Speaker Profile

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	Biography Dr. Dustin Costescu is an Associate Professor and Sexual Health and Family Planning Specialist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at McMaster University. He is an obstetrician-gynaecologist with a fellowship in family planning, and holds a Masters of Healthcare Management from the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Costescu has a broad clinical scope, practising in complex contraception, family planning, transgender care, adolescent gynaecology, colposcopy, vulvar disorders and sexual therapy. After ten sleepless years in academia, Dr Costescu is transitioning to community practice and is the Medical Director of the Mississauga Women’s Clinic, and Morgentaler Clinic in both Toronto and his hometown of Ottawa. As a champion of comprehensive sexual and reproductive healthcare, Dustin is currently serving as Co-Chair of the SOGC Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity committee and is a lead author of several clinical practice guidelines in family planning. In 2023, he was appointed by Ontario Health as the provincial lead of the Ontario Cervical Screening Program. In his spare time, he likes to perform basic bodily functions, such as nap, run, and drink coffee. Disclosure 1. I have a relationship with a for-profit and/or a not-for-profit organization to disclose: a) Direct financial payments including receipt of honoraria: Organon (consultant) b) Membership on advisory boards or speakers’ bureaus: Bayer (global women's health academy), Organon, Bayer Searchlight, Duchesnay (contraception speaking) c) Funded grants or clinical trials: Linepharma 2. I do intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e. “off-label” use of medication).

Biography
Dr. Dustin Costescu is an Associate Professor and Sexual Health and Family Planning Specialist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at McMaster University. He is an obstetrician-gynaecologist with a fellowship in family planning, and holds a Masters of Healthcare Management from the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Costescu has a broad clinical scope, practising in complex contraception, family planning, transgender care, adolescent gynaecology, colposcopy, vulvar disorders and sexual therapy. After ten sleepless years in academia, Dr Costescu is transitioning to community practice and is the Medical Director of the Mississauga Women’s Clinic, and Morgentaler Clinic in both Toronto and his hometown of Ottawa. As a champion of comprehensive sexual and reproductive healthcare, Dustin is currently serving as Co-Chair of the SOGC Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity committee and is a lead author of several clinical practice guidelines in family planning. In 2023, he was appointed by Ontario Health as the provincial lead of the Ontario Cervical Screening Program. In his spare time, he likes to perform basic bodily functions, such as nap, run, and drink coffee.
Disclosure
1. I have a relationship with a for-profit and/or a not-for-profit organization to disclose: a) Direct financial payments including receipt of honoraria: Organon (consultant) b) Membership on advisory boards or speakers’ bureaus: Bayer (global women's health academy), Organon, Bayer Searchlight, Duchesnay (contraception speaking) c) Funded grants or clinical trials: Linepharma 2. I do intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e. “off-label” use of medication).