International Presenters
Dr Aparna Hegde
India
Dr. Aparna Hegde is a Stanford and Cleveland Clinic trained Urogynaecologist. She is Associate Professor (Hon) and the Founding Head of the Department of Urogynaecology at Cama Hospital, Mumbai, India’s only University-based Center of Excellence in the field with an upcoming fellowship program. She is also Consultant Urogynecologist at Surya Hospital and Global Hospital in Mumbai and the Founder and Director of the Center for Urogynaecology and Pelvic Health, New Delhi.
She is the founder of NGO ARMMAN, which creates scalable mhealth based programs to impact maternal and child health in 21 states of India. Its five programs have reached over 54 million women and their children and trained over 441,000 health workers.
Dr. Hegde is Chair of FIUGA, (the Foundation for International Urogynaecological Assistance) and Chair of Publication Committee of IUGA and member of the Editorial Board of International Urogynaecology Journal. Dr. Hegde is an NIH grantee and has done pioneering work in the field of 2D/3D pelvic floor ultrasound with over 75 abstracts/publications. She is a member of the International Urogynaecology Committee on Prolapse and the 7th International Consultation on Continence. She was awarded the Fellowship of Menopause Society of Sri Lanka for helping develop Urogynaecology in Sri
Lanka (2021).
Dr. Hegde was listed by Fortune Magazine as one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders in 2021 (15th spot), and was awarded the Skoll award for Social Entrepreneurship (2020), the Kenneth Frazier International award for maternal health equity (2023), Elevate Prize (2021), Women Transforming India award by Niti Aayog (2022), ASHOKA Senior Fellowship (2021),
TED Fellowship (2020), WHO Public Health Champion award (2017), British Medical Journal South Asia Award (2018), USAID Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2018), WomanChangeMaker Award (Womanity Foundation, Geneva, 2018), and was one of the five global women leaders featured in the Voice of America documentary, Single Step: Journeys of Women Leaders (2015).
Prof Bruno Deval
France
Prof Bruno Deval has been the head of the Gynaecology Department at Geoffroy Saint Hilaire for the past 11 years. He is a French Gynaecologist and a postgraduate-trained Surgeon with a real interest in surgical technologies and techniques. He chaired the SIG in Laparoscopy for the International Urogynaecologic Association (IUGA) from 2016 to 2020, and cochaired the SIG in Laparoscopy of the International Urogynaecologic Association (IUGA) from 2013 to 2016.
Well-known for innovative work in surgery, he established his interest in reconstructive pelvic surgery while networking at professional meetings within their large following of colleagues nationally and worldwide. He has published almost one hundred scientific articles (PubMed) and delivered presentations and live-surgery cases on Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery throughout Europe, North-Africa, South America and Asia.
A key opinion leader in female pelvic floor disorders and laparoscopic surgery with a large global network, Prof Deval is consulted frequently by major specialty societies, surgical technology development teams and the media for his insights and experience.
Other Faculty
- Dr Jamie Alexander
- Dr Fiona Bach
- Dr Chris Barry
- Dr Lucy Bates
- Dr Jayne Berryman
- Dr Bernadette Brown
- Allison Bryant
- Dr Victoria Buckley
- Dr Frida Carswell
- Catherine Christophorou
- Sue Croft
- Dr Kris Cvach
- Dr Phil Daborn
- Dr Tim Dawson
- Dr Alison De Souza
- Narelle Dickinson
- Alex Diggles
- A/Prof Tanaka Dune
- Dr Niki Dykes
- Dina Fetahagic
- Dr Lauren Ferris
- Dr Zanna Franks
- Dr Chris Gillespie
- Prof Judith Goh
- Dr Deepa Gopinath
- Prof Bernard Haylen
- Dr Peta Higgs
- Dr Kate Hooper
- Dr Andre Joshi
- Dr Kurinji Kannan
- Dr Supuni Kapurubandara
- A/Prof Emmanuel Karantanis
- Dr Debjyoti Karmakar
- Dr Trina Kellar
- Dr Kate Kerridge
- Dr Jenny King
- Prof Hannah Krause
- Dr Todd Ladanchuk
- Kate Lane
- A/Prof Joe Lee
- Dr Xiamin Liang
- Dr Hilary Lingberg
- Prof Chris Maher
- Rhiannon Mason
- Dr Chris McMahon
- Dr Jerome Melon
- Prof Kate Moore
- Dr Alex Mowat
- Dr Susana Mustafa
- Dr Payam Nikjpoor
- Dr Danii Paterson
- Jennifer Rayner
- Dr Amy Reynolds
- Prof Anna Rosamilia
- Dr Shenaz Seedat
- Dr Duncan Shannon
- Dr Ruchi Singh
- Dr Yu Hwee Tan
- Dr Krishanthy Thayalan
- Dr Andrea Warwick
- Dr Mark Wong
- Dr Vivien Wong
- Dr Ellen Yeung
- Dr Chin Yong
- Dr Natharnia Young
- Dr Rebecca Young
UGSA Excellence in Women’s Health
Medical professionals interested in women’s continence and pain management.