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2025

• March 10, 2025 - St George Clinical Skills Centre Kogarah NSW (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)
  Suitable for Registrars, Consultants and rural GPs.
  For Registration contact: Kylie Fraser at +61 29113 2425 or email to request a registration form: 
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• July 28, 2025 - St George Clinical Skills Centre Kogarah NSW (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)
  Suitable for Registrars, Consultants and rural GPs.
  For Registration contact: Kylie Fraser at +61 29113 2425 or email to request a registration form: 
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2024

• October, 3, 2024 - 23th Congresso Gaúcho de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 
  Curso Prático de Correção de Lacerações Perineais, Porto Alegre - Brasil (Trainer: Lucas Schreiner)

• August 26, 2024 - St George Clinical Skills Centre Kogarah NSW (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)
  Suitable for Registrars, Consultants and rural GPs.
  For Registration contact: Kylie Fraser at +61 29113 2425 or email to request a registration form: 
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• June, 13, 2024 - 56th Congresso de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia do Distrito Federal
  Workshop Laceração Perineal, Brasília - Brasil (Trainer: Lucas Schreiner)
  Information: +55 61 996222865 (phone and whatsapp)

2023

• September 28, 2023 - XXII Congresso Gaúcho de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Porto Alegre, Brazil (Trainer: Lucas Schreiner)
• September 25, 2023 - St George Clinical Skills Centre, St George Hospital, Kogarah, Australia (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)
• March 13, 2023  – St George Clinical Skills Centre, St George Hospital, Kogarah, Australia (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)

2022

• June 14, 2022 - Diagnosis and Repair of 3rd /4th Degree Obstetric Tears, IUGA Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, USA
  (Trainer: Abdul Sultan)
• September 15, 2022 - OASIS Workshop, Congresso Sulbrasileiro de Ginecologia e Obstetricia, Gramado, Brazil
  (Trainer: Lucas Schreiner)

2021

• February 4 , 2021 - Perineal Trauma: Identification and Suturing, Guernsey, UK 
  (Trainer: Kalaivani Ramalingam)
• March 10, 2021 - Perineal Trauma: Identification and Suturing, Guernsey, UK
  (Trainer: Kalaivani Ramalingam)
• August 21, 2021 - OASIS, Sydney, Australia
  (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)
• October 11, 2021 - Perineal Trauma: Identification and Suturing, Guernsey, UK
  (Trainer: Kalaivani Ramalingam)

2020

• March 13, 2020 - Perineal Repair, St. George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
  (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)
• March 27, 2020 – OASIS, St. George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
  (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)
• April 16, 2020 - Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, United Kingdom
  (Trainer: Farah Lone)
• May 13, 2020 - Annual Meeting of the Mexican Urogynecology Association, Obregó Sonora, México
  (Trainer: Edna Cortes)
• August 2020, Dates TBD - Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, National University Hospital, Singapore
  (Trainer: Roy Ng)
• August 28, 2020 - OASIS, St. George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
  (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)
• August 14, 2020 - Perineal Repair, St. George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
  (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)
• October 15, 2020 - Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, United Kingdom
  (Trainer: Farah Lone)
• October 22-24,2020 - Congresso Sulbrasileiro de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
  (Trainer: Lucas Schreiner)

2019

• February 29, 2019 - Saveetha Medical College, Chennai, India (Trainer: Kalaivani Ramalingam)
• March 29, 2019 - OASIS Prevention and Education Workshop, St. George Clinical Skills Centre, Kogarah, NSW (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)
• July 4, 2019 - at IX Simpósio Internacional de Ginecologia, Obstetrícia e Mastologia da PUCRS, Gramado, Brazil (Trainer: Lucas Schreiner)
• October 4, 2019 - OASIS Prevention and Education Workshop, St. George Clinical Skills Centre, Kogarah, NSW (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)

2018

• March 2018 – Pre-RCOG World Congress (Trainer: Roy Ng Kwok Weng)
• April 2018 – Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, United Kingdom (Trainer: Farah Lone)
• May 2018 – Vanuatu (Trainer: Jackie Smalldridge)
• June 2018 – IUGA Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria (Trainers: Abdul Sultan and Ranee Thakar)
• August 2018 – XXI Congresso Gaucho de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Porto Alegre, Brazil (Trainer: Lucas Schreiner)
• October 2018 – Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, United Kingdom (Trainer: Farah Lone)
• November 2018 - Chennai, India (Trainer: Kalaivani Ramalingam)
• November 2018 - Division of Urogynaecology, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology NUH (Trainer: Roy Ng Kwok Weng)

