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Gila Bronner

Gila Bronner MPH, MSW

Urology
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Gila Bronner (ISRAEL) is a certified sex therapist and the director of the Sex Therapy Service at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. Since 1984 Gila has been training physicians and health professionals in coping with issues of sexual health promotion, sexual rehabilitation, and sex education. From 1997- 2003 Gila worked as a sex therapist in the departments of neurology, psychiatry, oncology, and cardiology (Tel-Aviv Medical Center), contributing to a multidisciplinary approach.

In the neurologic department, she specialized in treating patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and CVA. Focusing on the sexual aspects of PD, enabled Gila to construct a multidisciplinary approach to coping with sexual changes in PD patients and their partners. In cooperation with the Israeli PD association, Gila is organizing special PD training for health professionals (nurses, physiotherapists, speech therapists, psychologists, and occupational therapists).

Gila's volunteer work involves counseling and leading the Israeli Family Planning Association (1985-2000), the Israeli association of sex therapists (2002-2010), as well as active contribution to the EPDA (European Parkinson's disease association) and to various national and international PD organizations.

Gila has published scientific articles, chapters in scientific books, sex education books for children, adolescents, and elders, and articles in the media. Her international activities include training physicians and healthcare professionals in Portugal, Canada, Croatia, Czech Rep., Slovenia, Ireland, Australia, Korea, Greece, Scotland, Germany, Trinidad, the USA, and Cyprus. She was the chairperson of the scientific committee of the European congress of sexology in 2002, and a member of the scientific committees of the World Congress of Sexology in 2005, 2007, 2010, and 2013.
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