SUMMIT OBJECTIVES
MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE 2025 MEN’S PELVIC HEALTH SUMMIT
The Main Objective of The 2025 Men’s Pelvic Health Summit is to Equip Healthcare Providers With Inclusive, Evidence-Informed Strategies For Assessing and Treating Pelvic and Sexual Health Concerns in Men.
INDIVIDUAL SESSION OBJECTIVES
The Lowdown on Low T: Diagnosing and Treating Hypogonadism
Objectives:
2. Understanding the risks and benefits of taking testosterone replacement therapy including a highlight of the recent TRAVERSE trial
3. Understanding the options men have to take TRT
Speaker: Dr. Justin Dubin, MD
Erotic Embodiment For Penis Pleasure
Objectives:
1. Participants will practice exercises to bring awareness to sexually pleasurable sensations in genital area.
2. Participants will be able to discuss specific techniques bring them pleasure with a partner
Speaker: Dr. Kathryn Ellis, OTD, OTR/L, CSOT, FAOTA
Sex-Positive Informed Mental Health For Pelvic Health Providers
Objectives:
1. How to identify and navigate common mental and sexual health concerns in the therapeutic spaceHow to set boundaries as a clinician to address sexual ambiguity or other interpersonal concerns
Speaker: Dr. Courtney Fraser, LPC, PhD
Clinical Anodyspareunia: When Receptive Anal Intercourse is Problematic
Objectives:
1. Describe the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and evaluation of patients experiencing pain or dysfunction during receptive anal intercourse (clinical anodyspareunia).
2. Apply a patient-centered approach to managing clinical anodyspareunia, including medical, surgical, and psychosocial considerations tailored to LGBTQ+ populations
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Gaither, MD, MAS
Beyond Survival: Tackling Pelvic Health Concerns in Men After Cancer
Objectives:
1. Highlight the common but often overlooked pelvic health symptoms men face after cancer treatment
2. Promote open dialogue and collaboration among healthcare providers, patients, and the public to address men’s pelvic health needs along the cancer continuum
Speaker: Dr. Alexandra Hill, PT, DPT, OnCS, WCS, CLT-LANA
Holding Arousal Without Fear: A New Skillset For Providers
Objectives:
1. Help providers become more comfortable and confident when male arousal is present, by understanding how their own internal state shapes the clinical environment.
2. Introduce power-aware frameworks and oxytocin-based tools that support clear leadership, reduce fear, and expand therapeutic range—especially for female practitioners.
Speaker: Erica Leroye, M.Ed
Restoring Intimacy: Effective Clinical Interventions for Men's Sexual Recovery After Prostate Cancer
Objectives:
1. To equip particpants with evidence-based strategies for effectively addressing sexual dysfunctions in men following prostate cancer treatment, emphasizing biopsychosocial models that foster holistic sexual rehabilitation.
2. To provide actionable therapeutic interventions that clinicians can immediately apply, facilitating meaningful conversations around intimacy, improving sexual confidence, and helping patients and their partners navigate and adjust to post-treatment sexual changes.
Speaker: Dr. Nazanin Moali, PhD, CST
Male Sexual Desire
Objectives:
1.Give an overview of gender specific characteristics of sexual desire (not limited to men). Reflect on biopsychosocial elements affecting sexual desire and applying a sex-positive approach to it.
Speaker: Dr. Filippo Maria Nimbi, PhD
Expanding the Context of Men’s Health to Transmasculine and Transfeminine Individuals
Objectives:
1. Recognize that the context of gender identity and configuration of genital anatomy are important and operate on a spectrum. (Intersection of cultural safety as a practitioner, social constructs of gender and function of anatomical structures)
2. Trans men are men and Transfemme folks may have penises and/or prostates: we can be advocates for screening, we must understand how hormones interact to change anatomy/physiology and validate what folks call their own anatomy and how they use it.
Speaker: Dr. Laura Ross, PT, DPT, PRPC
Gut Check: How Food, Stress, and Pelvic Pain Keep You Stuck & What to Do About It
Objectives:
1. Explore how food and stress contribute to nervous system dysregulation and pelvic pain in men, including symptoms like constipation, bloating, urgency, and sexual dysfunction.
2. Obtain practical, evidence-informed strategies to support pelvic health through nutrition and lifestyle—focusing on safety, nervous system regulation, and performance
Speaker: Dr. Jason Stevens, RDN, DCN
Current Recommendations For The Treatment of Male Pelvic Pain
Objectives:
1. List current best evidence for the treatment of male pelvic pain.
2. Construct a plan of care and treatment pathway based on new understanding of tools and outcome measures.
Speaker: Dr. Rachel Worman, PT, DPT, PhD
GUIDED LIVE MODEL LAB OBJECTIVES
Guided Live Model Lab 1: Treating Ejaculatory Pain
Objectives:
1. Identify at least two biopsychosocial contributors to ejaculatory pain: including musculoskeletal, neural, and behavioral factors.
2. Demonstrate confidence in applying at least one evidence-informed treatment approach(e.g., manual therapy, neuromuscular retraining, or behavioral strategies) to address ejaculatory pain in a clinical setting.
Speaker: Dr. Susie Gronski, PT, DPT
Guided Live Model Lab 2: Treating Penile Pain
Objectives:
1. Identify at least two biopsychosocial contributors to penile pain: including musculoskeletal, neural, and behavioral factors.
2. Demonstrate confidence in applying at least one evidence-informed treatment approach(e.g., manual therapy, neuromuscular retraining, or behavioral strategies) to address penile pain in a clinical setting.
Speaker: Dr. Susie Gronski, PT, DPT
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