- Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- VIRTUAL
Drs. Heather Howard and Matthew Ziegelmann are going to discuss a team-based approach to evaluating and treating patients (and couples) with Peyronie’s Disease.
THIS IS A FREE WEBINAR!
The Center for Sexual Health & Rehabilitation
Heather S. Howard, PhD is a board certified sexologist and Mind-Body Health Facilitator. She founded the Center for Sexual Health and Rehabilitation to help clients meet their sexual and intimate goals, and developed the Ergoerotics® process to promote comfortable pleasure.
In addition to her private practice work as a sexuality counselor, she serves as faculty in the Sex Therapy and Education Certificate program and former adjunct professor in the Human Sexuality PhD program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco. Heather creates video courses to help patients with chronic health conditions to find comfortable pleasure, as well as a library of ergonomic sexual positions to assist health care providers with making clinical recommendations to patients. She also conducted funded research entitled "A Culturally-Informed Educational Program to Promote Sexual Health and Well-Being Among Refugee Women."
She is the current treasurer and former Membership Committee chair, Membership Outreach Committee chair and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee co-chair of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH), a reviewer for the Journal of Sexual Medicine, and a CE Provider for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT). She is formerly a clinical skills instructor for the Stanford School of Medicine Obstetrics & Gynecology Department and for the Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute.
She offers classes and workshops for individuals and couples seeking sexual enrichment, support, and/ or recovery from sexual pain conditions, as well as educational programs to provide health care providers with tools to support the sexual challenges their clients face. She also conducts pleasure education workshops for private groups and is available for public speaking engagements.
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Dr. Matthew Ziegelmann is a Urologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN who specializes in surgical treatments for male sexual dysfunction including penile implants and Peyronie's Disease correction. He received his bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) in Economics at North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND. He then went on to obtain his medical degree (M.D.) from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN. During his medical school training he was inducted in the Alpha Omega Alpha and Gold Humanism Honor societies. He completed a residency in urology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN followed by sub-specialty training in male sexual dysfunction at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL. He is an active member of the American Urological Association and a board member of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America. He has published extensively in male sexual dysfunction and speaks nationally on topics related to male sexual dysfunction and other urologic conditions. In addition to his clinical and research practices, Dr. Ziegelmann is also actively involved in medical school education and directs the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Reproductive and Genitourinary Health curriculum.