Deniss Sõritsa

Obstetrician/Gynecologist (performs also 3D/4D Ultrasound Scanning)

Dr Deniss Sõritsa is an obstetrician-gynecologist, who works full-time in Elite Clinic.

He obtained his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu in 2007, and in 2011 successfully completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology.

His research focuses on the endometriosis and evaluation of impact to infertility, upgrading diagnosis and treatment methods as well as fetal sonography.

 

On the 4th of November 2022, Dr Deniss Sõritsa succesfully defended his PhD thesis “The impact of endometriosis and physical activity on female reproduction“.

 

Thesis conclusions  /  Thesis practical implications

 

Dr Deniss Sõritsa current research has shown good results, performing a variety of oral and poster presentations at conferences. To keep abreast of the field of innovative approaches, therapies and discoveries, Dr Deniss Sõritsa trained himself in many professional conferences and courses in foreign countries.

 

He is a member of several professional societies. He has published in international journals and is a co-author of six manuscripts.
He has held lectures to students on the treatment of infertility.

In Elite Clinic deals Dr Deniss Sõritsa (deniss@elitekliinik.ee)  provides infertility treatment, prenatal and gynaecological care and 3D / 4D fetal ultrasound scan service. Fetal ultrasound study aims both to check the health of unborn children and to provide the opportunity for to be parents as pleasurable moments of their future child.

 

The list of presentations:

  • Poster presentation at the 10th International Symposium on GnRH – The hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in cancer and reproduction. Salzburg, Austria, February 6-8, 2011
  • Poster presentation at the 27th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology. Stockholm, Sweden, July 3-6, 2011
  • Poster presentation at the 11th World Congress on Endometriosis. Montpellier, France, September 4-7, 2011
  • Oral presentation at the 22nd European Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Tallinn, Estonia, May 9-12, 2012
  • Oral presentation at the 1st Annual Meeting of the Baltic Fertility Society. Istanbul, Turkey, July 1, 2012
  • Oral presentation at the 1st European Congress on Endometriosis. Siena, Italy, November 29 – December 1, 2012
  • Poster presentation at the 4th Nordic Congress on Endometriosis. Turku, Finland, May 23-25, 2013
  • Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Baltic Fertility Society. Pärnu, Estonia, September 27-29, 2013
  • Poster presentation at the 22nd Annual International Congress of the European Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy. Berlin, Germany, Oktober 16-19, 2013
  • Poster presentation at the 2nd European Congress on Endometriosis. Berlin, Germany, November 28-30, 2013
  • Poster presentation at the 2nd European Congress has endometriosis. Berlin, Germany, November 28-30, 2013
  • Oral presentation at the 23rd European Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, May 7-10, 2014
  • Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Baltic Fertility Society. Lisbon, Portugal, June 14th, 2015
  • Poster presentation at the 24th Annual International Congress of the European Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy. Budapest, Hungary, October 7-10, 2015
  • Oral presentation at the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Baltic Fertility Society. Riga, Latvia, May 20-21, 2016
  • Poster presentation at the ESHRE Campus course “Effects of ART and endometriosis on pregnancy outcome” Sofia, Bulgaria, January 27-28, 2017
  • Poster presentation at the 7th International IVI Congress, Reproductive Medicine and Beyond. Bilbao, Spain, May 11-13 2017
  • Poster presentation at the 18th World Congress of  Gynecological Endocrinology. Firenze, Italy, March 7-10 2018
  • Poster presentation at the 34th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology. Barcelona, Spain, July 1-4, 2018
  • Oral presentation “The impact of endometriosis on fertility and its treatment” at the IFFS/BFS Workshop, Tartu, Estonia, 21-23 September 21-23, 2018
  •  Poster presentation at the 8th International IVIRMA Congress „Reproductive Medicine and Beyong“ Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 4-6 April, 2019

 

 

The list of attended conferences:

