Katherine Sowden is a gynaecologist in private practice at Ormiston Specialist Centre, Franklin Specialist Centre and the MacMurray Centre. She is a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRANZCOG). Katherine is passionate about women's health and the delivery of patient focused care. In addition to her private practice she has also been a consultant gynaecologist at Counties Manukau Health since 2004 and is currently the Clinical Leader of Gynaecology there. Katherine enjoys the practical teaching of specialist RANZGOG trainees and is involved in the oversight of guideline development and clinical audit.
Katherine provides a wide range of general gynaecology services including :
- colposcopy,
- vulvoscopy,
- hysteroscopy and menstrual management,
- laparoscopy including laparoscopic hysterectomy,
- open gynaecological surgery.
What is Gynaecology?
Gynaecology is the area of medicine that deals with health issues and conditions that are specific to women. This generally includes the female reproductive organs and genitalia. The reproductive organs consist of the ovaries that release an egg every month, the fallopian tubes that lead from the ovaries, the uterus (womb), which is where a baby will grow if the egg is fertilised during sexual intercourse, the cervix (opening of the uterus) and the vagina.
