Faculty

Renato Seracchioli is Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Bologna. He graduated in Medicine and specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Bologna.

Originally he was involved in assisted reproduction, through several internships at major European centers and he was involved in the organization of the Center for Assisted Reproduction of the Policlinico S. Orsola.

Since 1991 his main field of interest was gynecological endoscopy (laparoscopy and hysteroscopy) and he performed more than 4500 operations, introducing at the Policlinico S. Orsola new techniques of minimally invasive surgery in the field of endometriosis and oncology.

He is Director of U.O. Gynecology and Reproductive Pathophysiology of the Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi of Bologna from November the 1st 2014.

He is author of over 250 publications, including more than 135 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals surveyed by MEDLINE (IF total of more than 250).
Since 1997 he taught "Endoscopic surgical techniques" and "Laparoscopic surgical therapy" at the postgraduate school of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Bologna and since 2000 Prof. R. Seracchioli organized many workshops about gynecological laparoscopy and hysteroscopic surgical techniques at the Policlinico S. Orsola.  

Prof. R. Seracchioli is member of the Editorial Boards of several journals including “Journal of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Disorders” and “Rivista Italiana di Ostetricia e Ginecologia”.  

From 2001 to 2007 he joined the Executive Council SEGI as Head of the External Relations Commission.

Since 2010 he is Member of the Faculty of the International School of Surgical Anatomy. Since 2012 he is a Member of the Scientific Committee of the AIE (Associazione Italiana Endometriosi).

In 2013 he was Member of the International Editorial Board of Ibima Publishing, USA.

In 2014 is Leads editor of the special issue on Endometriosis: novel Models, Diagnosis, and Treatment in BioMed Research International. In 2008 he won the Charles Romanini Award with the article entitled "Long-Term Postoperative Oral Contraceptive Therapy and Ovarian Endometrioma Recurrence. A Randomized Controlled Trial" presented to Congress AAGL Las Vegas.

My activity is mainly dedicated to the diagnosis and conservative surgical treatment of major gynaecological diseases, with particular regard to the Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic Surgical techniques. My surgical activity is dedicated to the Early Diagnosis and fertility-sparing surgery in oncological patients

Researcher on temporary contract type A - Junior for the needs of the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences DIMEC - Concurrent Sector 06/H1 - SSD MED/40 - Gynecology and Obstetrics, at the University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum - Policlinico Universitario S. Orsola - Malpighi of Bologna. Medical activity as Medical Director at U.O. Ginecologia e Fisiopatologia della Riproduzione Umana - prof. R. Seracchioli at Policlinico Universitario S. Orsola - Malpighi of Bologna.

The research interests are focused in particular on laparoscopic and robotic minimally invasive surgery and on the pathophysiological mechanisms and (medical and surgical) treatments of chronic pelvic pain and pelvic dysfunctions.

"After graduation at the University of Catania, my interest and devotion to Gynecologic Oncology was already clear and that’s why I decided to follow Professor Roberto Angioli, who had a huge expertise in the field and move to Campus-Biomedico University of Rome to do my residency. During my last year of residency, under my professor’s guidance, I got the USMLE steps and interviewed for a 2 years position as international fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, where I was accepted.

I finished my residency in 2015 with top grades and after that I spent the following year dedicating myself to research at Campus Biomedico University.

On June 2016 I started my 2-years fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology.

As fellow in gynecologic oncology, I am dedicated to improve the lives of women with gynecologic cancers. These include ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, cervical cancer, and vulvar cancer. I am also committed to developing better ways to screen for and prevent gynecologic cancers in women who are at higher risk for these diseases.

I am interested in research and I am author of several papers on peer-reviewed journals and I have been surgeon in more than 300 gyn onc cases."

Head of the discipline of Operative Technique of the Faculty of Medicine of Federal Fluminense University, (UFF)

Member of the Brazilian College of Surgeons (CBC).

Member of the National Specialized Committee on Gynecological Endoscopy of the Brazilian Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Febrasgo)

Chandakas and Associates, Clinical Centres of Excellence in Gynaecology, Athens-London-Tirana-Nicosia, Greece-UK-Albania-Cyprus

• Founder and Medical Director
• Services include advanced laparoscopic surgery, urogynaecology, in vitro fertilization services, fetal medicine, gynaecology, obstetrics, robotic surgery, oncology, imaging, etc.
• Partners in 4 different countries and new specialities since 2011
• Premium Multidisciplinary Medical Centre opened in Greece in 2011
• Member of the Scientific Board of Mitera Maternity Hospital, Hygeia Group of Hospitals, Athens, Greece
• Lecturer/Clinical Associate in Minimal Invasive Surgery, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece (2006-2010)

