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The International Menopause Society (IMS) established the Council of Affiliated Menopause Societies (CAMS) to support the delivery of the Society’s Mission and Vision. CAMS is comprised of national and regional menopause societies. CAMS also provides support to establish menopause societies in areas where there are none.

CAMS has the following objectives:

  1. To establish connectivity and partnership working across the national and regional menopause societies and with the IMS.
  2. To actively engage in the delivery of IMS educational activities, events and World Congress, to support the development of new initiatives, and to encourage membership to the IMS within their country/region.

About AAPEC

The Asociación Argentina para el Estudio del Climaterio, AAPEC, founded in 1987, is the premier professional, non-profit, membership organization dedicated to the prevention and promotion of women’s health care through midlife, climacteric and beyond, through the understanding of the physiology of menopausal transition and providing the highest quality and evidence-based treatment of its related symptoms, with the mission of improving women’s quality of life through healthy ageing.

Since its foundation, AAPEC has been developing a Continuous Medical Education program, producing practice guidelines, online courses, regional and annual meetings for health care professionals, as well as educational materials for the community, promoting programs and initiatives to improve women’s health, and advocating for members and their patients.

With approximate 1500 members, AAPEC includes colleagues from every region of Argentina, through their delegates, who assess women’s specific needs within their local communities.

AAPEC multidisciplinary members are board-certified gynecologists, obstetricians, clinicians, endocrinologists, cardiologists, and every other professional whose activities are devoted to women’s health care and who have attained high ethical and academic standing.

MISSION
AAPEC’s mission is to support our members to improve the lives of all women seeking health care during midlife and beyond, their families, and communities.

VISION
AAPEC’s vision is an equitable world in which exceptional, integrative, inclusive, and respectful women’s health care is accessible to all.

Contact Email: info@aapec.org
Website: http://www.aapec.org

Executive

President

Pablo Carpintero, MD, PHD, FACOG

Specialist in Gynecology, Obstetrics and Clinical Sexology.
Professor at Universidad Maimónides
Latin American Expert in Climacterics and Menopause (FLASCYM)
Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
Chair of the Argentine Section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
Member of the Professional Certification Board in Academia Nacional de Medicina. (Argentina)

Vice President

Analía Pesado, MD

Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics
Chief of Gynecology Department at Hospital D. F. Santojanni, Buenos Aires
Adscript Teacher of Gynecology, University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
Vice Director of University Postgraduate Specialist Course in Gynecology at Hospital D.F.Santojanni (UBA)

Treasurer

Valeria Freijedo, MD

Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics
Consulting Specialist on Climacteric and Menopause
Director of AAPEC Online Course on Climacteric and Menopause

Secretary

Carolina Simonet, MD

Specialist in Gynecology
Consulting Specialist on Climacteric and Menopause
Staff member of Hospital General San Martín, La Plata
University Teacher at Facultad de Medicina UNLP

Board Member

María Franchina, MD, PHD, FACOG

Specialist in Gynecology, Obstetrics and Master in Gynecological Endocrinology.
PHD Honor Diploma at University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
University Professor (Maimonides University)
Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
Immediate Past Chair ACOG Argentine Section (2017-2021)
Past Chief of the Gynecological Endocrinology & Reproduction Department at Hospital Narciso Lopez, Lanús, Buenos Aires

Board Member

Gustavo Litterio, MD, PHD, FACOG

Specialist in Gynecology, Obstetrics and Clinical Sexology.
Professor at Universidad Maimónides
Chief of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Department at Hospital Evita, Lanús, Buenos Aires.
Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
Vice Chair of ACOG Argentine Section
Board Member of the Argentine Gynecological Endocrinology Society (SAEGRE)

Board Member

María Mercedes Lasaga, MD, PHD, FACOG

Specialist in Gynecology.
University Professor of Gynecology at La Plata National University.
Head of the Gynecological Department, Hospital “General José de San Martín”. La Plata,
Board Member of Argentine Society of Gynecological and Reproductive Endocrinology. SAEGRE
Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).

Board Member

Sandra Shayo, MD

Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics
Chief of Climacteric Division at Hospital C.G. Durand, Buenos Aires
Consulting Specialist on Climacteric and Menopause
Director of AAPEC Online Course on Climacteric and Menopause

Board Member

Cristina Sandor, MD, FACOG

Specialist in Gynecology, Obstetrics, Mastology and Clinical Sexology.
Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG)
Staff Member of Hospital Dr. Arturo Melo, Lanús, Buenos Aires.
Member of ACOG Argentine Section, Argentine Mastology Society and Argentine Society of Human Sexuality

Director of Argentine School of Climacteric and Menopause (2022 – 2025)

Claudia Rey, MD

Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics
Past President AAPEC 2019-2020).
Consulting Specialist on Climacteric and Menopause (AAPEC and National Academy of Medicine)
Latin American Expert in Climacterics and Menopause (FLASCYM)
Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).

Director of Argentine School of Climacteric and Menopause (2020 – 2025)

Juan Osvaldo Mormandi, MD, PHD

Chief of Gynecology Department at Hospital Eva Perón, San Martín, Buenos Aires. (1983-2009)
Professor at Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) and Universidad del Salvador (USAL).
Latin American Expert in Climacterics and Menopause (FLASCYM)
Founder and Past President of Asociación Argentina para el estudio de las Infecciones en Ginecología y Obstetricia (ASAIGO)
Founder and Past Vice President of Asociación Argentina de Ginecología y Obstetricia Psicosomática (AAGOP)

CAMS Delegate

Rita Caro, MD

Specialist in Gynecology
Past President AAPEC (2021-2022)
Consulting Specialist on Climacteric and Menopause (AAPEC and National Academy of Medicine)
Latin American Expert in Climacterics and Menopause (FLASCYM)
International and CAMS Delegate
Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
Member of the Professional Certification Board in Academia Nacional de Medicina. (Argentina)

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