Having qualified in medicine at the London Hospital Medical College in 1977, David Edwards then worked in hospitals in Chelmsford, Cambridge and Bristol, trained in General Practice in Tetbury, Gloucestershire before becoming a General Practitioner in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. He has a post graduate degree in Medical Anthropology. At present he combines part-time family medicine and is a specialist in male and female sexual dysfunction undertaking clinics, research, advisory boards, lecturing, writing and media work, including BBC1 (Panorama), Ch4 (Embarrassing Bodies), BBC3, BBC Radio 4 (Women’s Hour) and numerous local radio stations. He is past president of the British Society for Sexual Medicine and has been on the scientific committee of several international sexual medicine conferences.

Dr Janine David is a GP who specialises in Men’s and Women’s sexual health. She qualified as a GP in 2001 and has been a GP partner in Portway Surgery, Porthcawl for the past 12 years. She became a GP trainer in 2005.

She developed a special interest in Men’s and Women’s sexual health in 2013 and has since completed the Multidisciplinary Joint Committee of Sexual Medicine (MJCSM) course and has successfully passed the associated exam which now makes her a Fellow of the European Committee of Sexual Medicine (FECSM). This is the highest qualification you can achieve in this field and she is the only active GP in Wales to hold this qualification.

She has a particular interest in testosterone deficiency and testosterone therapy.

She is secretary of the Primary Care Testosterone Advisory Group and is a member of the British, European and International Societies of Sexual Medicine (BSSM, ESSM & ISSM).

She is a regular speaker, both on the national and international stage on the subject of sexual dysfunction and is actively involved in clinical research and has recently published data in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

She is a co-author of the Men’s Health Guidelines for General Practice and has run clinical audits within her NHS practice to identify ways to improve the health of her patients in this often overlooked area.

She attends several annual national and international sexual medicine meetings to keep abreast of the latest research and clinical evidence.

Michael is a consultant Andrologist, based at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He has worked in urology in Glasgow for 15 years, having gained his primary medical qualification in Aberdeen and his specialist training in urology in Yorkshire before returning to Scotland in 2002.

Michael consults privately for men’s health and urology issues at the Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital, where his main clinical interests are the management of Peyronie’s disease, the surgical treatment of erectile dysfunction and the management of penile cancer. His unit is the major centre in Scotland for the implantation of penile prostheses, and is now one of the high volume centres in the U.K. for this specialised service. Michael developed this specialisation under the mentorship of two of the world’s leading andrologists, Mr Ian Eardley from Leeds and Dr Steve Wilson from the U.S. He now receives referrals from all over Scotland and beyond for complex functional penile surgery.

Michael has been delighted to see an upsurge in the interest in the area of men’s health, with greater interest and awareness than ever in prostate disease and erectile dysfunction in particular. Men’s health, as an entity, remains poorly provided for and Michael’s vision is one of an all-inclusive service to address the common health and lifestyle issues faced by men today. Michael has recently served a four year term on the Executive Committee of the Andrology section of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) and is an active member of the European Society For Sexual Medicine (ESSM).

Geoff Hackett is past of Men’s Health and Diabetes at University of Bedfordshire, and a Consultant in Urology and Sexual Medicine at Good Hope Hospital, Birmingham, UK, since 1994. He qualified in medicine in 1974 at King’s College Hospital, London, UK, and gained his MD from Keele University, UK, in 2000 on the links between erectile dysfunction (ED) and cardiovascular disease. He has 35 years experience as a primary care physician.

Professor Hackett has a major research interest in the role of testosterone in metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. He is the author of over 100 publications in sexual medicine, and 2 original books on male sexual health and andrology, as well as contributing chapters to several medical textbooks. He is lead author of the British Society for Sexual Medicine (BSSM) guidelines on ED management, and the use of testosterone therapy to manage sexual problems in both men and women, co-author of the consensus guidelines on ED and coronary artery disease prediction, Princeton 3 guidelines. Oxford Textbook of Urology, and a panel member for the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) guidelines on premature ejaculation.

