international society for the study of vulvovaginal disease international society for the study of vulvovaginal disease the international society for the study of vulvovaginal disease (issvd) is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1970 at the sixth world congress of the international federation of obstetricians and gynecologists (figo) in new york city. it is composed of health care professionals from different areas, including, gynecologists, dermatologists, general practitioners, physiotherapist, nurse practitioners, etc. devoted to the study, investigation, and treatment of vulvovaginal diseases. the issvd regularly promotes and develops terminology, classification, and guidelines concerning these conditions. these include, among others: vulvar dermatosis (lichen sclerosus, lichen planus), vulvar pain (vulvodynia), vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia, etc. more recently, a guideline concerning female cosmetic genital surgery was published. presidents and world congresses presidents and world congresses of the issvd congress location city/province dates president i spain marbelca aug. 8, 1973 dr. guillermo r. di paola ii usa key biscayne jan. 9–11, 1975 dr. j. donald woodruff iii mexico cocoyoc oct. 22–24, 1976 dr. herman l. gardner iv france montbazon may 2–25, 1978 dr. jean hewitt v usa maui oct. 21–23, 1979 dr. raymond h. kaufman vi england cambridge sept. 22–24, 1981 dr. charles p. douglas vii usa lake buena vista sept. 25–29,1983 dr. eduard g. friedrich viii finland mariehamn sept. 9–12, 1985 dr. peter j. lynch ix australia queensland aug. 30–sept 3, 1987 dr. barry l. kneale x usa washington, dc oct. 22–26, 1989 dr. edward j. wilkinson xi england oxford sept. 22–26, 1991 dr. c. marjorie ridley xii canada quebec sept. 26–30, 1993 dr. michel roy xiii argentina iguazu sept. 17–20, 1995 dr. nidia gomez rueda xiv italy baveno sept. 14–20, 1997 dr. dale brown, jr. xv usa santa fe, new mexico sept. 26–oct. 2, 1999 dr. mario sideri xvi portugal sintra/porto sept. 30–oct. 6, 2001 dr. marilynne mckay xvii brazil salvador oct. 12–16, 2003 dr. jose martinez de oliveira xviii new zealand queenstown feb. 20–24, 2006 dr. ronald w. jones xix alaska inside passage cruise july 28– aug. 3, 2007 dr. libby edwards xx scotland edinburgh sept. 13–17, 2009 dr. allan b. maclean xxi france paris sept. 5–8, 2011 dr. micheline moyal-barracco xxii royal caribbean mediterranean oct. 6–13, 2013 dr. jacob bornstein xxiii new york new york july 27–29, 2015 dr. hope haefner xxiv argentina mendoza september 11–15, 2017 dr. claudia marchitelli xxv italy torino september 16–20, 2019 dr. mario preti xxvi ireland dublin july, 15-20, 2022 dr. colleen k. stockdale terminology, classification, and guidelines year document 2005 the vulvodynia guideline 2006 2006 issvd classification of vulvar dermatoses: pathologic subsets and their clinical correlates 2011 2011 issvd terminology and classification of vulvar dermatological disorders: an approach to clinical diagnosis 2013 2013 vulvodynia guideline update 2015 the 2015 international society for the study of vulvovaginal disease (issvd) terminology of vulvar squamous intraepithelial lesions 2015 2015 issvd, isswsh, and ipps consensus terminology and classification of persistent vulvar pain and vulvodynia 2018 international society for the study of vulvovaginal disease recommendations regarding female cosmetic genital surgery 2021 the international society for the study of vulvovaginal disease vaginal wet mount microscopy guidelines: how to perform, applications, and interpretation