Debate: Patients with early menopause should be treated continuously to prevent chronic diseases - Discussion

Professor Nick Panay BSc MBBS FRCOG MFSRH Consultant Gynecologist, Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Professor of Practice, Imperial College London, Guest Professor, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University. Summary CV As director of the Menopause & PMS Centre at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital & Imperial College London, Nick leads a busy clinical and research team which publishes widely, presents at scientific meetings and trains health professionals at all levels. He and his team of research fellows and nurses run an active research programme consisting of translational, clinical and pharmaceutically sponsored research in menopause, premature ovarian insufficiency, premenstrual syndrome, androgens and contraception. Nick has authored more than 200 peer reviewed publications with more than 10000 citations to date and has a Google Scholar h index of 49. He presents at numerous national and international conferences, as an invited keynote and plenary speaker. Through his work with several societies, councils and women’s groups he campaigns actively for women's health issues both nationally and internationally. His affiliations include: President, International Menopause Society, Past Chairman, British Menopause Society (BMS), Medical Advisory Council Member, BMS, Chairman, National Association for Premenstrual Syndromes, Clinical Advisory Board Member, International Association for Premenstrual Disorders, Patron, Daisy Network, Past Honorary Director of Conferences, Past Council Member, RCOG, Past President, Current Council Member, Royal Society of Medicine (O & G Division). Summary CV As director of the Menopause & PMS Centres at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea & Westminster Hospitals, Nick leads a busy clinical and research team which publishes widely, presents at scientific meetings and trains health professionals at all levels. He set up his Gynaecological Endocrinology (Gynae Endo) Research Unit within the Women’s Health Research Centre of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. He also runs a research programme at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (C & W). He and his team of research fellows and research nurses run an active research programme consisting of translational, clinical and pharmaceutically sponsored research in menopause, premature ovarian insufficiency (POI), premenstrual syndrome, androgens and contraception. Nick has authored nearly 200 peer reviewed publications with more than 7000 citations to date and has a Google Scholar h index of 41. He has presented at numerous national and international conferences, as an invited key note and plenary speaker. Through his work with a number of societies, councils and women’s groups he campaigns actively for women’s health issues both nationally and internationally. His affiliations include: Board Member and President Elect, International Menopause Society, Past Chairman of The British Menopause Society (BMS), Medical Advisory Council Member, BMS Chairman of The National Association for Premenstrual Syndromes, Clinical Advisory Board Member, International Association for Premenstrual Disorders, Patron of Daisy Network Past Honorary Director of Conferences, RCOG, Past President and Council member, Royal Society of Medicine (O & G Division).

Mark Brincat MRCS, LRCP, PhD(Lond), FRCOG, FRCPI Professor Brincat served as Chairman and Director of Obstetrics and Gynaecology with the Department of Health on the Maltese Islands from 1991-2018.He is currently Professor at the University of Malta Medical School (O&G) and Hon. Clinical Professor at Queen Mary University London (QMUL), from Nov ’17 to present (Medical Education). He is also an Associate Dean at QMUL, Bart’s Medical School (Malta).Professor Brincat has held several posts and has served on several committees including ISGE, EMAS, IMS and ESHRE. His academic work was mostly in Gynaecological Endocrinology. He has had a special interest in Menopause and his PhD (King’s College, University of London) concerned work on the relationship of the Menopause and HRT on connective tissue, particularly on the skin and bone.He has presented keynote lectures and published extensively on the subject of the menopause in a broad range of subjects. He also founded the first Maltese ART (IVF) Unit and has also had a long-standing interest in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.Prof Brincat continues to lecture both undergraduates and postgraduates and is still actively involved in Menopause and Infertility, recently also picking up an interest in the application of gynaecological laser techniques.