Professor Hackett is past-President (2005–07) and Treasurer of the BSSM (2009-2014), and a past member of the scientific committees of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, and a Chair of the International Consensus Panel in Sexual Medicine 2015.

Professor Hugh Jones is a Consultant Physician in general internal medicine, diabetes and endocrinology at Barnsley Hospital. He is also an Honorary Professor of Andrology in the Department of Human Metabolism the University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, UK and Hon. Consultant Endocrinologist at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield.

Prof. Jones is a clinical and laboratory researcher into the role of testosterone in the pathogenesis and treatment of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He has also conducted research on the hypothalamic and paracrine control of anterior pituitary hormone secretion, amongst others. Major clinical discoveries include high prevalence of hypogonadism in type 2 diabetes, testosterone replacement improves insulin resistance and mortality in type 2 diabetes testosterone therapy improves exercise induced cardiac ischaemia and chronic cardiac failure. Major scientific discoveries include determining the mechansims of action of testosterone as an arterial vasodilator (L-channel calcium blocker), atheroprotective actions of testosterone and protection against hepatic steatosis.

He was elected to the European Academy of Andrology and is a co-chair of the testosterone and metabolic disorders group as part of the International Consultation on Men’ Health and Infertility to be submirtted to the WHO). Member of the European Association of Urology Guideline committee for Male Hypogonadism. Chair of Acaemic sub-committee of ABCD

Professor Michael Kirby worked as a GP in Letchworth, Hertfordshire from 1973 until 2007, and was Director of HertNet (the Hertfordshire Primary Care Research Network) from 1998 until 2007, and Consultant to the Clinical Trials Unit. He held two cardiology sessions at the local DGH throughout his GP career. He is now Visiting Professor to the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, at the University of Hertfordshire, and previously, Visiting Professor to the Institute of Diabetes for Older People, (IDOP) at the University of Bedfordshire.His clinical work is now at The Prostate Centre in London, where he deals with complex medical problems, urology, sexual dysfunctions, hormonal changes and Men’s Health issues.

Professor Kirby is an Associate Member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He has been an active member of the Department of Health Prostate Cancer Risk Management Working Party and the Prostate Cancer Advisory Group, also, advisor to the Sexual Dysfunction Association and treasurer of The British Society for Sexual Medicine. His special interests include cardiology, diabetes, osteoporosis, men’s health, urology, andrology and medical education. He is Editor in Chief of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Journal, on the editorial board of the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing, the British Journal of Cardiology, Geriatric Medicine and the International Journal of Clinical Practice. He has also held membership of several NHS advisory boards. He has published more than 400 clinical papers and 30 books.

Mr John McCoid is an Independent Consultant in Sexual Medicine and urology. He specialises in the treatment of sexual dysfunction in the male and female.

He received his M.Sc. in sexual medicine from the University of Lancaster. He worked at Glasgow royal infirmary as a nurse practitioner and has over 30 years’ experience in dealing with sexual dysfunction including infertility as a sub-speciality.

He is involved in education on a national and international level and regularly serves on advisory boards and organisations and has been a lecturer for the Caledonian university. Paisley university and the diabetic course of the Warwick University.

Together with his colleague Ian Russell he has been involved over the past 10 years in the education of stoma and colorectal therapists looking at sexuality and sexual dysfunction and they presented at the world congress of Endo-stomal Therapists in Portugal 2009 also providing a poster at their conference in Arizona 2010.They have also presented at the annual conference of continence advisors since 2008 and have been asked to return on an annual basis.

In 2011 he was involved with the British Society for Sexual Medicine (BSSM) in guidelines for the use of Vacuum tumescence therapy for men with erectile dysfunction following Radical Prostatectomy and since 2012 has been involved in the education of GPs through Pulse looking at Testosterone deficiency and in their Restore the Man programme.

Mr Asif Muneer is a Consultant Urological Surgeon and Andrologist based at University College London Hospital and is also Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London (UCL). He completed his higher degree (MD) at UCL investigating the physiology of smooth muscle dysfunction. Having completed his higher surgical training in Oxford, he undertook further visiting fellowships to the University of Bern, University of Paris as well as completing a Senior Fellowship at University College London Hospital. He has received a number of awards including a British Urological Foundation award, Ethicon fellowship, Ralph Shackman fellowship and Royal Society of Medicine award. He was also awarded the Keith Yeates Gold Medal.

