of SIG in Neuro-urogynecology and Urogenital Pain in January 2022.
Presenter
Dr. Bert Messelink is a urologist and from the start of his working life in urology, He was interested in functional problems. He had the opportunity to chair the foundation that developed the multidisciplinary approach to pelvic floor problems. That was more than 25 years ago and it is great to see that this approach has become the golden standard. Later on, Dr.Bert Messelink met other care professionals dealing with pelvic pain and joined them in their activities. Pelvic pain is a special form of pain because it is related to private functions like peeing, pooping, period and having sex. Therefore he studied sexology and became a certified sexologist which helps him in discussing these functions but also the cognitive and behavioural aspects of pelvic pain. Dr. Bert Messelink is one of the editors of the book Abdominal and Pelvic Pain, based on the first World Congress on Abdominal and Pelvic Pain (2013). He have been involved in the European Association of Urology Guidelines on Chronic Pelvic Pain for 20 years, partly as vice-chairman. In his home country, he is the chairman of the committee that wrote the first guideline on CPP. At the moment he is working as a urologist-sexologist and seeing many patients with pelvic pain and sexual problems in our multidisciplinary pelvic pain clinic. The patient with pain and his brain are inspiring him every day again.
Co-host
Gynecologist at the Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Unit of Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Algarve, Portugal.
Master in Surgical Management of Deep Endometriosis, MIS Academy Master in Endoscopic Surgery, Pelvic and Gynecological, in Valencia, Spain.
Co-host
Dr Kazibe Koyuncu is PhD candidate in Urogynecology Doctorate Programme in Ankara University, Turkey. She is interested in working interstitial cystitis and bladder pain syndrome and female sexual dysfunction. She is a member of SIG in Neuro-urogynecology and Urogenital Pain.