Karen Connor

Karen Connor, PT DPT, PRPC works as a pelvic health clinical specialist at University Hospitals. In addition to her doctorate, she is an OCS emeritus and holds a certification in pelvic floor rehabilitation. She has presented at local universities, community groups and professional organizations on topics including: Physiology of stress, yoga and the pelvic floor, pregnancy, and common pelvic floor dysfunctions. She has presented twice at University Hospitals Female Sexual Health symposium and recently presented at The Menopause Society’s yearly meeting.  A part-time professor at Cleveland State University, she co-authored “Sex in Your Sixties” in 2021. She has served as the Ohio representative and Volunteer Coordinator for the Section on Women’s Health of the American Physical Therapy Association.   She also served as Vice Chair of the NE District of the Ohio Physical Therapy Organization. Her passion is demystifying and normalizing conversations on the pelvic floor and sexual function.