president
FIGIJ
buenos aires, Argentina
Marisa Labovsky, MD president FIGIJ
I was born and studied in Buenos Aires, received my degree in December 1991 at the University of Medina in Buenos Aires UBA, and studied my speciality in gynaecology and obstetrics at the Ignacio Pirovano Hospital, finishing my training in 1996. After that, I started working in a hospital in the province of Buenos Aires, where I worked for ten years. At the same time, I continued attending the Pirovano Hospital with Prof. Silvia Oizerovich, with whom I began my training in Child and Adolescent Gynecology. During those years, I did several annual courses and rotations in the speciality until 2003, when I took the IFEPAG exam in Asunción, Paraguay.
From that moment, I began working as a member of the Argentine Society of Gynecology Infato Juvenil (SAGIJ) board until 2017, when I was its president. I am currently part of the SAGIJ Scientific Commission. I was part of the Childhood and Adolescence Commission of the Latin American Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2016/2020. Member of the scientific committee of ALOGIA from 2019 to date and of the FIGIJ Board from 2019 to date and from 2023, I am the president
I was and continue to be the director and teacher of multiple face-to-face and online National and International courses. Speaker at the FIGIJ session in Figo 2018 / 2023. Several publications in national and international magazines on the speciality and author and co-author of several book chapters. Professor at the University of Buenos Aires and the University of Favaloro.
• UNFPA consultant. Member of the advisory committee of the National Comprehensive Adolescent Health Program of the Ministry of Health
• Member of the National Consultative Council of the Adolescent Unintentional Pregnancy Prevention Program (ENIA) of the Argentine Nation Ministry of Health and Social Development.
Saturday, April 6, 2024
11:50 AM – 12:50 PM ET