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Hester Pastoor, MSc, graduated in 2000 in 2 psychological masters Clinical & Health Psychology and Personality Psychology at University of Leiden The Netherlands. Her thesis already addressed a sexological topic: dissatisfaction with penile size. In 2003 she graduated at Leuven University in Belgium with a master of Sexology and at the same university in 2009 with a postgraduate study in Systemic Psychotherapy. Since 2004 she is registered as a sexologist with the Dutch Scientific Society of Sexology. In 2010 she registered as a systemic therapist with the Dutch Society for Relationship and Family Therapy and in 2012 as a psychotherapist with the Dutch Council. Since 2000 she is working in clinical sexology and sexual medicine; for the last 12 years now at the Erasmus Medical Center and University Hospital in Rotterdam The Netherlands. There she is working on a PhD concerning sexual function of women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome which she hopes to complete in 2021. In 2019 she graduated with a master in Clinical Epidemiology at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Finally, she is director of the 2-year Sexology training program in Amsterdam (in cooperation with Cobi Reisman) and president of the Dutch Scientific Society of Sexology.

Dr Elna Rudolph is the founder and clinical head of My Sexual Health; www.SexologyCourses.com and The Sexology Training Club – bridging the gap in Sexology Training around the globe. She is currently serving as the President of the World Association for Sexual Health. She is only the second woman and the first person from Africa to hold this title. Dr Elna Rudolph was the first doctor in South Africa to obtain a Higher Diploma in Sexual Health and HIV Medicine through the Colleges of Medicine in South Africa and obtained a Master’s Degree in Sexual Health through the University of Sydney, Australia. She became one of the first Fellows of the European Committee for Sexual Medicine – the highest attainable, internationally recognized qualification in Sexual Medicine. Dr Elna Rudolph is an Executive Board Member and Director of the South African Sexual Health Association (SASHA). Dr Rudolph’s work has been published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine (JSM) of which she is also a reviewer. She has written various chapters in textbooks and has been invited to speak at multiple national and international meetings. Dr Rudolph became well-known in South Africa for her weekly insert on the Minki TV show in 2020 and 2021. From July 2022, she is hosting her own TV show, “Uit die Slaapkamer” on Via, DSTV Channel 147, with Neels van Jaarsveld, Bianca La Grange and Adri Viviers. She is a wife and mother to two toddler daughters and lives close to her extended family in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Qualifications: MBChB (UP); MHSc: Sexual Health (USyd); FECSM; HDip Sexual Health and HIV Medicine (CMSA) Memberships: Southern African Sexual Health Association European and International Society for Sexual Medicine World Professional Association for Transgender Healthcare