    • XIX. European Meeting and Exchange Program of Trainees in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Budapest, Hyngary, June 8-13, 2009
    • 8th Congress of the European Society of Gynecology. Rome, Italy, September 10-13, 2009
    • Observership in Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Surgery at the McGill Reproductive Centre in the Department of Obstetrics&Gynaecology. Montreal, Canada , May 1-31, 2010
    • Challenges in Women`s Health: Obstetrics & Gynaecology Meeting, Montreal, Canada , May 5, 2010
    • 26th Annual meeting of ESHRE. Rome, Italy, June 27-30, 2010
    • 25th IUSTI Europe Conference. Tbilisi, Georgia, September 23-25, 2010
    • 10th International Symposium on GnRH – The hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in cancer and reproduction. Salzburg, Austria, February 6-8, 2011
    • 27th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology. Stockholm, Sweden, July 3-6, 2011
    • 11th World Congress on Endometriosis. Montpellier, France, September 4-7, 2011
    • 22nd European Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Tallinn, Estonia, May 9-12, 2012
    • Vienna International School of 3D UltraSonography. Vienna, Austria, May 14-17, 2012
    • The multi-factorial equations of ART: defining and maximising success in pregnancy rates. Sorrento, Italy, May 18-19, 2012
    • 28th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology. Istanbul, Turkey, July 1-4, 2012
    • 1st Annual Meeting of the Baltic Fertility Society. Istanbul, Turkey, July 1, 2012
    • 1st European Congress on Endometriosis. Siena, Italy, November 29 – December 1, 2012
    • 4th Nordic Congress on Endometriosis. Turku, Finland, May 23-25, 2013
    • 29th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology. London, United Kingdom, July 7-10, 2013
    • Annual Meeting of the Baltic Fertility Society. Pärnu, Estonia, September 27-29, 2013
    • 22nd Annual International Congress of the European Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy. Berlin, Germany, October 16-19, 2013
    • 2nd European Congress on Endometriosis. Berlin, Germany, November 28-30, 2013
    • 23rd European Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Glasgow, Scotland, May 7-10, 2014
    • 2nd Annual Meeting of the Baltic Fertility Society. Vilnius, Lithuania, September 13, 2014
    • 31th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology. Lisbon, Portugal, June 14-17, 2015
    • 24th Annual International Congress of the European Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy. Budapest, Hungary, October 7-10, 2015
    • 3rd Annual Meeting of the Baltic Fertility Society. Riga, Latvia, May 20-21, 2016
    • 32th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology. Helsinki, Finland, July 3-6, 2016
    • Closed European IVF Monitoring (EIM) Consortium meeting in Brussels, Belgium, November 4-5, 2016
    • 7th International IVI Congress, Reproductive Medicine and Beyond. Bilbao, Spain May 11-13, 2017.
    • 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology. Geneva, Switzerland, July 2-5, 2017
    • 18th World Congress of Gynecological Endocrinology. Firenze, Italy, March 7-10 2018
    • 34th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology. Barcelona, Spain, July 1-4, 2018
    • The IFFS/BFS Workshop. Tartu, Estonia, 21-23 September 21-23, 2018
    • Closed European IVF Monitoring (EIM) Consortium meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, November 49-10, 2018
    •  The AcadeMe Conference on „From science to clinical practice: tailored patient management for successful outcomes“ Madrid, Spain, 29-30 March, 2019
    • 8th International IVIRMA Congress „Reproductive Medicine and Beyong“ Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 4-6 April, 2019
    • Second World Conference on Luteinizing Hormone in ART Naples, Italy, 24-25 May, 2019
    • Women`s Health Summit „Her needs, Your expertise, Right choice“ Berlin, Germany, 14-15 June, 2019
    • ESHRE’s virtual 36th Annual Meeting. July 5-8, 2020
    • REGIONAL FERRING FERTILITY WORKSHOP: Improving success rate beyond the borders. Warsaw, Poland, 3.-4. December 2021
    • 10th International IVIRMA Congress Malaga, Spain, 20-22 April, 2023
    • BALTIC NIPT SYMPOSIUM „Comparing Non-invasive Prenatal Testing with Invasive Testing for solving clinical genetic situations. Clinician views and experiences in Baltic Countries“. 26 October 2023
    • Gynecological Endocrinology the 21st World Congress. Italy, Florence, 8-11 May, 2024
    • Observership in IVI Madrid Clinic Spain, 5-6 September 2024

