Scientific Review Committee

Committee members have quarterly online meetings, although the individual subcommittees meet more regularly on a monthly or bimonthly basis.

Committee members are expected to actively advice on and contribute to the selection of topics for systematic reviews, and the recruitment of subcommittee members to carry out the review.

Review projects expected to be active during the 2025-2026 term include:

•         Mindfulness and Sexual Health

•         Safety and Efficacy of Injection Therapies for Erectile Dysfunction

•         Other projects to be decided on

In addition, committee members may be asked to contribute to a bi-annual report (mid-term and end of the year), prepared by the committee chair for review by the President and ISSM Board.

Expected time commitment per month: 1 hour

Mr Don Lee, MBChB PhD FRACS (he/him) is a Consultant Urological Surgeon and Andrologist at University College London Hospital (United Kingdom). His practice encompasses all aspects of male sexual health including erectile dysfunction, male infertility and Peyronie’s disease. He has a specialist interest in complex penile prosthetic surgery and penile reconstruction (phalloplasty) for gender affirmation surgery and those assigned male at birth.
He serves as the Chair of the European Society for Sexual Medicine Subcommittee for Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery and sits on the Executive Committee of the British Society for Sexual Medicine.

Dr Ignacio Alvarez de Toledo is a urologist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ignacio graduated from Buenos Aires University in 2011. He then specialized in the field of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery completing a Fellowship at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia (2021-2022). Since then he has been actively involved in the field of prosthetic surgeries and Peyronie's disease in his current practice.Ignacio is an active member of the Internation Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM), the Latin America Society for Sexual Medicine (SLAMS) and other international societies such as Genitourinary Reconstructive Society (GURS) as he seeks professional and academic growth.

Dr. Saleh Binsaleh MD, FRSCS, is a Professor of Urology, Head of Andrology unit at the department of surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University. Dr. Saleh is the program director of King Saud University Andrology Fellowship Training Program, He is a member of many regional and international societies including AUA, EAU, ISSM, ESSM. He is the Chairman and founding member of Saudi Society of Men's health (SSMH). Dr. Binsaleh got his bachelor’s degree from King Saud University in 2000, and urology residency training at McGill University, Canada from 2000 to 2005.

Dr. Andrea Cocci, after graduating in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Florence (Prof. Giulio Nicita), won the competition at the specialization school in Urology at the University of Florence (Prof. Marco Carini). He then continued his training in uro-gynecology and andrology in England at the University of Bristol and London. He specialized in incontinence surgery and pelvic organ prolapse with Prof. Marcus Drake, Prof. Paul Abrams and Dr. Hashim Hashim. He continued his study of andrological surgery with Prof. David Ralph and Dr. Christopher Nim with whom he specialized in the treatment of gender identity dysphoria and in penile reconstructive urological surgery with particular interest in penile prosthesis and Peyronie's disease.

He obtained his PhD at the University of Florence – A.O.U. Careggi and won the title of Researcher at the same university, qualified as Associate Professor.

He is a member of the major European societies of urology and andrology and is part of the European Guidelines of Urology for the andrology section.

He is currently a specialist in andrology and urology at the urology department of Careggi Hospital directed by Prof. Andrea Minervini of Florence, Researcher at the University of Florence and Honorary Contract at UCLH in London directed by Prof. David Ralph.

He is the head of the andrology section of his hospital, regional head of sex reassignment surgery and regularly performs penile surgery for erectile dysfunction, Peyronie's disease, urinary incontinence.He is a member of the European Urology Guidelines.

Dr. Mijal Luria is a Gynecologist and Sex Therapist. She is the President of the Israeli Society for Sex Therapy (ISST) and the immediate Past President of the Israeli Society for Sexual Medicine (ILSSM). Dr. Luria has been the director of the Center for Sexual Health at the Hadassah Mt. Scopus Medical Center since 2004 and is the Clinical Director of the Israeli Center for Sex Therapy—The Rotem Center in Jerusalem, Israel, since 2017.Dr. Luria directs the Jerusalem's Hebrew University Medical School course "Introduction to Human Sexuality”, and created the program “Growing Together” for sexual education of early adolescents with their parents. Her clinical work encompasses the treatment of sexual difficulties in individuals and couples from diverse backgrounds, with a special focus on women sexual wellbeing, tailored to the background and belief system of each patient.Dr. Luria has collaborated on several research projects both locally and internationally. She co-chairs the “Aging, Sexual Health and Sexual Dysfunction in the Geriatric Population” Committee for the International Consultation for Sexual Medicine (ICSM) 2024. She has served the European Federation of Sexology (EFS) Executive Committee and has co-chaired the EFS Scientific Committee.

Dr. Celeste Manfredi is an Assistant Professor of Urology at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” (Naples, Italy). His main fields of interest include Sexual Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. More specifically, his core areas of expertise are erectile dysfunction, Peyronie’s disease, male genital aesthetic surgery, and the sexual health of patients with BPH.He holds a PhD in Clinical and Experimental Medical Sciences from the University of Campania (Naples, Italy) and an MSc in Andrology and Reconstructive Surgery from the University of Salamanca (Spain).He is a former Clinical Fellow in Andrology at HM Hospitales (Madrid, Spain) and a former Research Fellow in Urology at Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, IL, USA).He serves as a member of the ESSM Scientific Committee, a Full Member of the YAU Working Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health, and an Associate Member of both ESGURS and ESAU. Additionally, he is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Negin Mirzaei Damabi is a public health researcher with a clinical background in midwifery. Her work focuses on sexual and reproductive health, with an emphasis on policy development and improving health outcomes for marginalized communities, particularly migrant and refugee women. Negin has extensive experience in systematic reviews, national surveys, and qualitative research and has contributed to scientific committees for international conferences. She is passionate about translating research into practice and policy to advance global sexual health.

Paul Yong, MD, PhD, FRCSC is a gynecologist and research director at the British Columbia Women's Centre for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis, and Associate Professor, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Yong holds a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain, and leads a research program on endometriosis-associated pain with a focus on dyspareunia.