Best Presentation Awards Winners 2009

The ESSM Career Award 2009
This award is presented to a senior scientist who has made an outstanding contribution in the field: Axel R. Fugl-Meyer, Sweden

The ESSM Award of Excellence 2009
This award is presented annually to a physician or scientist (either in basic sciences or clinical practice) who has made recent exceptional achievement in the field of sexual medicine: Giovanni Corona, Italy

Best Presentation Awards 2009
The best presentations have been awarded with EUR 2.000 by ESSM’s Award Committees during the ESSM Congress 2009:

Prize for the best presentation on FSD (preclinical)
PS-01-010 (Podium Session)
Lack of estrogen receptor alpha alters nerve-mediated contraction and NO/ cGMP-mediated relaxation of the mouse vagina
Andrea Russo, Italy
F. Castiglione, K.-E. Anderson, J.-A. Gustafsson, P. Hedlund

Prize for the best presentation on FSD (clinical)
PS-02-002 (Podium Session)
Differences in brain activity in premenopausal women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD) compared to women without sexual dysfunction
Gert Holstege, The Netherlands
A. Willemsen, C. Beers, E. Lont, W. Weimar, Schultz, M. Sand, M. Jansen, R. Dierckx

3. Prize for the best presentation on MSD (preclinical)
PS-01-001 (Podium Session)
Inhibition of protein kinase C activity enhances NO / cGMP signalling and potentiates relaxations caused by PDE5 inhibition in human corpus cavernosum and penile arteries
Javier Angulo, Spain
R. Gonzalez-Corrochano, P. Cuevas, A. Fernandez, P. Cardoso, J. M. La Fuente

Prize for the best presentation on MSD (clinical)
PS-04-006 (Podium Session)
The effect of low intensity penile shockwave therapy in patients with vasculogenic ED – a novel treatment modality
Yoram Vardi, Israel
B. Apple, O. Massarwa, I. Gruenwald

Prize for the best surgical presentation
HP-04-004 (Highlighted Poster)
A comparative study using Pelvicol collagen or saphenous vein in plaque incision grafting in the Peyronie’s Disease
Jas Kalsi, United Kingdom and Giulio Garaffa, United Kingdom
N. Christopher, A. Muneer, S. Minhas, D. Ralph