 

The list of attended courses:

  •  „When IVF fails: Optimal management of recurrent implantation failure“  Lisbon, Portugal, June 14-17, 2015
  • „ART: you must look at the facts because they look at you“ Leuven, Belgium, November 15, 2014
  • „Endometriosis/Endometrium“ London, United Kingdom, July 7-10, 2013
  • „Endometriosis/Endometrium“ Istanbul, Turkey, July 1-4, 2012
  • „Advanced VISUS 3D“ Vienna, Austria, May 14-17, 2012
  • „The multi-factorial equations of ART: defining and maximising success in pregnancy rates„ Sorrento, Italy, May 18-19, 2012
  • „Research methods for clinical trials: a short course in design and management of clinical trials“ Pühajärve, Estonia, November 27 – December 2, 2011
  • „Endometriosis/Endometrium“  Rome, Italy, June 27-30, 2010
  • ISUOG Organised course: „Early diagnosis of fetal anomalies“ London, United Kingdom, March 13-14, 2016
  • London, Mini Course: 11-13 weeks Fetal Echocardiography, May 14, 2016
  • ISUOG approved: “Advanced First Trimester Ultrasound” Krakow, Poland, November 25-26, 2016
  • Advances in Fetal Medicine Course London, United Kingdom, December 3-4, 2016
  • ESHRE Campus course “Effects of ART and endometriosis on pregnancy outcome” Sofia, Bulgaria, January 27-28, 2017
  • ISUOG Organised course: „Multiple pregnancy“ London, United Kingdom, April 01-02, 2017
  • Advances in Fetal Medicine Course London, United Kingdom, December 2-3, 2017
  • Effective Prenatal Screening of Congenital Heart Disease, London, Suurbritannia, 01.-02.06.18
  • GE Voluson E10 training course by GEMS SCS, Organisation DUF – Ultrason, Buc, France, 18.04.2018
  • ESHRE Campus Symposium “Reproductive Immunology” Innsbruck, Austria, November 23-24, 2018
  • Advances in Fetal Medicine Course London, United Kingdom, December 1-2, 2018
  • Fetal Cardio Cracow Course 2019 Cracow, Poland, 10-11 May, 2019
  • „Clinical Observation Program for Fertility“ from 28th to 29th of November 2019 in Lübeck, Germany.
  • Addressing the “extremes” in ovarian stimulation: new tools for poor & hyper responders’ from 12 to 13 December 2019 organised in Bucharest, Romania.
  • Advanced course in gynecological ultrasound, Mälmo, Sweden, 20-24 January 2020.
  • FMF webinar course in Fetal Medicine. London, UK, 28 February 2021.
  • FMF webinar course in Fetal Medicine on: Neurosonography. London, UK, 28 March 2021.
  • ESHRE Central Office course: SARS-CoV-2 and assisted reproduction in 2021. 12 May 2021.
  • FMF webinar course in Fetal Medicine on: Studies in twin pregnancies and Future of medical learning. London, UK, 23 May 2021.
  • Igenomix webinar: “EMBRACE- Our Journey from Clinical Studies to Clinical Cases” 14 December 2021.
  • Advances in Fetal Medicine Course London, United Kingdom, 3-4 December 2022.
  • Advanced course on ultrasound examination of endometriosis 29-30 November 2023.
  • Exchanges in Fertility 2024 meeting Valencia, Spain, 10-11 October 2024
  • The endometrium in ART: truth and fallacies of the black box of embryo implantation Athens, Greece, 31 October – 2 November 2024
  • Advances in Fetal Medicine Course London, United Kingdom, 6-8 December 2024

 

 

Dr. Deniss Sõritsa participated in a project supported by EE EU41243 30.06-05.07.12 within the ESHRE conference organized under the auspices of Baltic Fertility Society conference in Istanbul, and the Conference 13.05-20.05.12 Sorrento / The multi-factorial equations of * ART *: Defining and maximizing success in pregnancy Rates / Vienna, and training / Advanced Course VISUS /, performing presentation “/ Combined treatment of endometriosis: results of IVF /”.

