Name: Liselotte Mettler

Titel: Professor Dr. med.

Date of birth: 6.6.1939 in Vienna, Austria

1959-1965: Medical studies in Tübingen, Vienna

and Kiel

1966-1968: Overseas medical experience in

Peru. For 2 years she worked in the

Amazon-Hospital, Albert-Schweitzer

in Yarina/Pucallpa.

1967: Doctorate

1968-1973: Medical specialist training (Gynaecology)

1976: Habilitation: “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 (K. Semm and W. Jonat)

1995-2007: Head of Kiel School of Gynaecological Endoscopy

2002-2007: Head of the Gyn. Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine

Since 2008:

• Emeritus professor, Department Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University

Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel

• Honorary Patron, Kiel School of Gynecological Endoscopy

• Gynaeconsulting Kiel: www.gynaeconsulting-kiel.com

• Consultant and Visiting Professor at the German Medical Center, Dubai

Healthcare City, UAE

Main clinical focus: Operative gynaecological endoscopy, endocrinology

and reproductive medicine

Main research focus: Molecular genetic basis of endometriosis, IVF and ICSI

Over 700 publications, 20 books, 7 textbooks, lectures > 1000:

Endoskopische Abdominal-Chirurgie (Schattauer 2002)

Endometriosis A Concise Practical Guide to Current

Diagnosis and Treatment (Endo Press)

Hysterectomy (Springer 2018)

Editorial Board: 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

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 (AAGL), 2006

Honorary Member of the German Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2006

Honorary Member of the North-German Society GG, 2008

Harry Reich Award of the Endometriosis Foundation of America, 2014

Honorary Member of the German Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2017

Honorary Member of the American Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2018

Honorary Member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, ASRM, 2018

European Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy, 2018

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)

Past Member of the Board of Trustees of Advancing Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Worldwide (American Association of Gynaecologic Laparoscopists)

Executive Director International Academy of Human Reproduction