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Dr. Stanley E. Althof is executive director of the Center for Marital and Sexual Health of South Florida and on the consulting staff of Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida. He is also a voluntary professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Professor Emeritus at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He and his two former partners were the 2005 recipients of the prestigious Masters and Johnson Lifetime Achievement Award.

In addition to teaching and clinical practice, Dr. Althof also consults with several major pharmaceutical companies to develop and validate outcome measures, design research methodologies, and conduct clinical trials on a variety of new treatment options for male and female sexual problems.

Dr. Althof is past-president of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH), past-president of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR) and the Tri-State Group Psychotherapy Society. He is an associate editor for the Journal of Sexual Medicine and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy and Menopause. He is also the associate editor of two books, Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals and Male and Female Sexual Dysfunction.

As a skilled clinician and scientist, Dr. Althof's research focuses on the psychosocial aspects of sexual dysfunction and their impact on men, women, and couples. He has been instrumental in the development of sex therapy as a sub-specialty. Dr. Althof is the author of many original publications and has contributed numerous chapters to leading textbooks in psychiatry, urology, and sex therapy. He is a highly sought after lecturer and travels extensively both internationally and within the United States to present his research findings.

Dr. Althof received his PhD in clinical psychology from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He completed an internship in clinical psychology at University Hospitals of Cleveland, which was followed by additional postgraduate work at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas.