Myrtia Sotiropoulou MD, FECSM
Gynecologist – Sexologist
Myrto is an obstetrician-surgeon, gynecologist, sexologist, and educator.
She graduated from the Medical School of the University of Patras.
She specialized in Surgery at the University Surgical Clinic of Berlin, Klinikum Steglitz, and in Gynecology/Obstetrics at the First University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital.
In 2000, she received a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship at the International Women’s University (IFU) in Hanover.
She also obtained a Teaching Degree from PATES-SELETE and has worked as an educator since 2003 in vocational high schools (EPAL) and public vocational training institutes (IEK).
Since 2004, she has been a Scientific Associate of the First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Athens.
She specialized in Urogynecology (urinary incontinence, uterine prolapse, vaginal relaxation) at the Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Disorders Department of the First University Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic at Alexandra Hospital.
For 15 years, beginning in 2006, as a Scientific Associate of the First University Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, she has delivered lectures and educational seminars on “Adolescent Sexual Education and Gender Relationships” to youth groups, teenagers, migrants, and school students throughout Greece, as well as at organizations such as KETHEA, OAED, OKANA, and others. She has also provided educational sessions for parents and teachers.
In 2015, she undertook Reproductive and Sexual Health Information Seminars in Higher Education as part of the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU), providing educational programs within tertiary education institutions.
She has worked with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on “Training the Trainers” educational programs and was responsible for UNFPA educational materials on reproductive health issues.
She has completed two e-learning training programs from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA): “Complementary Medical Therapies” (including Advanced Homeopathy) and “School Psychology.”
She is a member of the “Therapeutic Perception” Society, practicing Advanced Homeopathy, especially for women in menopause.
She taught during 2020–2021 at the Personal Development and Holistic Therapies Center “Diodos.”
She specialized in Sexology through the postgraduate seminar “Psychosexual Disorders” at the First Psychiatric Clinic of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens during 2013–2014.
In October 2015, she attended the ESSM School of Sexual Medicine in Budapest, Hungary, organized by the European Society for Sexual Medicine.
In February 2016, after passing written examinations under the auspices of the European Society for Sexual Medicine, she obtained the FECSM title (Fellow of the Multidisciplinary Joint Committee of Sexual Medicine – MJCSM) in Madrid, Spain.
She has many years of experience as a gynecologist, obstetrician, and surgeon.
She has participated in hundreds of research projects and presentations as a researcher and invited speaker at conferences in Greece and abroad and has publications in both Greek and international journals.
She is a member of medical associations as well as the International and European Societies for Sexual Medicine.
She speaks three languages: English, German, and French.
She teaches in a postgraduate program of the Endocrinology Clinic of the Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at EKPA.
She is completing her doctoral dissertation on the topic: “Diversity and Sexual Health” at the First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of EKPA.
Main field of interest: The development of sexuality.
Languages: Greek, English