Office Address: 9 th Floor, 118 King William St,
Adelaide, South Australia 5000

Behavioural Medicine Institute
Phone (61+8) 8221 7070
FAX (61+8) 8221 7071

E-mail mjantos@behavioural-medicine.com

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND WORK EXPERIENCE

SPECIAL HONORS RECEIVED

Prince of Wales Award for Outstanding Community Service, Canberra, 1987. Presented by the Governor General, Sir Ninian Stephens.

ADVANCED TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Rush Medical Centre, Chicago, USA. Advanced Physiology and Anatomy Training. Pelvic Floor Disorders Workshop. Anatomy Laboratory Training October 1994 (AMA Category 1).
• Clinical Training with Dr H. Glazer, Associate Professor, Cornell University, New York, In clinic training 1994,1995 and 1998. Collaborative work in New York and Australia including joint workshop presentations and patient reviews.
• Chronic Vulvar Pain Workshop – Training in Electromyography Protocols with Dr Howard Glazer, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, 1996 and 1998.
• Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation training with Ms Marilyn Freedman PT, Long Island, New York, October 1994 and 2004.
• Supervised Patient Reviews and Advanced Training with Marilyn Freedman PT, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, September 2000 and 2003.
• Biofeedback - Advanced Training Workshop in Electromyography with Dr Jeff Cram – 10 Day Program organized through Sten’s Corporation, Denver, Colorado, 1994. Convener of Australian Workshops on Electromyography with Dr Jeff Cram1996 and 2005.
• Specialized Electromyography Training Placement with Dr Stuart Donaldson, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1994.
• International Continence Congress, Sydney, October 1995.
• Urogynaecology Symposium and Workshops, Sydney, October 1995.
• Dr Richard Reid, Observing Pelvic Reconstructive and Vulvar Surgery 2001 and 2003.
• Myofascial Release I, II, III, Australian College of Tactile Therapies, Adelaide, South Australia, 2000 – 2001.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease (2006 - )
• Member of the Australian Psychological Society (1985- )
• Member Australian Institute of Management (1990-1997)
• Member of the Australian Pain Society (1997-2004)
• Member, Aust. Assoc. of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (1995-2004)
• Member – Amer. Assoc. of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (1997- )
• Associate Member – Australian and New Zealand Vulvar Society (2003-)

OFFICES HELD IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Board Member, European Biofeedback Foundation, (1998- )

Secretary, Australian Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (1999-2001)

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Medical Psychology; Psychophysiology/Biofeedback– Electromyography, Psychophysiology of Respiration, Heart Rate Variability Training; Chronic Pelvic Pain and Myofascial Pain; Positive Psychology, Spirituality and Health.

PUBLICATIONS

• Jantos M, White G, The vestibulitis syndrome: Medical and psychosexual assessment of a cohort of patients. J Reprod Med 1997;42:145-789
• White G, Jantos M, Glazer HI: Establishing the diagnosis of vulvar vestibulitis. J Reprod Med 1997;42:157-160
• Glazer HI, Jantos M, Hartmann EH: Electromyographic comparisons of pelvic floor in women with dysesthetic vulvodynia and asymptomatic women. J Reprod Med 1998;43:959-962
• White G, Jantos M: Sexual behavior changes with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome. J Reprod Med 1998;43:783-789
• Jantos M: “Electromyographic Applications in Female Pelvic Medicine.” In Cram J (Ed), Introduction to Surface Electromyography, 2 nd Ed. Aspen Press. In Press.
• Jantos M, Burns N: Vulvodynia: Development of a Psychosexual Profile. J. Reprod Med 2007;52:63-71
• Jantos M, Kiat H: Prayer as Medicine: How Much Have We Learned? Med J Australia 2007;186:S51-53
• Jantos M: Understanding Chronic Pelvic Pain. Pelviperineology 2007;26:66-69
• Jantos M: Vulvodynia: A Psychophysiological Profile. J. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback March 2008 (In Press)

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Convener and Presenter , First National Symposium on the Clinical Management of Vulvodynia, Sydney, August 2000. Presentation: Psychophysiological Management of Chronic Vulvar Pain.

