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Marek Jantos specialises in the treatment of myofascial chronic pain conditions. With a background in myofascial therapy, psychophysiology and biofeedback, he has focussed in the last 15 years on research and treatment of female dyspareunia. His work began in 1993 when he was invited to join a team of Sexual Medicine specialists in Canberra, Australia, to assist with the management of chronic vulvar pain syndromes which appeared to be non responsive to medical and surgical treatments and causing significant distress and suffering to patients.

Following an initial period of research and overseas collaboration with centres in the United States, Marek began to collate patient data which in time led to several medical publications. From 1997 he authored and co-authored the following papers, The Vestibulitis Syndrome: Medical and Psychosexual Assessment of a Cohort of Patients; Establishing the Diagnosis of Vulvar Vestibulitis; Sexual Behaviour Changes with Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome; Electromyographic Comparisons of Pelvic Floor in Women with Dysesthetic Vulvodyniaand Asymptomatic Women and other articles. As a result of further cumulative experience in treating several thousand patients Marek continues to contribute to the growing pool of knowledge on these topics. He is the first author of one of the largest retrospective patient reviews on vulvodynia, published in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine (2007), entitled Vulvodynia: Development of a Psychosexual Profile. This article showed for the first time the age distribution of a clinical cohort of patients, the age of onset and the age related prevalence of vulvodynia, highlighting the often early onset of pain and its adverse affects on emotional and sexual well-being. The next major study, Vulvodynia: A Psychophysiological Profile Based on Electromyographic Assessment (in press), will highlight some of the potential psychophysiological mechanisms in chronic vulvar pain and outline possible treatment modalities for their affective management.

As a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Vulvo-Vaginal Diseases (an international association consisting of approximately 200 specialists, including gynaecologists and dermatologists) Marek Jantos continues to promote awareness of the disabling nature of vulvodynia and other urogenital pain conditions through speaking appointments at national and international conferences and workshops. He was the convenor and presenter of the First National Symposium on the Clinical Management of Vulvodynia in Sydney, in August 2000, where he presented on the topic of Psychophysiological Management of Chronic Vulvar Pain. I n 2007 he gave two podium presentations on the topic of vulvodynia at the First World Congress on Sexual Health. In association with a network of medical specialists he continues to assist in the management of dyspareunia, chronic pelvic and urogenital pain syndromes. He is a PhD Higher Degree Research Candidate at The University of Adelaide and the Director of the Behavioural Medicine Institute. According to Marek “My work of the last 15 years has been most rewarding. By enabling patients to regain quality of life and to assist them with a more fulfilling and enriched life has been professionally and personally most gratifying.”

For more detailed information in relation to his curriculum vitae, personal interests and humanitarian work please view his personal cv.