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