Who We Are
Our Leadership
National Pelvic Health Collective is guided by leaders who are not only experienced clinicians, but also respected academics, researchers, and mentors in the field of pelvic health physiotherapy.
Their shared passion lies in translating current scientific evidence into strong, practical models of care that improve access, quality, and outcomes for people seeking pelvic health support.
Dr. Sinead Dufour, Chief Clinical Care Officer, and Dr. Nicole Guitar, Director of Training & Compliance, bring together decades of combined experience in clinical practice, education, and research.
In addition to their leadership roles within the Collective, both maintain private practices in pelvic health physiotherapy, ensuring their work remains grounded in real-world client care.
They are deeply committed to building systems that make specialized care more accessible, while maintaining the highest standards of clinical excellence.
As leaders, they foster a culture of ongoing learning, mentorship, and collaboration, supporting our team of clinicians to deliver thoughtful, evidence-based, and client-centered care in a virtual environment.
Dr. Sinead Dufour
An experienced clinician and researcher dedicated to building systems that make specialized care more accessible. Maintains a private practice to ensure leadership remains grounded in real-world client care.
Dr. Sinéad Dufour is an Academic Clinician who shares her time between clinical and academic pursuits.
Academically, Sinéad is an Associate Professor at McMaster University (Canada) and serves as content expert in perinatal care, pelvic health and pain science with the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Her current research interests include conservative approaches to optimize pelvic floor function (including innovative technologies), pregnancy-related pelvic-girdle pain, interprofessional collaborative practice models of service provision to enhance pelvic health and perinatal fitness for elite athletes.
Clinically, Sinéad serves as the Chief Clinical Officer of Compass Rose Pelvic Health, an international virtual physiotherapy company she co-founded, with a mandate to guide clients on their journey to pelvic health creation through a bio-psycho-social-spiritual lens. Sinéad is also a founding partner of The WOMB (World of my Baby) a company with six locations providing Ontarians with optimized perinatal care. Sinéad is a fierce advocate who has and continues to dedicate her time to organizations that aim to improve perinatal care, pain care and pelvic health services including: Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada, Canaidan Society of Pelvic Medicine, Pelvic Academy (APTA), Lansinoh International, and Urospot (Canada & UK).
A clinician, researcher, educator, advocate and mother, Sinéad brings experience, credibility and passion into all of her endeavors and is a well-recognized speaker at conferences around the world.
Relevant Links
IG: @dr.sinead
Dr. Nicole Guitar
Brings decades of combined experience in education and compliance. Committed to maintaining the highest standards of clinical excellence while supporting clinicians in a virtual environment.
Dr. Nicole Guitar integrates clinical practice, research, and education in her work as a physiotherapist and academic.
She is a Research Scientist in the School of Physical Therapy at Western University, where her research examines the role of interdisciplinary healthcare teams in rehabilitation, with particular interests in chronic pelvic pain and the use of physical exercise to prevent or delay cognitive decline.
Dr. Guitar also serves as a clinical instructor for physical therapy students in a virtual pelvic health physiotherapy placement and teaches quantitative research methodology. Her current research explores the effectiveness of virtual pelvic health physiotherapy and the integration of electrical muscle stimulation in the conservative management of pelvic floor muscle dysfunction. She regularly presents her work at national and international forums, including the International Continence Society and the Canadian Society of Pelvic Medicine.
In addition to her PhD and Master of Physical Therapy, Dr. Guitar holds a Master of Science in Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience and an Honours Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She has completed extensive post-graduate training in technologies to support pelvic health, labour and delivery, caesarean birth, pelvic girdle pain, urinary incontinence, pelvic pain, resilience and goal management training, and manual therapy.
Beyond academia, Dr. Guitar works in private practice and is the National Physiotherapy Manager at The National Pelvic Health Collective in Canada and the United Kingdom, where she provides strategic leadership and supports physiotherapists in advancing clinical innovation and evidence-based practice.
Relevant Links
IG: @dr.nicoleguitar
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