SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

PRESIDENCE

Dear Colleagues, dear friends,

The International Federation of Cancer Prevention and Colposcopy (IFCPC) brings together nearly 50 national societies present in all areas of the world, where the prevention, screening and therapeutic management of lesions induced by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) are sometimes different.

These differences may be linked to diverse and sometimes unequal health systems, social security coverage, or cultures.

Our scientific committee associate leader experts from all regions of the world allowing us to consider the best strategies, share their experiences and thus improve our daily practices.

We will propose in this IFCPC Paris 2026 meeting to exchange together the latest data from scientific research concerning lesions induced by HPV whether it concerns:

*primary prevention: how to improve vaccination coverage, with which protocols and which new vaccines ?, 

*secondary prevention: regarding screening (which new biological and virological techniques, role of molecular genetics), diagnosis and the prognostic value of new biological markers,  

*and also appreciate different therapeutic methods or approaches.

IFPCParis2026 from June 4 to 6, 2026 at the Palais de Congrès de Versailles where we hope to see many of you to exchange, meet and enjoy a friendly, warm and also festive atmosphere.

Pr Xavier CARCOPINO
SFCPCV President, France

Dr Jean-Luc MERGUI
IFCPC President, France

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Xavier CARCOPINO
Marcela Celis Amórtegui
Maggie CRUICKSHANK
Elsa DIAZ LOPEZ
Grainne FLANNELLY
Lisa FLOWERS
Theresa FREEMAN WANG
E.J. MAYEAUX
Jean-Luc MERGUI
Carlos PEREZ
Amanda SELK
Saritha Shamsunder
Yun ZHAO

Pr Xavier CARCOPINO
SFCPCV President, France

Dr Jean-Luc MERGUI
IFCPC President, France

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 et de Pathologie Cervico-Vaginale
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Pr Xavier Carcopino MD, PhD (France)

Xavier Carcopino is the head of the department of gynecologic surgery at Hôpital Nord in Marseille, France. His fields of expertise and research are colposcopy, cervical cancer prevention, gynecologic surgery and gynecologic oncology. He is a Professor at Aix Marseille University and has published more than 150 referenced articles and three books. He is the President elect of the European Federation for Colposcopy (EFC) and the President of the French Society of Colposcopy (SFCPCV).

Marcela Celis Amórtegui (Colombia)

Obstetrician & Gynecologist – Colposcopist
Expert in HPV, Colposcopy, and LGT Pathology
Clinical Epidemiologist
Master’s Degree in Public Health, Universidad de Los Andes
Reproductive Endocrinology Universidad de Alcalá
Co-author of the book « Benign Vulvar Pathology »
Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Medicine
General Secretary of the Colombian O&G Federation – FECOLSOG
Assistant Secretary of the IFCPC
Scientific Committee of the 18th and 19th IFCPC World Congress
Regional coordinator of the LDT Disease, Latin American O&G Federation FLASOG
Vice President of the Bogotanian Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ASBOG)
Institutional member of the Obstet/Gynecology and Reproductive Department, Hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá
Member of the ASCCP

Maggie Cruickshank (Scotland) 

I am a consultant gynaecologist and emeritus professor at the University of Aberdeen. I am President of EFC and chair the IFCPC Education and Training Committee

Elsa Diaz Lopez (Mexico)

Obstetrician and gynaecologist certified

Master’s degree in bioethics

Master’s degree in teaching techniques in Health Sciences.

Course D-1 Senior Business Management and Management by services IPADE 

Member of Education and Research COMEGO (Mexican College of Gynecology and Obstetrics) 

Secretary General IFCPC 

Publications in; HPV vaccination in vulnerable populations, Mexican Consensus on Cancer, Cervical Cancer, adult vaccination guidelines, LIBG and vulvar pathology

Lisa Flowers (United States of America)

Lisa Flowers MD, MPH, is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fellowship Director of the Lower Anogenital Screening and Treatment Fellowship, Director of the Colposcopy and Anoscopy clinics at the Grady Cancer Center of Excellence, Emory University Healthcare Systems, and the Ponce de Leon Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a gynecologist specializing in HPV related cancers and health disparities, especially in HIV populations. She has been a clinical specialist and translational researcher in the screening, detection, and treatment of HPV-related precancers and cancer. She is also the Emory site Principal Investigator (PI) for the AIDS Malignancy Consortium (AMC) testing novel treatments to stop the development of virally mediated cancers and the site PI for the NIH/NCI multi-site study ANCHOR (Anal Cancer/HSIL Outcomes Research Study) focusing on HPV related precancerous cells in people with HIV. She was awarded an R01 on anal cancer screening strategies in Black and Latinx MSM and women with lower anogenital tract disease, an R01 on oral microbiome and periodontal diseases in oral HPV infection among people living with HIV and a U01 addressing community home-based education, screening services; strategy to increase cervical on cancer control access for HIV positive women in Nigeria. In addition, Dr. Flowers is funded by NCI for the CASCADE study in Georgia, one of only two sites selected in the US to identify cervical cancer screening strategies using self-collection in HIV women. She is a board member of the International Federation for Cancer Prevention and Colposcopy and was the President of  ASCCP in 2022. As faculty for ASCCP she teaches cervical cancer prevention strategies in Latin America, Africa, and China.

