MAP Education & Research Foundation

09/16/2025

I am humbled and honored by the below notification from ISSWSH: "On behalf of the ISSWSH Membership Chair and the ISSWSH Executive Committee we would like to confer Honorary ISSWSH Membership to you beginning with your 2026 Membership. It was a unanimous decision, and we want to thank you for your commitment to ISSWSH and to our mission to lead, innovate and promote our interdisciplinary field by bridging science, patient care and community!

09/04/2025

I am pleased to announce the publication of our article, “How Has the Biopsychosocial Model Fared in S*xual Medicine and S*x Therapy?” in S*xual Medicine Reviews. My co-authors of this collaborative work were a distinguished group: Annamaria Giraldi, Sharon Parish, Daniela Wittmann, William Fisher, Sharon L. Bober, Alexander Pastuszak, and James Pfaus. It was supported by the MAP Education and Research Foundation. The article is available open access, with free PDFs downloadable at mapedfund.org (MENU → Resources → Publications).

This publication holds personal significance for me as it informed my philanthropic decision to donate $50,000 to Society for S*x Therapy & Research (SSTAR) last spring. That gift established an annual biomedical lecture at the SSTAR Spring Meeting, intended to broaden engagement with biomedical perspectives within the biopsychosocial model.

In parallel, a $50,000 donation was also made to the S*xual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) to endow an annual psychosocially focused lecture at the SMSNA Fall Scientific Meeting. It will be announced at this year’s Fall Scientific meeting and initiated the following year. I am also honored to chair a new complimentary pre-conference workshop at this year’s SMSNA Fall Meeting. Designed for mental health professionals. The workshop will feature a distinguished panel of s*xual medicine experts and will highlight current biomedical approaches to understanding and treating s*xual disorders.

08/21/2025

Pleased to share the recent publication in S*xual Medicine Reviews titled "How has the biopsychosocial model fared in s*xual medicine and s*x therapy?" authored by a distinguished group including Michael A. Perelman, Annamaria Giraldi, Sharon Parish, Daniela Wittmann, William Fisher, Sharon L. Bober, Alexander Pastuszak, and James Pfaus.

The manuscript, generously supported by the MAP Education and Research Foundation, is now available online as an open-access resource. You can access free PDF copies of the article through the dropdown under the MENU__RESOURCES_PUBLICATIONS section on mapedfund.org.

This publication holds personal significance for me as it underpins my decision to donate $50,000 to the Society for S*x Therapy & Research (SSTAR) last spring. This contribution has enabled the establishment of an annual lecture at our Spring meetings, focusing on a biomedical perspective, aiming to enrich the knowledge base of our members within the biopsychosocial model framework.

In a reciprocal gesture, a parallel donation of $50,000 was extended to the S*xual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA). This donation facilitates the introduction of an annual psychosocially oriented lecture at their Fall Scientific meeting. Moreover, the upcoming SMSNA Fall meeting will feature a complimentary pre-conference workshop tailored for mental health practitioners. This workshop, chaired by myself and a panel of esteemed s*xual medicine experts, aims to enhance participants' comprehension of contemporary biomedical approaches to understanding and treating s*xual disorders.

03/26/2025

Humbled but honored to have just received the below email:
"Greetings from the editorial office of Translational Andrology and Urology. In appreciation of your previous contribution to Translational Andrology and Urology, we are glad to inform you that till March 7, 2025, your article entitled “Psychos*xual therapy for delayed ej*******on based on the S*xual Tipping Point model” has received 13301 pageviews and entered the journal’s list of most read articles: https://doi.org/10.21037/tau.2016.07.05. Congratulations!"

Psychos*xual therapy for delayed ej*******on based on the S*xual Tipping Point model

11/22/2024

The MAP Education & Research Foundation was pleased to present A S*xual Tipping Point Award Certificate and $1000 prize to R. Brian Denton, Psy.D. for his poster titled, “S*x Therapy Interventions as a Component of Positive Outcomes for Pe**le Implant Patients,” during the 2024 Annual Meeting of the S*xual Medicine Society of North America, October 2024 in Scottsdale Arizona. Please join us in congratulating him.

04/17/2024

The MAP Education & Research Foundation was pleased to present A S*xual Tipping Point Award Certificate and $1000 prize to Katrina N. Bouchard, PhD during the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Society for S*x Therapy & Research, April 2024. Katrina's presentation was: “Hold me: A Pilot Study of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy for s*xual interest/arousal disorder." Pictured is Samantha Dawson, Ph.D. (SSTAR Program Chair) presenting on behalf of the Foundation to Katrina N. Bouchard, PhD.

03/26/2024

I am both honored and humbled by the invitation to give Cornell Medicine Psychiatry Grand Rounds on April 3, 2024.

03/12/2024

The MAP Education & Research Foundation is pleased to present A S*xual Tipping Point Award Certificate and $1000 prize to Elisa Maseroli, MD during the 2024 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Women’s S*xual Health, April, 2024. Elisa's presentation was on: "Inhibition and Excitation in the S*xual Brain: A Useful Tool for the Prediction of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypoactive S*xual Desire in Women with S*xual Dysfunction.

12/01/2023

THE MAP EDUCATION & RESEARCH FOUNDATION IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE:

A S*xual Tipping Point Award Certificate and $1000 prize was presented to Rose Hartzell, PhD, EdS, CHES, LMFT, IF during the 2023 Annual Fall Meeting of the S*xual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) in San Diego, November 2023. Rose’s presentation was on: "Psychosocial Factors in PGAD/GPD Patients Who Underwent Spine Surgery for Lumbosacral Annular Tear-Induced Sacral Radiculopathy”

There were also three STP Award Honorable Mentions’ presented with the abstract titles and winners listed below in the order noted in the SMSNA program.

Claudia Watkins, "The Impact of Erectile Dysfunction and Urinary Incontinence on the Mental Health of Prostate Cancer Patients"

Nestor F. Suria Cordero, "Intersection of S*xual and Mental Health: Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in a Men's Health Clinic and Feasibility of Mental Health Surveys"

Jenna Stelma, "Erogenous Zones of the Head and Neck: A Comparison Study Between Cisgender Men and Women”

Best wishes to all for the holiday season—Michael

Michael A. Perelman, Ph.D.
Founder & Chairman
MAP Education & Research Foundation
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Email: michael@mapedfund.org
The MAP Education & Research Foundation is an approved 501(c)(3) public charity.

08/28/2023

Appreciate Mediflix posting the Q&A "Ask Dr. P," to the MAP Education & Research Foundation's site at http://www.mapedfund.org/mediflix-videos

05/12/2023

A new one-page key and description to the updated S*xual Tipping Point Model has been added to the mapedfund.org home page for free download.

11/19/2022

Join the MAP Education & Research Foundation in congratulating Dr. Gajanan Bhat on his 2022 S*xual Tipping Point Award Certificate and $1000 prize presented to him at the 2022 Joint Fall Scientific meeting of the S*xual Medicine Society of North America & the International Society for S*xual Medicine (SMSNA/ISSM) in Miami this past October. Dr. Bhat’s winning presentation was on the "Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Novel Treatment Strategy to Treat Dhat Syndrome: A Pilot Study." The Foundation noted that his presentation on a disorder uncommon in the West, but of much greater concern in Asia, emphasized the importance of the Foundation's use of the words "Biomedical & Cultural" in its STP model. Dr. Bhat is in the Department of Urology, Andrology, and S*xual Medicine, TSS Shripad Hegde Kadave Institute of Medical Sciences (TSSSHKIMS) as is his co-author A. Shastry.