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THE APSSM-AGASSI Conference
December 1-3, 2006
Hilton Towers, Mumbai, India.
Messages from Grand Chairmen
On behalf of the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) and its regional chapter, the Asia Pacific Society, it is my honour and privilege to welcome you to the 2nd Scientific Conference of the Asia Pacific Society for Sexual Medicine & 1st Conference of the Aging, Gender, Andrology & Sexual [Sciences] Society of India - APSSM-AGASSI - to be held in Mumbai, India on 2 - 3 December, 2006. Integrating two major fields to encompass all the latest advances of basic and clinical relevance is a significant challenge and the organizing team is preparing well to provide their best for an exciting mixture of evidence based scientific exchange which will be paralleled by unforgettable cultural events for all participants.
It will also be the right moment to facilitate and refresh friendships in a professional and social ambience. May I therefore look forward to welcoming you all in Mumbai this December for a delightful and successful congress.
P. Ganesan Adaikan
President
International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM)
As President of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male (ISSAM), it is my pleasure, honour and privilege to welcome you to the 2nd Scientific Conference of the Asia Pacific Society for Sexual Medicine (APSSM) & 1st Conference of the Aging, Gender, Andrology & Sexual [Sciences] Society of India (AGASSI) - the APSSM-AGASSI Conference - to be held in Mumbai, India on 1, 2, 3 December, 2006. Under the leadership of the organizing chairman Dr. Sudhakar Krishnamurti and his team, we can look forward to a high quality meeting encompassing all the latest advances of basic and clinical relevance. The meeting takes place in one of most charming cosmopolitan cities in the world with high technology and traditional cultures. This meeting will facilitate and refresh friendships in a professional and social ambience. May I therefore look forward to welcoming you all in Mumbai this December for a delightful and successful congress.
Bruno Lunenfeld, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FACOG (Hon.)
President
International Society of the Aging Male ( ISSAM)
On behalf of all members of the Asia Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine (APSSM), we would like to express our hearty gratitude to Dr. Sudhakar Krishnamurti, the Congress Chair, for setting up the 2nd APSSM Regional Scientific Meeting (RSM), which is to be held in Mumbai (Bombay), India, on 1, 2 and 3 December 2006.

The first APSSM-RSM was held in Osaka on 8th April 2004, conjointly with the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Urological Association (JUA), and 12 representatives of APSSM from different countries and about 300 participants including Japanese members enjoyed the meeting.

The 2nd APSSM-RSM is being held along with the first meeting of the Aging, Gender, Andrology & Sexual sciences Society of India, (AGASSI) which is established as one of the biggest novel medical projects of India, and which is composed of famous scientists from all over the world, all aiming for total health care in both genders, including research, physical practice and education to medical practitioners and to the general population in India, using many methodologies.

We believe that the APSSM-RSM-AGASSI conference could become a more fruitful meeting than the bi-annual APSSM meetings held previously in other countries in terms of scientific quality and hospitality, and many APSSM members who visit Mumbai, one of most charming cosmopolitan cities in the world with high technology and traditional cultures, will have an enjoyable time.

We are looking forward to meeting all of you at the APSSM-RSM-AGASSI conference in Mumbai.

Akihiko Okuyama, MD
President of Asia Pacific Society for
Sexual Medicine (APSSM)
Hui Meng Tan, FRCS (Edin), FRCPS (Glasg)
Secretary General of Asia Pacific Society for
Sexual Medicine (APSSM)
In my long, checkered career as an urologist, I have seen urology go through many phases. The specialty that was once just a small cog in the general surgeon's large wheel has today evolved to become a vast and sophisticated specialty with several sub-specialties that are themselves complex. It is thus not possible any longer for the general urologist to keep pace with all developments. Today, many urological sub-specialties extend beyond urology to encompass other disciplines, and vice versa. Thus, the urological sub-specialty of Andrology is now becoming an important component of the growing field of Sexual Medicine and, likewise, the new fields of Men's Health, Ageing, and Gender Medicine have reciprocally begun to impinge on urology. Consequently, multi-specialty societies comprising scientists from these overlapping fields have inevitably sprung up all over the world.
The Asia Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine (APSSM) and the Ageing, Gender, Andrology and Sexual sciences Society of India (AGASSI) have taken the lead in such mergence in this part of the world, and I wish them all success with their present endeavour. Hectic preparations are under way under the able leadership of the organizing chairman Dr. Sudhakar Krishnamurti and his team. They are not leaving any stone unturned to ensure that the delegates get a warm welcome, and will find the conference exciting both scientifically and culturally.

On behalf of the Urological Society of India and the city of Mumbai, I would also like to welcome the APSSM on its maiden visit to India.

Ajit Phadke
Past President, Urological Society of India
Head: Dept of Urology, BHIMS: Mumbai, India
The International Society for Sexual Medicine stands in strong support of regional conferences such as the APSSM-AGASSI meeting. Such conferences represent an important means of advancing the science and clinical practice of sexual medicine, gender medicine and aging male medicine. These fields are changing significantly as basic science, clinical and epidemiologic research tell us more and more about these fascinating fields. There are few other regions of the world which have such a rich history of ancient writings about sexual problems and sexual health. It is appropriate for contemporary specialists in sexual and gender medicine, with our access to modern rational science, to continue this tradition of interest in sexual medicine. And it is critically important for us to pay particular attention to the aging male because it is we in the medical sciences who have created an increasingly large population of older men, and women. From ISSM, we wish you a very productive and successful meeting.
Ira D. Sharlip, M.D.
President-Elect
International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM)
Mr. Chairman, members of APSSM / AGASSI, I wish to express sincere greetings to all of you at this APSSM / AGASSI conference which will be held in Mumbai, India.

We are pleased to have this opportunity, during this meeting, to exchange scientific thought and experiences with our colleagues and review recent developments in sexual medicine.

We all hope that this APSSM / AGASSI conference will be fruitful for all participants.

Masafumi Shirai, MD, PhD
Emeritus Professor
Honorary President of Asia Pacific Society for Sexual Medicine (APSSM)
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toho, Tokyo, Japan

Congress Secretariat:
APSSM-AGASSI Conference
Andromeda Andrology Center
First Floor; Topaz: Greenlands Rd.,
P. O. Box 1563, Hyderabad 500 082 AP, INDIA
Phone: + (91 40) 2340 2430, 2341 6402
Fax: + (91 40) 2340 5096
Email : agassi.apssm@gmail.com
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