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Membership in Societies:

  • Estonian Women’s Doctors Society
  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
  • Baltic Fertility Association
  • European IVF Monitoring (EIM) Consortium
  • The International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG)
  • Estonian Physicians Union
  • The International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology (ISGE)

 

Published manuscripts:

    • Analgesic synergy between topical opioids and topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the mouse model of thermal pain. Kolesnikov Y, Sõritsa D. Eur J Pharmacol. 2008 Jan 28;579(1-3):126-33. Epub 2007 Oct 16.
    • No evidence of somatic DNA copy number alterations in eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissue in endometriosis. Saare M, Sõritsa D, Vaidla K, Palta P, Remm M, Laan M, Karro H, Sõritsa A, Salumets A, D’Hooghe T, Peters M. Hum Reprod. 2012 Jun;27(6):1857-64. Epub 2012 Apr 3.
    •  Pregnancy Rate in Endometriosis Patients according to the Severity of the Disease after Using a Combined Approach of Laparoscopy, GnRH Agonist Treatment and in vitro Fertilization. Sõritsa D, Saare M, Laisk-Podar T, Peters M, Sõritsa A, Matt K, Karro H, Salumets A. Gynecol Obstet Invest 2014 Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print, pdf]
    • Circulating miR-200-family micro-RNAs have altered plasma levels in patients with endometriosis and vary with blood collection time. Rekker K, Saare M, Roost AM, Kaart T, Sõritsa D, Karro H, Sõritsa A, Simón C, Salumets A, Peters M. Fertil Steril. 2015 Jul 20. pii: S0015-0282(15)00456-2. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.06.029. [Epub ahead of print]
    •  High-throughput sequencing approach uncovers the miRNome of peritoneal endometriotic lesions and adjacent healthy tissues. Saare M, Rekker K, Laisk-Podar T, Sõritsa D, Roost AM, Simm J, Velthut-Meikas A, Samuel K, Metsalu T, Karro H, Sõritsa A, Salumets A, Peters M. PLoS One. 2014 Nov 11;9(11):e112630. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112630. eCollection 2014
    •  The influence of menstrual cycle and endometriosis on endometrial methylome. Saare M, Modhukur V, Suhorutshenko M, Rajashekar B, Rekker K, Sõritsa D, Karro H, Soplepmann P, Sõritsa A, Lindgren CM, Rahmioglu N, Drong A, Becker CM, Zondervan KT, Salumets A, Peters M. Clin Epigenetics. 2016 Jan 12;8:2. doi: 10.1186/s13148-015-0168-z. eCollection 2016
    •  Assisted reproductive technology in Europe, 2012: results generated from European registers by ESHRE. European IVF-Monitoring Consortium (EIM) for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), Calhaz-Jorge C, de Geyter C, Kupka MS, de Mouzon J, Erb K, Mocanu E, Motrenko T, Scaravelli G, Wyns C, Goossens V, Sõritsa D, et al. Hum Reprod. 2016 Aug;31(8):1638-52. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dew151. Epub 2016 Jun 19.
    • Whole exome sequencing of benign pulmonary metastasizing leiomyoma reveals mutation in the BMP8B gene. Sõritsa D, Teder H, Roosipuu R, Tamm H, Laisk-Podar T, Soplepmann P, Altraja A, Salumets A, Peters M. BMC Med Genet. 2018; 19: 20. Published online 2018 Jan 31. doi: 10.1186/s12881-018-0537-5 (PDF)
    • ART in Europe, 2014: results generated from European registries by ESHRE: The European IVF-monitoring Consortium (EIM) for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). De Geyter C, Calhaz-Jorge C, Kupka MS, Wyns C, Mocanu E, Motrenko T, Scaravelli G, Smeenk J, Vidakovic S, Goossens V; European IVF-monitoring Consortium (EIM) for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). Hum Reprod. 2018 Sep 1.
