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Professor G Benagiano
RBMOnline - Vol 3. No 1. 1 Reproductive BioMedicine Online webpaper 2001/221 on web 17 July 2001
Meet our Editors Professor G Benagiano
Professor Benagiano joined the editorial Board of Reproductive BioMedicine Online in 2000, as a distinguished clinician, administrator, academician and international consultant. His many scientific interests centre on reproductive endocrinology, gynaecology and obstetrics. In the sixties, he collaborated in studies defining the human feto-placental unit and identified new steroidal pathways during pregnancy, early infancy and adulthood. His interest in hormonal contraception enabled him to coordinate a number of international clinical groups in developing novel long-acting implantable and injectable hormonal contraceptives. In the eighties and early nineties he studied gynaecological endocrine disorders, such as endometriosis and leiomyomata, pioneering the use of GnRH analogues for these conditions. For years, he has been an internationally-recognized advocate of equality for women, both in terms of equal status with men and equal access to the health system. Author of more than 420 scientific publications, mostly in international journals, he has been leading speaker in more than 250 meetings, conferences and congresses and edited many books on human reproduction. He carried out post-graduate training at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and the Population Council, Rockefeller University, in New York and gained two PhD degrees (Libera Docenza) at the University of Rome. He was appointed Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University la Sapienza of Rome in 1980, and became Director of the First Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology between 1982 and 1993. He has also an appointment as Professeur Associé at the University of Geneva, and has been named Visiting Professor to the University of Ohio (1967) and the Peking Medical Union University (1994). He has just retired as Director General of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, the highest scientific institution of Italy in biomedicine and public health.
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His many prizes include the 1993 Egon Diczfalusy Lectureship of the Karolinska Institute, the Herbert H. Thomas Lectureship of the American Fertility Society in 1994, the Fourth Hubert De Watteville Lectureship of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and the International Federation of Fertility and Sterility Societies, in 1995, the Gold medal of the International Prize Foyer des Artistes in 1998; the Human Reproduction Award in 1999; and the Gold Medal for Culture of the XXIVth Prize of the Fondazione "Nuove Proposte, Alfonso Motolese, in 2000.
He maintains a broad role among Academies and Societies. These include Founder Member of the Italian Academy of Medicine, Academician of the Medical Academy of Rome, Honorary Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; and Fellow ad eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He is Honorary Member of the Argentine Federation of Obstetrical and Gynaecological Societies, the Brazilian Federation of Obstetrical and Gynaecological Societies, the Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Romanian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He is a Member of some 10 Scientific Societies and winner of several awards. Professor Benagiano’s detailed international experience includes serving as Secretary General of FIGO, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, since 1997. He is also Chairman of FIGO's Save the Mother's Initiative, Associate Editor of their Journal the IJGO and a Member of the FIGO/WHO Alliance, which also includes the International Confederation of Midwives UNFPA, UNICEF, IPPF, and the World Bank. His strong role in WHO and other international agencies included appointments as Scientist and Medical Officer in the WHO's Human Reproduction Programme between 1973 and 1980, Director of the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), the oldest and possibly the most prestigious co-sponsored research Programme in the UN system, between 1993 and 1997. In WHO he also served as Member of HRP's Committee of Interested Governments (1981-84), Scientific and Ethical Review Group (1988-93), Strategy Planning Committee (1992), and as Observer to the Policy and Coordination Committee (1991-92). He was Consultant for the United States Agency for International Development (AID) on several occasions. These included Consultation with the Government of Rwanda on Contraceptive Technology (1984), Organization and conduct of the First National Conference on Family Planning in Somalia (1988), Final Evaluation of AID's Cooperative Agreement with Family Health International (1989), AID's own External Evaluation. He was nominated to the International Planned Parenthood Federation’s International Medical Advisory Panel between 1993-97. In 1996, the UNFPA requested him to act as Team Leader for the Programme Review and Strategy Development Mission to India. Known to all as Pino, he is gentlemanly, very well dressed and irrepressible. He is willing to answer questions, solve problems, and give good advice at a moments notice. His constant input into the affairs of Reproductive BioMedicine Online are constructive and often decisive. His papers in the journal testify to his wide experience.