Invited Speaker, Conference On Vulvar Disorders, Gold Coast, September 2004. Presentation 1; Vulvar Vestibulitits Syndrome: Electromyographic StudiesPresentation 2;Role of Emotions in the Maintenance of Chronic Vulvar Pain.

Invited Speaker, Symposium on Vulvar Disorders, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC. 2003. Presentation; Psychosexual Aspects of Vulvar Pain.

Invited Speaker, Conference on Pelvic Surgery; A Defect- Specific Approach. Third Annual Sydney Conference, 2002. Presentation 1; EMG Biofeedback Retraining for Urgency and Mixed Incontinence; Presentation 2; Biofeedback and Myofascial De-sensitization Techniques in Dyspareunia.

Invited Speaker, National Colposcopy Conference, Perth, WA, 2002. Presentation; A Psychophysiological Approach to the Management of Vulvodynia.

Invited Speaker, 7 th Annual Scientific Meeting: Association of Ambulatory Vaginal and Incontinence Surgeons, Sydney, NSW, October 2005; Presentation: Pelvic Pain after Mesh Repair.

Presenter, 18 th World Congress for the Study of Vulvovaginal Diseases, Queenstown, New Zealand, February 2006. A Psychophysiological Profile of an Australian Cohort of Vulvodynia Patients.

Podium Presentations - 1 st World Congress of Sexual Health, Sydney 2007.

Presentation 1. Vulvodynia: Development of a Psychosexual Profile.

Presentation 2.Vulvodynia: Identifying Psychophysiological Contributors to the Maintenance of Chronic Vulvar Pain.

Workshop Co-Presenter – 19 th World Congress for the Study of Vulvovaginal Diseases, Alaska, USA, July/Aug 2007. Presentation: Psychosexual Issues in Vulvar Diseases.

Invited Presenter – 12 th International Meeting of the Biofeedback Foundation of Europe, Salzburg, Austria, February 2008. Workshop Presentation: 2 Day Advanced Workshop; Management of Female Dyspareunnia. Podium Presentation 1: Vulvodynia: Development of a Psychosexual Profile.Podium Presentation 2: Vulvodynia: A Psychophysiological Profile Based on Surface Electromyography. Poster Presentation: A Psychological, Sexual and Physiological Profile of a Cohort of Vulvodynia Patients.

ORGANISER OF PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Regular national workshops featuring international presenters. Most recent workshops and lectures include;

• Treatment of Chronic Sexual Pain (Workshop), Dr Howar Glazer, Associate Professor, Cornell University, New York. Workshops in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, 1996, 1998.
• Clinical Management Chronic Pelvic Pain (Workshop),Marilyn Freedman PT, New York. Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, 2000.
• First National Symposium on the Clinical Management of Vulvodynia , Sydney, August 2000. Convener and Presenter.
• Treatment of Functional Cardiac Disorders, Anxiety, Asthma and Pain (Workshop) ,Professor Richard Gevirtz Ph.D., California School of Health Psychology, San Diego. Presented in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, 2000 and2002.
• Quantifying and Treating Muscle Impairment Syndromes with SEMG (Workshop), Dr Jeffrey Cram Ph.D., Clinical Director of Sierra Health Institute, From California. Presented in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide, 1997 and 2003.
• Introduction to EEG and QEEG, Professor Barry M Sterman Ph.D. From Medical School, UCLA, California. Presented in Adelaide, 2003.
• New Understandings and New Approaches to ADD, Autism and Aspergers Syndrome, Dr Linda Thompson Ph.D. and Dr Michael Thompson M.D. From Toronto Canada. Presented in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, 2000, 2003.
• First National Conference onSpirituality and Health, Adelaide University, Adelaide, July 2005. Conference attended by over 500 delegates. Convener.
• Second National Conference on Spirituality and Health , Adelaide Festival Theater, Adelaide, August 2007. Convener.

VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY SERVICES

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Wholistic lifestyle, outdoor activities, travel, photography, humanitarian work.