Dr. Aarathi Cholkeri-Singh is a Fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists (ACOG) and is in private practice at The Advanced Gynecologic Surgery
Institute, Charles E. Miller, MD & Associates in metropolitan Chicago. During
her residency, she was accepted as a Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgical Fellow
through the AAGL. Her training was based at the Harvard and Brown Universities'
hospital affiliates under the preceptorship of six surgeons in the fields of General
Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology, Gynecologic Oncology and Urogynecology.
Dr. Cholkeri-Singh is an active member of ACOG, AAGL, ISGE and SLS. She has
served as a faculty member for these societies, their conferences and committees, and
continues to be invited annually for active participation. Dr. Cholkeri-Singh is the Co-
Director of the AAGL/SRS fellowship program in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic
Surgery and Director of Gynecologic Surgical Education at Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital in Park Ridge, IL. She also is a Clinical Assistant Professor for the Department
of Ob/Gyn at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL and Lecturer for the
Department of Ob/GYN at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North
Chicago, IL.
Dr. Cholkeri-Singh’s current research areas of interest are contained laparoscopic
morcellation, perioperative pain, embryoscopy, isthmoceles, fibroids, heavy menstrual
bleeding and colposcopy standardization.

Prof. Caterina Exacoustos was born in Rome, Italy, from German father and Italian mother and has greek grand-grand father. She is an associate Professor of Ob/Gyn at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. She received her medical degree at the Catholic University of Rome in 1984 and completed in 1989 the Ob/Gyn residency and then a fellowship in obstetric and gynecological ultrasound in the same university. During that time her clinical and research interest was mostly on perinatal medicine and she had several important publications in this field. She has been attached since 1993 to the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’ in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology initially as research fellow then as researcher and now as associate professor. Since 1993 working with endoscopic surgical teams she test the advantages of the use of transvaginal ultrasound as presurgical diagnostic tool and for an accurate management of gynecological diseases. Actually her main areas of interest are endometriosis and benign diseases including uterine pathology and infertility. She has published more than 120 scientific articlesof these 82 peer reviewedand more than 10 book chapters both in English and in Italian. She has been invited to numerous scientific meetings and conferences of gynecological pathology as speaker in Europe and USA. She has extensive experience in gynecologic ultrasound together with a long history in training activities in several ultrasound courses. She spends also in 2010 a sabbatical year in US at theUniversity of Connecticut as invited professor teaching 3D transvaginal ultrasound.

Marco Gergolet, born in 1966, studied Medicine at University of Trieste, Italy between 1985 and 1991. In 1992 he moved to Ljubljana, Slovenia where in 1998 became Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. In the same year became senior clinician at the Reproductive medicine unit in S.I.S.ME.R., Società Italiana Studi Medicina della Riproduzione, Bologna, Italy. In 2003 he was elected Assistant Professor at the Ljubljana University School of Medicine, and then re-elected other two times. In 2008 graduated asMaster of Sciencein Biomedical Sciences at the University of Ljubljana. Between 2006 and 2008 was deputy coordinator and between 2009 and 2011 was coordinator of the Special Interest Group on Reproductive Surgery at the ESHRE, European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. Since 2011 is part of theScientific commettee ofthe “CONUTA” group, an ESHRE/ESGE joined working group on congenital uterine malformations

In 2009 was part of the scientific committee of the “TROPHY” Study: Multicenter international randomized controlled Trial on OutPatient Hysteroscopy, study published on The Lancet in 2016.

From 2012 to 2015 was deputy director for medical and scientific affairs the at General hospital “dr. Franc Derganc” Nova Gorica (Slovenia). Actualy is owner and director of a private company, S.I.F.E.S. doo, Slovene Institute for Fertility and Reproductive Surgery, Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Cooperates in the field of reproductive surgery and ART with SISMER Bologna and with the Ob/Gyn department of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Michael Kamrava, MD graduated with high honors  in physiology from University of Illinois, USA. Received high honors in endocrine rotation at Case medical school and graduated in 1976. After finishing residency in OB/GYN at Mt Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, I completed fellowship at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston in 1982. Pioneered new and innovative treatments in endocrine and infertility treatments to improve reproductive outcomes and make them safer for people everywhere. These include the use of subcutaneous pulsatile GnRH, extended embryo culture using BOEC. I also performed the first human embryo implantation using a targeted embryo delivery or SEED with resultant singleton live and healthy delivery. Have published many papers and been on the editorial board of several journals worldwide.

Dr. Charles E. Miller is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists and is in private practice in metropolitan Chicago where he specializes in
the treatment of infertile couples, especially in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and minimally
invasive gynecologic surgery. Dr. Miller is the Founder, President, and Medical Director
of The Advanced IVF Institute and The Advanced Gynecologic Surgery Institute,
Charles E. Miller, MD & Associates.
Dr. Miller is the Director of the AAGL/SRS fellowship program in Minimally Invasive
Gynecologic Surgery and Director of Gynecologic Surgical Education at Advocate
Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL. He is also Clinical Associate Professor,
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Dr. Miller’s interests include advanced minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, robotic
assisted surgery, treatment of uterine fibroids, laparoscopic myomectomy, laparoscopic
hysterectomy, single excision laparoscopic surgery, treatment of endometriosis (medical
and surgical), treatment of infertility (especially in-vitro fertilization including
preimplantation genetics screening), and fertility preservation (ovum, sperm and tissue
cryopreservation).

