Mettler, Liselotte

Name: Liselotte Mettler

Titel: Professor Dr. med.

Affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Campus Kiel, University Hospitals Schelswig-Holstein,

1959-1965: Medical studies in Tübingen, Vienna and Kiel

1966-1967: Overseas medical experience in Peru and Argentina

1967: Doctorate

1968-1973: Medical specialist training

1976: Habilitation/Appointment as University Lecturer
"Immunological aspects of female sterility"

1981 Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

1981- 2004: Deputy Director of the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, University of Kiel
Overseas research stays in Israel, Peru and the USA

Main clinical focus: Operative gynaecological endoscopy, endocrinology and reproductive medicine
Main research focus: Molecular genetic basis of endometriosis, IVF and ICSI

since 1981: University lecturer

1995-2007: Head of Kiel School of Gynaecological Endoscopy

2002-2007: Head of the Gynaecological Endocrinology and Reproductive
Medicine Division, Dept. of OB/GYN, Campus Kiel

Since 2008:
· Emeritus professor, Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel
· Honorary Patron, Kiel School of Gynecological Endoscopy
· Lecturer, Harvard Medical School, Dubai Health Care City
· Gyneconsulting Kiel: www.gyneconsulting-kiel.com

Positions
· Past-President of the German Society of Fertility and Sterility
· Past President of the German Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (AGE)
· Past President of the European Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE)
· Past-President of the German-French Society of Gynaecology
· Board Member of the International Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (ISGE)
· Chairman Local Scientific Programme Committee IFFS 2010, Munich
· Past Member of the Board of Trustees of Advancing Minimally Invasive Gynecology Worldwide (AAGL, former name: American Association of Gynaecologic Laparoscopists)
· General Secretary of International Academy of Human Reproduction since 1992
· Executive Board Member of the World Endometriosis Society
since 2007

On the Editorial Board of:
· European Journal of Gynaecological Surgery
· Journal of Advancing Minimally Invasive Gynecology Worldwide
· Journal of IVF
· International Journal of Reproductive Immunology
· Iranian Reproduction and Infertility Journal
· Reproductive Medicine Online (RPM)
· gynäkologie & geburtshilfe

Main fields of activity: Reproductive medicine, gynaecological endoscopy, gynaecological endocrinology

Publications: Over 700 publications, 20 books, 4 textbooks. Latest books: Endoskopische Abdominal-Chirurgie (Schattauer 2002), Manual for Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic Gynecological Surgery (Jaypee Brothers, Delhi, 2006) and Manual of New Hysterectomy Techniques (Jaypee Brothers, Delhi 2007)

Lectures: Over 1,000

Special Awards:
· Honorary Member of the Academy of Human Reproduction, 1999
· Excel Award of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 2002
· Honorary Member of the German Society of Reproductive Medicine, 2003
· Honorary Member of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS), 2004
· Honorary Member of Advancing Minimally Invasive Gynecology Worldwide (AAGL), 2006
· Honorary Member of the German Society of Centres for Reproductive Medicine, 2006
· Honorary Member of the North-German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2008