Hester Pastoor, MSc
- Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Netherlands
- h.pastoor@erasmusmc.nl
- +31617048767
Professional Experience
– licensed sexologist (NVVS/ECPS), licensed psychotherapist, licensed systemic therapist
– Program director and senior lecturer Sexology educational program, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
– Co-director and senior lecturer ESSM School of Sexual Medicine & Advanced Course
– more then 20 years of clinical experience in treating individuals and couples with sexual problems and related biopsychosocial problems
– more then 15 years of teaching experience in sexology
– more then 10 years of experience in supervising sexologist in training
– president of the Dutch Scientific Society for Sexology (2016-2022)
– more then 10 years of experience in writing book chapters and a book on sexology
Expertise and Research Interests
– clinical expertise in sexology with individuals and couples
– clinical expertise in sexology with somatic comorbidities (e.g. PCOS, POI, DSD, Turner, cancer)
– teaching sexology to sexologists in training, but also to medical and psychology students and other professionals like medical specialists and nurses
– research interest: sexual function in women with PCOS (topic of PhD), sexual function in men and women with somatic comorbidities (e.g. pulmonary hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis)
– master in clinical epidemiology (NIHES, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Selected Publications
– Pastoor, H., Timman, R., de Klerk, CM, Bramer, W., Laan, ET & Laven, JS. (2018). Sexual function in women with Polycysitc Ovary Syndrome: a systematic review and a metaanalysis. Reprod Biomed Online, 37(6):750-760.
COST Action
European Sexual Medicine Network
COST Action CA18124
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