2017

• 2017 – Brisbane, Australia (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)
• January 2017 – Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)
• February 2017 – IMMS Regional General Hospital, Cuernavaca, Mexico (Trainer: Edna Cortes)
• March 2017 – New Zealand (Trainer: Louise Jane Tomlinson)
• March 2017 – 10^th National Urogynaecology Symposium, Kota Bahru, Malaysia (Trainer: Roy Ng Kwok Weng)
•  March 2017 – Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, United Kingdom (Trainer: Farah Lone)
• April 2017 – Mexico (Trainer: Edna Cortes)
• May 2017 – Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)
• May 2017 – IUGA eXchange Program, Shenzen, Quanzhou, China (Trainer: Roy Ng Kwok Weng)
• June 2017 – IUGA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada (Trainers: Abdul Sultan and Ranee Thakar)
• June 2017 – SMUG Annual Scientific Meeting, Mexico (Trainer: Edna Cortes)
• July 2017 – Pacific Society of Reproductive Health Conference, Port Vila, Vanuatu (Trainer: Jackie Smalldridge)
• July 2017 – Department of O&G, Division of Urogynaecology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore (Trainer: Roy Ng Kwok Weng)
• August 2017 - Curso Pré-Congresso Laceração Perineal - XX Congresso Gaucho de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Porto Alegre, Brazil (Trainer: Lucas Schreiner)
• September 2017 – New Zealand (Trainer: Louis Jane Tomlinson)
• September 2017 – IUGA Regional Symposium, Nicaragua (Trainer: Edna Cortes)
• October 2017 – RANZCOG Annual Scientific Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand (Trainer: Louise Jane Tomlinson)
• November 2017 – Jaipur, Rajasthan, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)
• November 2017 – Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)
• December 2017 – Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)

2016

• 2016 – Brisbane, Australia (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)
• February 2016 – URPS 2016 Meeting, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)
• March 2016 – Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, United Kingdom (Trainer: Farah Lone)
• April 2016 – Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (Trainer: Louise Jane Tomlinson)
• April 2016 – Ranchi, Jharkhand, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)
• April 2016 – Institute of Medical Science and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)
• June 2016 – Apia, Samoa (Trainer: Jackie Smalldridge)
• August 2016 – IUGA Annual Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa (Trainers: Abdult Sultan and Ranee Thakar)
• August 2016 – Nagpur, Maharashtra, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)
• August 2016 – Hospital Materno Infantil Inguaran, Mexico City, Mexico (Trainer: Edna Cortes)
• August 2016 – Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad, Monterrey, Mexico (Trainer, Edna Cortes)
• October 2016 – Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, United Kingdom (Trainer: Farah Lone)
• October 2016 – Naval Hospital, Mexico (Trainer: Edna Cortes)
• November 2016 – Gorakahpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswa

2015

• 2015 – Fiji (Trainer: Louise Jane Tomlinson)
• 2015 – Brisbane, Australia (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)
• January 2015 – Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)
• January 2015 – Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)
• March 2015 – Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, United Kingdom (Trainer: Farah Lone)
• June 2015 – IUGA Annual Meeting, Nice, France (Trainers: Abdul Sultan and Ranee Thakar)
• September 2015 – RANZCOG Annual Scientific Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand (Trainer: Jackie Smalldridge)
• October 2015 – Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, United Kingdom (Trainer: Farah Lone)

2014

• 2014 – Queenstown, New Zealand (Trainer: Louise Jane Tomlinson)
• 2014 – Brisbane, Australia (Trainer: Emmanuel Karantanis)
• March 2014 – Auckland, New Zealand (Trainers: Jackie Smalldridge and Louise Jane Tomlinson)
• March 2014 – Trivandrum Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)
• July 2014 – IUGA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA (Trainers: Abdul Sultan and Ranee Thakar)
• October 2014 – Auckland, New Zealand (Trainers: Jackie Smalldridge and Louise Jane Tomlinson)
• October 2014 – Cuttack, Odisha, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)

2013

• May 2013 – IUGA Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland (Trainers: Abdul Sultan and Ranee Thakar)
• July 2013 – Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)
• August 2013 – VHS Voluntary Health Services, Chennai, Tamil Nadul, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)
• October 2013 – Auckland, New Zealand (Trainers: Jackie Smalldridge and Louise Jane Tomlinson)
• October 2013 – Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)
• November 2013 – Amritsar, Punjab, India (Trainer: Natarajan Rajamaheswari)

2012

• August 2012 – IUGA Annual Meeting, Brisbane, Australia (Trainers: Abdul Sultan and Ranee Thakar

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Guidance for the management of urogynecological conditions during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Information for healthcare professionals

This document provides a framework for the management of women with common urogynecological conditions during the current pandemic, which has resulted in a reduction in urogynecological services.

It provides guidance for contingency planning for individual health care practitioners, to mitigate the effects of reductions in human interactions and physical resources on your service acknowledging that practices and therapies may vary in different countries. During the pandemic, we understand that doctors and allied health professionals such as physiotherapists and nurses, may need to depart from their usual practice and apply their professional judgement to make the best use of the resources available to them. This guidance provides a framework for decision making and you should continue to follow it as far as you can, using your professional judgment to apply it to the situations you face.

This is an active document (last update: August 16, 2021 at 12:50 GMT and we welcome feedback via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Objectives:

1. To reduce the risk of person to person (horizontal) transmission of the virus SARS-CoV-2 in urogynecology patients
2. To make the best use of very limited human interactions and physical resources.

From June 21 to 24, 2023, we will host our 48th Annual Meeting at the World Forum in The Hague, The Netherlands

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