Join Isabella, founder and host of Let's Talk, Period. for an exclusive online panel discussion with thought leaders in the endometriosis and pelvic health space for Endometriosis Awareness Month.
Panelists include;
Dr Mikayla Couch (she/her) | Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Dr Mikayla Couch is an Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar and proud Bundjalung woman who has a keen interest in Endometriosis and Indigenous Women’s Health. She is passionate about making a difference in the lives of people through providing and advocating for excellent medical care. Through her Instagram account @dr.aboriginal.woman, she continually uses her presence online to provide commentary and create change in the pelvic health space. Dr Mikayla is empathetic and strives to provide person centred care through lived experience, suffering from PCOS herself.
Sarah Anderson (she/her) | Pelvic Physiotherapist
Sarah is a Women’s Health Physiotherapist and The Director of Female Physio Co. She completed her Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT) and Bachelor of Exercise Science (BExSc) degrees on the Gold Coast at Bond University. Over the years, Sarah’s soul purpose has been to educate all women about their body. She believes knowledge is power and understands the importance of staying well informed when it comes to choosing the right, individualised healthcare. Sarah’s passion for Pelvic Health began when she was working on the Maternity and Gynaecological wards at Pindara Private Hospital. Sarah was blown away at the information she was learning around the pelvic floor that we simply don’t get taught growing up. Since then, Sarah has undertaken numerous post-graduate courses on Urinary Incontinence, Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Pessary fitting, Advanced Anorectal Dysfunction, Overactive Bladder, Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder (GPPPD) including Provoked Vulvodynia, Vaginismus, Endometriosis, Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain and Diastasis Rectus Abdominis Muscle Rehabilitation post baby.
Dearbhail Ormond (she/her) | Founder + CEO of Frendo app
Dearbhail Ormond is the founder of Frendo - a smartphone app designed to empower endometriosis patients and those suffering with suspected symptoms through advice, support and community. Despite experiencing symptoms and several misdiagnoses since young adulthood, it took medical professionals around the globe over 18 years to provide Dearbhail with an endometriosis diagnosis that would explain the severe pain, erratic sickness and issues she faced, impacting various parts of her life significantly. As a result, she created Frendo as a means to help reduce the diagnosis delay for the 1 in 9 people with periods who will experience the disease in their lifetime, and to create a community for those to share their experiences and seek support from one another, reducing the isolation that so many feel in those years waiting for a diagnosis. Dearbhail has lived in Australia and Ireland before settling down in London. Prior to founding Frendo, she worked for several years in leadership roles within startups, most recently as founding team member of MedTech cancer app, CancerAid and with KPMG Australia’s startup business as Head of Marketing. Dearbhail’s hopes for Frendo are to implement endometriosis screening into schools and third level colleges and universities, reducing the stigma and raising awareness of the disease in order to break the cycle early, improving the time to diagnosis and as a result preventing the progression rate of the disease.
Aegon (he/they) | LGBTQIA+ Advocate + Endo Sufferer
Aegon is a twenty-three years old, part time university student who lives in Canberra. He is a queer, non-binary, trans boy and uses he/they/it pronouns. Aegon is still in the process of obtaining an official diagnosis of endometriosis, after having constant concerns with their menstrual cycle and reproductive system, since fourteen years old. As a trans human, in a “woman focused” medical environment, they’ve come across an incredible amount of transphobia, gaslighting, discomfort and disregard when seeking answers and help for their condition. It is now a passion and a social justice issue, that he holds, to advocate for trans inclusive healthcare, especially in this space. After all, trans inclusive healthcare is life-saving healthcare.