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)
Educational resources
- Monthly Menopause Summaries
- Argentine School of Climacteric
- Online Scientific Activity
- Climacteric Certification
Collaborating organizations
- European Menopause and Andropause Society: https://emas-online.org/
- International Osteoporosis Foundation: https://www.osteoporosis.foundation/
- The North American Menopause Society: https://menopause.org/
News
Social Media
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aapec.argentina
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a.a.p.e.c
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aapec
Join AAPEC
Click here for the online application: How to Partner (aapec.org)