Name and position 

• Jean-Jacques Amy 

• Graduate of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (1965)

• Degree in Tropical Medicine at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp (1966) 

• Intern at the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia (1966-1967)

• Resident and then Chief-Resident in the Dept. of Ob/Gyn of the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, (1967-1971)

• Lecturer at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda (1971-1973)

• Research Associate at the State University, Ghent (1973-1975)

• Professor and Head of the Dept. of Gynaecology, Andrology and Obstetrics of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and its University Hospital (1975-2005)

• Editor of books on Prostaglandins, Obstetrics and gynaecology, Paediatric and adolescent gynaecology, Vulvar pathology, and the twelve Year Books of the Flemish Soc. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology  

ESC mandate

• Member since 1991

• Member of the Board of Directors since 2002

• Member of the Editorial Board (1996-2004), Editor (2005-2006) and Editor-in-Chief (since 2006) of the European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Area of expertise/interest

• My field of greatest expertise is editing manuscripts pertaining to medical matters

• Associate Editor of the European Clinics in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (since 2004)