International Presenters

UGSA International Presenters

Professor Swati Jha
University of Sheffield, UK

Professor Jha is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Subspecialist In Urogynaecology working at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK. She also holds an Honorary Chair at the University of Sheffield.ย  ย She has served as Past President of the BSUG (British Society of Urogynaecology) and currently serves on RCOG Council whilst being Spokesperson to the RCOGย  for Media enquiries related to pelvic floor health.

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She is on the Editorial Board for The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (TOG) and Best Practice in O and G and Leads several services including the Sheffield Urogynaecology service, Sheffield Mesh Complication service, Paediatric Adolescent Gynaecology, Perineal Trauma Service and is the Director for the Sheffield Perineal Repair Course.

She holds multiple Grants and is currently supervising MD and MPhil students. She has over 200 medline indexed publications, 20 book chapters has authored 4 books with the 5th in press.

Prof Geoffrey Cundiff
British Columbia, Canda

Professor Geoff Cundiff is an avid teacher, especially dedicated to surgical education, including coaching for postgraduate learners and practicing physicians. He is a research scientist at the Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes and the Womenโ€™s Health Research Institute. His research interests focus on pelvic floor disorders, surgical education, preventing obstetrical trauma, and patient reported outcomes.

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He is is a longstanding contributor to the medical literature with more than 15,000 citations, 6 books, and more than 200 peer reviewed publications, and has led several multi-centered randomized trials. Recently, he cofounded a startup, Amara Therapeutics to develop digital treatments for pelvic floor disorders.

Danielle Antosh, MD
Texas, USA

Danielle Antosh is the Division Director of Urogynecology at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.ย  She started the first ACGME accredited Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery Fellowship in the Houston area in 2016. She is passionate about resident and fellow education and holds Associate Professor faculty appointments at Texas A&M College of Medicine and Weill Cornell Medical College

She is the medical director of the Methodist Center for Restorative Pelvic Medicine, a multi-disciplinary care center for patients with pelvic floor disorders and complex pelvic pathology. Her research interests include female sexual dysfunction in patients with pelvic floor disorders, pelvic organ prolapse surgical outcomes, and healthcare disparities.ย 

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Cheryl Iglesia, MD
Washington, USA

Cheryl is the Director of the Section of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Director of the National Center for Advanced Pelvic Surgery (NCAPS) at MedStar Health, an internationally renowned center that combines urogynecology and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. She is also Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Urology at Georgetown University School of Medicine.

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