Program

Naheed Kapadia
Naheed Kapadia, BSPT, DPT, MPA, PGWH, MLD CLT, BCIA
Senior Specialist and Clinical Lead Women’s Health & Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy, Latifa Hospital, Dubai Academic Healthcare Corporation
With two decades of clinical expertise, she has pioneered pelvic floor rehabilitation services and multidisciplinary programs in Urogynaecology, colorectal, and urology care across the UAE. 
Dr. Kapadia has received multiple national and international awards for excellence in pelvic floor rehabilitation and women’s health physiotherapy.  
A passionate educator and researcher, Dr. Kapadia has delivered global workshops, mentored fellows, and contributed to international publications advancing pelvic health practice. 

Nucelio Lemos
Friedrichsen Cooper Chair of Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain
Sinai Health System and Women’s College Hospital, Toronto
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto
Head of the Pelvic Neurodysfunction Division of the Dept. of Gynecology of the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Chair of the Department of Gynecology, Neuropelveology and Advanced Pelvic Surgery of the Institute for Care, Rehabilitation and Assistance in Neuropelveology and Gynecology, São Paulo, Brazil.
Former (2014-2016) Scientific Chair of the International Continence Society
Founding Member and former (2015-2018) Scientific Chair of the Latin American Pelvic Floor Association
Former (2019-2021) Director at Large of the AAGL.

Naheed Kapadia, BSPT, DPT, MPA, PGWH, MLD CLT, BCIA
Senior Specialist and Clinical Lead Women’s Health & Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy, Latifa Hospital, Dubai Academic Healthcare Corporation
With two decades of clinical expertise, she has pioneered pelvic floor rehabilitation services and multidisciplinary programs in Urogynaecology, colorectal, and urology care across the UAE. 
Dr. Kapadia has received multiple national and international awards for excellence in pelvic floor rehabilitation and women’s health physiotherapy.  
A passionate educator and researcher, Dr. Kapadia has delivered global workshops, mentored fellows, and contributed to international publications advancing pelvic health practice. 

Suzanne Hagen
Born in Glasgow in 1967, I graduated from Paisley University in 1988 with an Honours degree in Mathematical Sciences. In 1993 I obtained an MSc by research from the University of Aberdeen, and in 1997 was awarded Chartered Statistician status. I was awarded my PhD from Glasgow Caledonian University in 2006 and a personal Chair in 2009, and I am also an assistant Professor at the School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania. I have worked as a statistician, primarily in the field of health services research at University of Aberdeen, the Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh and the Department of Public Health, Ayrshire and Arran Health Board, where I undertook my first continence-related research in 1995. Since 1996 I have worked at Glasgow Caledonian University, directing a programme of research on pelvic health. My research has focused largely on the non-surgical management of prolapse and bladder issues, including systematic reviews, multi-centre randomised controlled trials and cohort studies (e.g. POPPY, PREVPROL, OPAL, ProLong) and implementation studies (e.g. PROPEL, UR-CHOICE), which have influenced national and international clinical guidelines.

Cristina Ros

Consultant in the Gynecology Department at Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, with a special interest in urogynecology and gynecological ultrasound. Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona.

Claire is a PhD student in the UK at the University of Cambridge and at THIS Institute, investigating physiotherapy and postnatal prolapse.
She has over 15 years experience as a pelvic health physiotherapist. Claire was employed to teach women how to manage their own pessaries in the first UK pessary self-management quality improvement programme and today uses pessaries in her clinical caseload.
Claire has also been part of the UK Pessary guideline group, leading the sub-training group, and published work on the current management of pessary care in the UK. Claire has also been a tutor for the UK's Pelvic and Obstetric Gynaecology Physiotherapy (POGP) professional group on the prolapse and pessary courses.

Dr. Gabriel Ganyaglo
Consultant Urogynaecologist
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Accra, Ghana

Marie-Pierre Cyr, PhD, MSc, MPT, is an Assistant Professor at the School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal, and Researcher at the Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal in Canada. She is a physiotherapist with certification in pelvic health practice from the Université de Montréal and has clinical experience in musculoskeletal and pelvic health. Her research focuses on pelvic, women’s, and men’s health. She has made significant contributions in the fields of pelvic pain, oncology, and conservative treatments for pelvic floor disorders. She has published 19 peer-reviewed papers and has presented her work at more than 40 national and international conferences. Her research employs both quantitative and qualitative methods to address clinically relevant questions. Her clinical and research interests include the pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment of pelvic floor disorders such as pelvic pain, incontinence, sexual dysfunction, and the development and validation of assessment tools.

Talli Yehuda Rosenbaum, MSc, Certified Sex Therapist and Supervisor

Talli Yehuda Rosenbaum is an individual and couples therapist specializing in sexual and relational health. A certified sex therapist and supervisor by IAPST and the Israeli Society for Sex Therapy, she integrates psychodynamic, relational and trauma informed approaches in her work with individuals and couples. Talli is co-author of I Am for My Beloved: A Guide to Enhanced Intimacy for Married Couples, co-editor of Springer text The Overactive Pelvic Floor, and co-host of the Intimate Judaism podcast. She lectures internationally and teaches in post-graduate programs in sex therapy and psychologically and trauma informed counseling for pelvic health professionals.

Małgorzata ‘Gosia’ Starzec-Proserpio, PT, PhD, is a women’s health physiotherapist, researcher, and educator with international experience gained in Poland, the Czech Republic, Norway, Spain and Canada. Currently, she divides her professional and personal life between Europe and Canada, where she conducts her postdoctoral fellowship focused on pelvic pain at the Pelvic Health Research Laboratory, led by Professor Mélanie Morin at the Research Center of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke. Since the beginning of her career, she has been dedicated to improving perineal and pelvic health for women. She is deeply interested in bridging the gap between research and practice, making science more appealing, accessible, and "user-friendly."

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