GynZone’s panel of clinical experts

Consultant obstetrician, urogynaecologist and researcher. Clinical lead for the OASI Care Bundle Project. Perineal trauma expert and former RCOG and IUGA President.

Kathrine is a physician and PhD student. At the Department of Gynecology, Pregnancy and Birth, she is conducting research as part of the REPAIR study, which investigates healing of grade 2 tears.

Obstetrics & Gynaecology Specialist Registrar | Medical Educator | Clinical Researcher. Her clinical expertise lies in maternal-fetal medicine, intrapartum care, assisted birth, and perinatal medicine.

Malin is a midwife, PhD. She has a special interest in quality improvement and implementation research. She has investigated the effect of two midwives during the second stage of labour.

Cecilia Häggsgård is a Midwife, PhD. Affiliated with Lund University.
Researcher, Midwifery research – reproductive, perinatal and sexual health

Obstetric senior consultant. Teacher of upright breech and intrapartum obstetrics. Educator with Obstetriwise.dk and teaches upright breech birth in several countries.

Associate Professor, Lund University.
MD, Chief Consultant at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Ajman.
Speaker at various conferences.

Researcher and obstetrician Kristine Sönnichsen have presented the results from a randomized trial in Sweden investigating the effect of antibacterial coating of sutures during perineal repair.

Urogynecologist, PhD, Karolinska Pelvic Floor Centre, Department of Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine. She is working as a medical doctor and director at Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden.

Assistant Professor, Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan. Innovator of The Paper Perineum

Doctor Kaven Baeßler is a medical doctor and researcher within pelvic floor health. She is working as a medical director at the Pelvic Floor Center at Franziskus and St.

Doctor Nina Kimmich works as a senior consultant and researcher at the University Hospital in Zurich with a keen interest in the female pelvic floor, birth tears, and biomechanics of birth.

Clinical Midwifery Educator at Northern Health and assisting GynZone in outreach for Australia and New Zealand based midwifery and medical hospitals and education centres.

Sara is a midwife, Perineal Care Specialist, MSc and PhD in Health Sciences and CEO of GynZone. She is also a Serial Entrepreneur and Impact Investor in women’s reproductive health.

Peggy is a midwife, Perineal Care Specialist and GynZone workshop instructor within prevention and treatment of birth injuries. She works as midwife since 1986.

Eva Dimon is a Perineal Care Specialist, Midwife, and Course Creator at GynZone. She brings her expertise from her clinical work as a Danish midwife at Regional Hospital Gødstrup.

Lone is a trained midwife, GynZone instructor, and co-developer of both e-learning and medical simulators for simulation-based training, with particular expertise in secondary repair.

Marianne is an experienced urogynecologist and expert in the field of pelvic floor reconstruction. She is Head of the interdisciplinary Pelvic Floor Unit at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.

Sophia is a researcher, senior consultant and the lead investigator of the ongoing randomized trial in Sweden investigating the effect of lateral episiotomy in vacuum-assisted delivery.

Stefano Salvatore is a professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, head of Urogynaecology. He has been the president of the European Association of Urogynaecology.

Prof. Carlo Ratto works at General Surgery at Catholic University, Rome, Italy. He is the Chief of Proctology Unit at the University Hospital “A. Gemelli”, Rome, Italy. Associate Professor of Surgery.

Kristin is a medical doctor with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Helsingborg Hospital, Sweden; and with the Department of Clinical Sciences at Lund University, Sweden.

Julia is a registered midwife and nurse, professor and researcher with expertise in randomised trials and the use of routine data in maternity research. She is the Chief Investigator of the POOL Study.

Åsa is an experienced midwife and an expert in the use and consequences of intrapartum analgesia. She works as an educator and research midwife at Oslo University Hospital in Norway.

Hanna is a midwife PhD, researcher and assistant professor. She has a focus on water births, the consequences of vacuum extraction, and peer learning, among other topics.

Hanna is a consultant obstetrician, Phd with main research areas within OASI and the mode of delivery in subsequent births. She is co-author of GynZones online course and quiz about OASI.

Hilary is a CNM, CPM, a researcher, instructor and midwifery program director. She has attended approximately 1000 home and birth center births before turning her attention to midwifery education.

Ditte is midwife, PhD, and an expert within research in relation to healing after perineal trauma. She has investigated the function of the pelvic floor during pregnancy and after vaginal birth.

Ulla Due is a physiotherapist, PhD, chairwoman for the Danish Society for Urologic. She is also the professional expert behind GynZone’s popular App: Pelvic Floor Trainer.

Tine Engberg Damsgaard is a professor and a consultant plastic surgeon. She has experience with reconstructive surgeries in the vulva and perinerum. She will share experiences from plastic surgery.

Urogynecologist, PhD. Karl is an experienced urogynecologist and expert in the field of pelvic floor reconstruction and has over 40 years’ experience in anal sphincter reconstruction. 

Dianne is a Midwife since 1983 from Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, England. She explores midwifery from a global perspective, and focus on practice innovation, development and education.

Susanne is an experienced Urogynecologist and expert in the field of urinary incontinence. She works as a Senior Consultant at the Pelvic Floor Unit at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark.

Nicola is a urogynaecology and a clinical research fellow. She works at Croydon University Hospital in UK. She has investigated the healing of dehisced perineal tears by secondary intention.

Li is a midwife, PhD and works as a associate professor at Lunds University in Sweeden. She has investigated possibilities, considerations and limitations within birth positions and risk of tears.

Amani is a medical doctor and postdoc in Safe Choice, where she researches side effects of hormonal contraception. She has made safety in treatment her niche in research.

Nell Tharpe is a certified nurse midwife (CNM) and teaches at Jefferson and Birthwise Midwifery School. She focuses on education, writing, and advocacy for high standards in midwifery care.

Rita is a midwife with a master’s degree in Human Resources Management from UNED (2014). She is a Clinical Simulation Instructor with the PROMPT team and the Simulation Unit of Puerta de Hierro.

Anne Mette is a home birth midwife and the representative for the Home Birth Community on the board of Region Zealand within the Midwifery Union of Denmark.

Jannik Jensen is an intensive care nurse and a leader in sustainable N2O solutions. He has embarked on a career in medical gas, leading nitrous oxide programmes in Scandinavia.

Amalie has knowledge of the birth pool as both a work station and a medical device. She has valuable insights into how we should design water birth pools for optimal comfort.