 

E.J. MAYEAUX (United States of America)

E.J. Mayeaux, Jr, MD, DABFP, DABPM-CI, FAAFP is Medical Director of Ambulatory Quality Management, and Family Medicine Associate Program Director for Lexington Medical Center, Lexington SC, and Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at LSUHSC in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. He is board certified in Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine–Clinical Informatics. Dr. Mayeaux has been an active member of the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) and the International Federation for Colposcopy and Pathology of the Cervix (IFCPC) since 1996. He is currently on the executive board of IFCPC and was ASCCP President in 2014. He serves on a number of committees. He was the lead editor of Modern Colposcopy, 3rd edition, the flagship publication on colposcopy from the ASCCP. Dr. Mayeaux has published and edited 9 books including The Color Atlas of Family Medicine and The Essential Guide to Primary Care Procedures, both of which are available in multiple languages. He regularly lectures all over the world on a variety of women’s health, skin diseases, leadership, and primary care topics. Dr. Mayeaux’s clinical expertise includes women’s health topics such as cervical disease, HPV disease, HPV vaccination, skin diseases and patient literacy as it relates to clinical medicine. He also speaks regularly on leadership topics, population health, disparities in healthcare, skin diseases, skin surgery, medical burnout, joy in medicine, and other topics. He has dedicated the greatest part of his professional life to the study and practice of women’s health.

Jean-Luc MERGUI (France)

Carlos PEREZ (Colombia)

Director general Sociedad de Cirugía de Bogotá – Hospital de San José.

Past President de la Federación Internacional de patología cervical y colposcopia. (IFCPC)

Colposcopista organización Keralty y del Hospital de San José de Bogotá

Profesor titular de Ginecología y Obstetricia de la Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud (FUCS)

Gerente Educativo de la Universidad de la Sabana.

Cirujano Laparoscopista de la FUCS

Ex presidente de la Asociación Colombiana y Federación Latinoamericana de Colposcopia y Patología del TGI

Amanda Selk (Canada)

Amanda Selk MD, MSc, MHA, FRCSC is a Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is currently a Board Member of theIFCPC and the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease. She is winner of WXN Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada 2024. She co-authored the 2023 Canadian Colposcopy guidelines. She is one of the editors and authors of the 2024 ISSVD textbook on the Diagnosis and Management of Lichen Sclerosus. She is past president of the Society of Canadian Colposcopists and the North American branch of the ISSVD. She enjoys using social media for education and is host of the “The Vulva Diaries” podcast.

Dr Saritha Shamsunder MD FRCOG FICOG (India)

Professor & Unit Head of Gynecological Oncology, Department of ObGyn, Vardhmaan Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India

§ Chairperson, Gynecological Oncology Committee of FOGSI (Federation of Obstetric & Gynecological Societies of India) 2025-7
§ Past President, Indian Society of Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology(ISCCP)
§ Board Member, International Federation of Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology
§ Organized Asia’s First World Congress of the International Federation of Colposcopy in 2021
§ Scientific Chairperson of IFCPC 2023 World Congress at Colombia
§ Member, Training Committee of IFCPC Distance Learning Program in Colposcopy
§ Master Trainer of Governments Training Program for Cervical Cancer Prevention Member, Technical Advisory Group on Cervical Cancer Screening for State Govts of Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan
§ Convenor & Trainer of many Colposcopy Workshops & Training Programs in India
§ Invited by Medical Education Dept, Govt of Bangladesh to train doctors in Colposcopy
§ Chairperson of Training Committee of ISCCP
§ Editor of Journal of Colposcopy & Lower Genital Tract Pathology (JCLGTP)
§ Guideline Development -Member of Expert Group of National & International Guidelines in Gynae Cancer
§ Principal Investigator for Research Projects on Cervical Screening, Artificial Intelligence, Indigenous HPV Tests

Yun ZHAO (China)

Dr. YUN ZHAO is a staff physician in the department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Peking University People’s Hospital. She specializes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of lower genital tract disease，especially for cervix cancer prevention. Her clinical work includes Pap reading, colposcopy, precancer treatment, and other gynecological disease treatment,. In recent years, she is interested in cervical glandular lesion diagnosis and treatment, especially the conservative treatment for the AIS patient who wish to keep the uterus.