    • A molecular tool for menstrual cycle phase dating of endometrial samples in endometriosis transcriptome studies. Saare M, Laisk T, Teder H, Paluoja P, Palta P, Koel M, Kirss F, Karro H, Sõritsa D, Salumets A, Krjutškov K, Peters M. Biol Reprod. 2019 Jul 1.
    • Chemosensitivity and chemoresistance in endometriosis – differences for ectopic versus eutopic cells. Lavogina D, Samuel K, Lavrits A, Meltsov A, Sõritsa D, Kadastik Ü, Peters M, Rinken A, Salumets A. Reprod Biomed Online. 2019 May 31.
    • ART in Europe, 2015: results generated from European registries by ESHRE. De Geyter C, Calhaz-Jorge C, Kupka MS, Wyns C, Mocanu E, Motrenko T, Scaravelli G, Smeenk J, Vidakovic S, Goossens V; European IVF-monitoring Consortium (EIM) for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). Hum Reprod Open. 2020 Feb 24;2020
    • Maternal physical activity and sedentary behaviour before and during in vitro fertilization treatment: a longitudinal study exploring the associations with controlled ovarian stimulation and pregnancy outcomes. Sõritsa D, Mäestu E, Nuut M, Mäestu J, Migueles JH, Läänelaid S, Ehrenberg A, Sekavin A, Sõritsa A, Salumets A, Ortega FB, Altmäe S. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2020 Aug.
    • ART in Europe, 2016: results generated from European registries by ESHRE  (PDF). The European IVF-monitoring Consortium (EIM) for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). C. Wyns, C. Bergh, C. Calhaz-Jorge, Ch De Geyter, M. S. Kupka, T. Motrenko, I. Rugescu, J. Smeenk, A. Tandler-Schneider, S. Vidakovic, V. Goossens. Human Reproduction Open, Vol.0, No.0, pp. 1–17, 2020.
    • ART in Europe, 2017: results generated from European registries by ESHRE. (PDF) The European IVF-Monitoring Consortium (EIM) for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), C. Wyns, C. De Geyter, C. Calhaz-Jorge, MS. Kupka, T. Motrenko, J. Smeenk, C. Bergh, A. Tandler-Schneider, IA. Rugescu, S. Vidakovic, V. Goossens. Hum Reprod Open. 2021 Aug 5;2021(3):hoab026. doi: 10.1093/hropen/hoab026. eCollection 2021.PMID: 34377841
    • ART in Europe, 2018: results generated from European registries by ESHRE. (PDF) The European IVF Monitoring Consortium (EIM), for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), C. Wyns, C. De Geyter, C. Calhaz-Jorge, MS. Kupka, T. Motrenko, J. Smeenk, C. Bergh, A. Tandler-Schneider, IA. Rugescu, S. Vidakovic, V. Goossens. Hum Reprod Open. 2022 Jul 5;2022(3):hoac022. doi: 10.1093/hropen/hoac022. eCollection 2022.PMID: 35795850
    • Lactobacillus crispatus-dominated vaginal microbiome and Acinetobacter-dominated seminal microbiome support beneficial ART outcome. Koort K, Sõsa K, Türk S, Lapp E, Talving E, Karits P, Rosenstein K, Jaagura M, Sekavin A, Sõritsa D, Haldre K, Karro H, Korrovits P, Salumets A, Mändar R. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2023 Jul;102(7):921-934. doi: 10.1111/aogs.14598. Epub 2023 May 23. PMID: 37221898
    • ART in Europe, 2019: results generated from European registries by ESHRE†. European IVF Monitoring Consortium (EIM) for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE); Smeenk J, Wyns C, De Geyter C, Kupka M, Bergh C, Cuevas Saiz I, De Neubourg D, Rezabek K, Tandler-Schneider A, Rugescu I, Goossens V. Hum Reprod. 2023 Oct 17:dead197. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dead197. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37847771