Treasurer, and vice president, The minimally invasive surgery society of Egypt (MISS.E)

Former-Fellow, Royal free hospital - University college London (UCL)

Associate Editor, Middle East Fertility Society Journal

His clinical and research interests are oriented to the minimally invasive approaches to gynecological disorders with interests in surgical education and training as well as the problem of abnormal uterine bleeding including investigation, medical and procedural interventions. He was a founding co-chair of the FIGO Menstrual Disorders Committee that has been responsible for the development and publication of the FIGO Nomenclature and Classification Systems for causes of abnormal bleeding in the reproductive years that has been created to facilitate the design and interpretation of related clinical trials.  He was also the study chair of STOP-DUB, a US federally funded multicenter randomized clinical trial comparing hysterectomy to endometrial ablation that, to date is the largest of its kind. Another research interest is energy based-surgical devices, an area that has been the subject of his bench research for which he is known nationally. He has published more than 100 papers, 26 chapters, and four books including Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, released by Cambridge University Press in 2010. Dr Munro is also on the editorial board for the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, and an Editor for the Journal of Midlife Women’s Health and the Journal of Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain. He has served the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) as a member of the Board of Trustees (2000-2002) and was the inaugural chair of the AAGL Practice Committee, charged with the development of evidence based practice guidelines related to minimally invasive approaches to gynecology.

He was the President of the British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy and a Trustee and the Chairman of Medical Advisory Panel of the Endometriosis UK. He is a member of the European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy Executive Committee. His clinical interests include laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery for benign gynaecological conditions, reproductive surgery, endometriosis, fibroids and outpatient hysteroscopy.  His research interests include noninvasive diagnosis of endometriosis, clinical outcomes following endometriosis surgery, outpatient hysteroscopy, and the place of screening and risk reducing surgery in women with a history of familial cancer.

Mr. Denis Tsepov graduated from St. Petersburg State Medical University in Russia in 1997 and completed postgraduate specialist training in the United Kingdom. Mr. Tsepov is a member of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of the United Kingdom (RCOG) and British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE) and currently works as a Consultant Gynaecologist and Minimal Access Surgeon, leading one of the National Specialist Centres for Endometriosis in Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth.

At the Harley Street Clinic in London Mr. Tsepov has established and is currently leading a Multidisciplinary Endometriosis Clinic which offers full range of investigations, treatment, and post treatment support for patients with severe endometriosis and complex gynaecological surgical problems. His work involves complex gynaecological (laparoscopic and micro-laparoscopic) surgery, together with designated colorectal and urology surgeons.

Mr. Tsepov is a passionate supporter of preventive and evidence-based medicine. His other areas of expertise include diagnosis and treatment of pelvic pain syndrome, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, menstrual disorders, ambulatory hysteroscopy. He performs large numbers of laparoscopic hysterectomies and a lot of operations to treat severe recto-vaginal endometriosis. 

In his clinical practice, Mr. Denis Tsepov widely uses traditional methods of diagnostics and treatment, as well as latest innovative approaches and techniques recommended by National Institute of Clinical Excellence, British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE) and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Mr. Denis Tsepov has a number of scientific publications in the prestigious British and American medical journals in general gynaecology, gynaecological oncology and obstetrics. He has been participating in prestigious international gynaecological congresses as a speaker and member of the faculty.

He is a known international figure in the field of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a member of the international faculty of ISUOG (International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology). Dr. Aly Youssef has more than 70 publications on international peer-reviewed journals with special interest in the study of the female pelvic floor by 3D/4D ultrasound.  

Currently working as a freelance and PhD student at the University of Bologna, she also carries out clinical and research activities at the Department of Gynecology and Human Reproductive Pathophysiology of S.Orsola Hospital directed by Prof. Seracchioli.

Currently working as PhD student at the University of Bologna, he also carries out clinical and research activities at the Department of Gynecology and Human Reproductive Pathophysiology of S.Orsola Hospital directed by Prof. Seracchioli.

Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics since 2018. PhD in General Medical Sciences and Service Sciences since 2021. Research Fellow at the U.O. of Gynecology and Human Reproductive Pathophysiology of Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi since 2021. The research interest is directed in particular to gynecological endocrinology from adolescence to menopause, to the effects of sex steroids on the physiology of female genitalia and to the pathophysiology and medical and surgical treatment of pelvic floor disorders.

Nadine has completed her specialty training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at University of Bologna, which is the oldest university in the world, known as the highest-learning and degree-awarding institute. She has focused her career in advanced laparoscopy and endometriosis for more than 10 years. In the last four years, she has worked in British Society Gynaecology Endoscopy centres, St Peter Hospital Chertsey and Queen Alexandra Hospital (QA).

Nadine is the lead of the endometriosis service at QA and the lead for complex benign surgery.

She has also been appointed as senior council member of the British Society Gynaecology Endoscopy (BSGE). This is a very important role which will allow Portsmouth to be known nationally and internationally and participating in updating guidelines and helping in maintaining the highest level of care.

She has an excellent academic record with strong independent research skills resulting in peer-reviewed published work. She has published numerous articles in endometriosis and benign gynaecology. She is member of the British Society Gynaecology Endoscopy and invited faculty at several national and international conferences.