Mr Muneer has published widely on all aspects of urology with over 100 peer reviewed publications. He has edited three textbooks, Viva Practice for the FRCS(Urol), Textbook of Penile Cancer and Atlas of Male Genitourethral Surgery and has written a number of book chapters. As well as lecturing to trainee surgeons, Mr Muneer lectures throughout the UK and is involved in teaching and live surgery Masterclasses and is course director of the Royal College of Surgeons Core Surgical Skills Course. He is the current President of the British Society for Sexual Medicine as well as the Chair of the BAUS Section of Andrology.

Ian works in the Department of Urology/Andrology at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. Ian has for the last twenty five years had a special interest in sexual medicine, particularly sexual dysfunction. This has resulted in the generation and development of a sexual dysfunction service, the service provides assessment, treatment and education for patients and medical colleagues that extends well beyond Scotland Ian is a regular teacher, lecturer and researcher having presented his work at many national and international meetings. He sits on a number international Advisory Boards and is currently working on the promotion of sexual health programmes across the UK. He is a lecturer at both Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities and is an active member of both the European and International Societies of Sexual Medicine.

To further enhance his education in the area of sexual dysfunction, Ian has studied for degrees from the Universities of Glasgow, Lancaster and Queens University, Kingston in Canada, during which he has been taught by and worked with some of the world’s leading authorities in sexual medicine. His work on the dopaminergic response cycle and its impact on libido attracted the interest of television researchers and in 2002 has featured in editions of Horizon for the BBC. He recently provided expert opinion on the BBC Radio 2 programmes His current research interests are The role of testosterone in Diabetes and the potential role for testosterone supplementation in women suffering from sexual dysfunction and the implications of this. He is also researching the changes to female “sexuality” following surgery and has just returned from European Urology conference in Vienna.

As a clinician, Ian’s approach focuses on both the physical and psychological aspects of sexual dysfunction, be it in the male or the female. He relies on a holistic approach to the patient, the partner, and the relationship, such that therapy, be it pharmacological or psychological, is ultimately directed towards improving the entire sexual relationship between the couple. This is in contrast to what can sometimes be seen as a “mechanical” approach to treatment e.g. focusing purely on restoration of erectile function or other physiological responses.

With his extensive clinical experience and his diligent attention to academic rigour in the field of sexual medicine, Ian Russell is ideally placed to offer Treatment support and advice.

Farid Saad has worked for various pharmaceutical companies as a specialist for reproductive endocrinology, paediatric endocrinology, andrology, endocrinology of male ageing and hormonal male contraception in clinical development, scientific and global medical affairs. He currently works for Bayer Pharma AG in Berlin, Germany. Farid has authored and co-authored more than 120 peer-reviewed papers and more than 600 scientific abstracts. He also hold honorary professorships in clinical research and endocrinology from the Gulf Medical University, Ajman, U.A.E, and from the Men’s Health Reproduction study Centre, Hang Tuah University, Surabaya, Indonesia.

Dr. Doug Savage is nationally known in the sexual dysfunction specialty. He is a GP with a special interest GPWSI from Doncaster. He has run a sexual Dysfunction Clinic based at his practice premises for 25 years, he has contracts with two local CCGs to provide a specialist service within the NHSand also sees patients from a more widespread area on a private basis.

He is involved in clinical research, has sat on several panels of experts drawing up guidelines, sat on medical advisory panels to several pharmaceutical companies, writes in medical and lay press and frequently lectures on his favourite topic ‘to keep spreading the gospel’.

Since 2001 he has been joined by a qualified Psychosexual Therapist to broaden the range of treatments to include psychosexual therapy and female sexual dysfunction.

He is a member of both the British Society for Sexual Medicine and the European Society of Sexual Medicine, the Andropause Society and the British Menopause Society.