Description
Author: Jacob Bornstein
Publisher: Springer
Published: 04/29/2019
Pages: 412
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.70lbs
Size: 10.18h x 7.41w x 1.07d
ISBN13: 9783319616209
ISBN10: 331961620X
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Medical | Dermatology
- Medical | Pathology
About the Author
Professor Jacob Bornstein is Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel. He is a full Professor and Associate Dean at Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Medicine, and immediate past chairman of the local institutional review board. Professor Bornstein is renowned for his vulvar and cervical research. He is the immediate Past President of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (ISSVD) and is current chairman of the ISSVD terminology committee, which under his chairmanship recently published a new consensus terminology (developed by three societies: the ISSVD, ISSWSH, and IPPS) for vulvar pain and vulvodynia and the new ISSVD terminology of vulvar intraepithelial lesions. He has also been a member of the Executive Council of the International Federation of Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy (IFCPC) and recently chaired the IFCPC nomenclature committee, which published a comprehensive clinical and colposcopic terminology of the cervix, vagina, and vulva, as well as a terminology of different types of cervical excisional treatment. Professor Bornstein has served on the editorial boards of ten journals and has published over 200 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals. He has recently been awarded the "Distinguished Scientific Award" by the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP).