{"id":171,"date":"2020-11-05T08:21:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T08:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/events.ages.com.au\/pfs2026\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2026-04-29T04:15:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:15:31","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/events.ages.com.au\/pfs2026\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><strong>AGES &amp; UGSA\u00a0<\/strong>PELVIC FLOOR SYMPOSIUM<\/p>\n<h1>Faculty<\/h1>\n<p>Our faculty are compiled of both international and national presenters who are leaders in their field. A combination of virtual and in-person presentations will be compiled consecutively to bring you world class education even through these unusual times.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/yrd.currinda.com\/register\/event\/1404\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"    rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRegister Now!\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:ages@yrd.com.au\"  target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tContact us\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h2><strong>International Faculty<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t<h3><strong>Professor Katy Vincent<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Katy Vincent is the Professor of Gynaecological Pain and an Honorary Consultant Gynaecologist at the University of Oxford. She studied medicine at King&#8217;s College, London, undertook a DPhil with Professor Irene Tracey investigating hormonal influences on the pain experience and obtained her CCT in 2015. <\/p>\n<p>Katy&#8217;s predominant clinical interest is Chronic Pelvic Pain, particularly in association with endometriosis and in teenagers\/younger women. She leads the Pain in Women research group, who use a variety of methodologies to explore mechanisms generating and maintaining pain in women.<\/p>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/events.ages.com.au\/pfs2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-2.png\" alt=\"Untitled design (2)\" height=\"700\" width=\"700\" title=\"Untitled design (2)\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<h3><strong>Dr Alex Digesu<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Alex Digesu MD, PhD is a Consultant Obstetrician, Gynaecologist &amp; Urogynaecology Subspecialist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Imperial College, London.<\/p>\n<p>Since he completed his training, he worked as Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Consultant in several University teaching Hospitals in Italy, Switzerland and UK. In all he has more than 25 years experience in Obstetrics &amp; Gynaecology.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Digesu has been accredited by the Royal College of Obstericians and Gynaecologists as a Specialist in Urogynaecology (specialised in treating patients with bladder &amp; bowel problems such as incontinence and uterovaginal prolapse).<\/p>\n\t<p>He has published extensively in this field and he is author of more than 200 articles in peer review journals with I10-index of 80 and HIndex of 35. Dr Digesu is currently Associate Editor of the International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.<\/p>\n<p>In view of his expertise and research he covers important academic duties both nationally &amp; internationally and he is a well-known invited speaker worldwide in national and international conferences.<\/p>\n<p>He has also chaired and served on several Committees for the International Urogynaecology Association and International Continence Society. He has been member of the Board of Trustee of the International Continence Society from 2016 till 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Digesu was a former Associate Editor of the Neurourology and urodynamics Journal.<\/p>\n<p>On the light of his clinical and scientific achievements in January 2014 Dr. Digesu has been awarded Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology by the Italian Ministry of Health and in January 2019 Visiting Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology by the University of Naples in Italy.<\/p>\n\t<h2><strong>Faculty<\/strong><\/h2>\n\tA\/Prof Jason Abbott<br \/>\nDr Lucy Bates<br \/>\nDr Carmen Brown<br \/>\nDr Ruth Cameron-Jeffs<br \/>\nDr Marcus Carey<br \/>\nDr Frida Carswell<br \/>\nDr Fay Chao<br \/>\nDr Pinar Cingiloglu<br \/>\nDr Dean Conrad<br \/>\nDr Kris Cvach<br \/>\nDr Oliver Daly<br \/>\nDr Alison Desouza<br \/>\nDr Caroline Dowling<br \/>\nDr Marilla Druitt<br \/>\nProf Peter Dwyer<br \/>\nDr Charlotte Elder<br \/>\nDr Lauren Ferris<br \/>\nElise Fraser<br \/>\nDr Helena Frawley<br \/>\nKaren Freilich<br \/>\nDr Rachel Green<br \/>\nDr Lynsey Hayward\n\tA\/Prof Pattaya Hengrasmee<br \/>\nDr Debjyoti Karmakar<br \/>\nA\/Prof Jenny King<br \/>\nDr Mugdha Kulkarni<br \/>\nDr Lin Li Ow<br \/>\nDr Yik Lim<br \/>\nDr Anthea Lindquist<br \/>\nDr Tom Manley<br \/>\nShan Morrison<br \/>\nDr Alexandra Mowat<br \/>\nDr Michael Rasmussen<br \/>\nA\/Prof Emma Readman<br \/>\nDr Charlotte Reddington<br \/>\nA\/Prof Anna Rosamilia<br \/>\nDr Ruchi Singh<br \/>\nDr Nisha Subramaniam<br \/>\nDr Jens Erik Walter<br \/>\nDr Carly Walsh<br \/>\nDr Madeleine Ward<br \/>\nDr Alex Wong<br \/>\nDr Chin Yong<br \/>\nDr Natharnia Young\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/yrd.currinda.com\/register\/event\/1404\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"    rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRegister Now! \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:ages@yrd.com.au\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"    rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tContact Us\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AGES &amp; UGSA\u00a0PELVIC FLOOR SYMPOSIUM Faculty Our faculty are compiled of both international and national presenters who are leaders in their field. A combination of virtual and in-person presentations will be compiled consecutively to bring you world class education even through these unusual times. Register Now! 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