Nationality: German

City: Basel

Present functions



Head of Division of Psychosocial and Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology,

Universitäts-Frauenspital Basel, Switzerland since 1996

Full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitäts-Frauenspital Basel, Switzerland

since 2000

Formation



Studies in Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany

1976: Promotion in Medicine to M.D. at the Freiburg Institute of Physiology

1979-1982: Field work as medical officer in Benin, Africa (German Volunteer Service)

1982-1987: Specialty training in Obstetrics/Gynecology in Basel at the university hospital, Switzerland

Additional training in Behavioral Medicine and Psychotherapy at Psychoanalytic Institute in Freiburg and Basel from 1982-1994

Honours



Since 1998: President of International Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Since 2000: Founding member and Co-Director of the Basel Institute of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology



Scientific societies and professional associations



Swiss National Scientific Societies:



Member of the ExCo Committee of the Swiss Society of Fertility, Sterility and Family Planning from 1996-2000

Member of the ExCo Committee of the Swiss Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology since 1997

President of the Swiss Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1995-1998

Founding member of the Swiss Academy of Psychosocial and Psychosomatic Medicine 1998



International Societies:



Member of the Executive Committee at the International Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gyneoclogy since 1992

Member of the Professional Advisory Group “Mother and Child Health” of FIGO since 2000

Founding member of the International Infertility Counselling Organisation (IICO) 2002

Assistant to the President of the Psychology Interest Group of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (2000 – 2005)

Exco member of the European Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the french and german speaking countries since 2005

Lecturer (Faculty member) at the ESSM Summer School for Sexual Medicine in Oxford since 2007)



Contraception:



Board of Directors of the European Society of Contraception

Founding member of the Société francophone de la contraception 2000

Founding member of the Société française des la medicine sexuelle 2004

Member in Advisory Boards and Expert Committees in Contraception, Sexual Medicine, Menopause and STD

Director of the Teaching Program in Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology in Switzerland

Member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, the International Society of Impotence Research, the International Society of the Study of Women’s Sexual Health

Teaching activity for medical students, residents and specialists (Gynecology, Urology and Psychiatry) in Sexual Medicine.

Scientific editions

More than 100 Publications in Contraception, Sexology, Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology in Peer Reviewed Journals

Author of 3 Books:

“Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology” (J. Bitzer, M. Stauber eds) Monduzzi Ed. 1996

“Frauengesundheit” (A. Riecher-Rössler, J. Bitzer eds) Elsevier 2003

“Sexuelle Dysfunktion der Frau” – neue Therapieansätze. Unimed Verlag 2008

Lectures and congresses

- International Congress on Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1995, Basel

- First Congress of the German and French Speaking Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2002, Basel (organizator)

- World Congress of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2001, Buenos Aires, Argenina (pro-organizator)

- 4ème Congrès de la Société Francophone de Contraception (15-16 april 2005) Basel/Switzerland (organizator)

- Media Frequent Inteviews and Presentations in Television on Contraception, Sexual Medicin, Adolescent Gynecology

- More than 100 invited lectures and workshops

Main research fields

Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology including Psychooncology and Psychosocial aspects of Perinatal Medicine, Contraception and Family Planning, Menopause, Sexual Medicine, Behavioral Medicine, Communication