Meet our Editors Professor G Benagiano
Professor Benagiano joined the editorial Board of Reproductive BioMedicine Online in 2000, as a distinguished clinician, administrator, academician and international consultant. His many scientific interests centre on reproductive endocrinology, gynaecology and obstetrics. In the sixties, he collaborated in studies defining the human feto-placental unit and identified new steroidal pathways during pregnancy, early infancy and adulthood. His interest in hormonal contraception enabled him to coordinate a number of international clinical groups in developing novel long-acting implantable and injectable hormonal contraceptives. In the eighties and early nineties he studied gynaecological endocrine disorders, such as endometriosis and leiomyomata, pioneering the use of GnRH analogues for these conditions. For years, he has been an internationally-recognized advocate of equality for women, both in terms of equal status with men and equal access to the health system. Author of more than 420 scientific publications, mostly in international journals, he has been leading speaker in more than 250 meetings, conferences and congresses and edited many books on human reproduction. He carried out post-graduate training at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and the Population Council, Rockefeller University, in New York and gained two PhD degrees (Libera Docenza) at the University of Rome. He was appointed Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University la Sapienza of Rome in 1980, and became Director of the First Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology between 1982 and 1993. He has also an appointment as Professeur Associé at the University of Geneva, and has been named Visiting Professor to the University of Ohio (1967) and the Peking Medical Union University (1994). He has just retired as Director General of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, the highest scientific institution of Italy in biomedicine and public health.
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His many prizes include the 1993 Egon Diczfalusy Lectureship of the Karolinska Institute, the Herbert H. Thomas Lectureship of the American Fertility Society in 1994, the Fourth Hubert De Watteville Lectureship of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and the International Federation of Fertility and Sterility Societies, in 1995, the Gold medal of the International Prize Foyer des Artistes in 1998; the Human Reproduction Award in 1999; and the Gold Medal for Culture of the XXIVth Prize of the Fondazione "Nuove Proposte, Alfonso Motolese, in 2000.
He maintains a broad role among Academies and Societies. These include Founder Member of the Italian Academy of Medicine, Academician of the Medical Academy of Rome, Honorary Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; and Fellow ad eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He is Honorary Member of the Argentine Federation of Obstetrical and Gynaecological Societies, the Brazilian Federation of Obstetrical and Gynaecological Societies, the Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Romanian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He is a Member of some 10 Scientific Societies and winner of several awards. Professor Benagiano’s detailed international experience includes serving as Secretary General of FIGO, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, since 1997. He is also Chairman of FIGO's Save the Mother's Initiative, Associate Editor of their Journal the IJGO and a Member of the FIGO/WHO Alliance, which also includes the International Confederation of Midwives UNFPA, UNICEF, IPPF, and the World Bank. His strong role in WHO and other international agencies included appointments as Scientist and Medical Officer in the WHO's Human Reproduction Programme between 1973 and 1980, Director of the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), the oldest and possibly the most prestigious co-sponsored research Programme in the UN system, between 1993 and 1997. In WHO he also served as Member of HRP's Committee of Interested Governments (1981-84), Scientific and Ethical Review Group (1988-93), Strategy Planning Committee (1992), and as Observer to the Policy and Coordination Committee (1991-92). He was Consultant for the United States Agency for International Development (AID) on several occasions. These included Consultation with the Government of Rwanda on Contraceptive Technology (1984), Organization and conduct of the First National Conference on Family Planning in Somalia (1988), Final Evaluation of AID's Cooperative Agreement with Family Health International (1989), AID's own External Evaluation. He was nominated to the International Planned Parenthood Federation’s International Medical Advisory Panel between 1993-97. In 1996, the UNFPA requested him to act as Team Leader for the Programme Review and Strategy Development Mission to India. Known to all as Pino, he is gentlemanly, very well dressed and irrepressible. He is willing to answer questions, solve problems, and give good advice at a moments notice. His constant input into the affairs of Reproductive BioMedicine Online are constructive and often decisive. His papers in the journal testify to his wide experience.