Built by patients. Growing beyond the app.

Supporting people living with endometriosis through technology, education, workplace programmes, healthcare partnerships and advocacy.

frendo began as a patient-led digital health platform. It has evolved into something much bigger.

frendo combines lived experience, technology, workplace health, research and advocacy to improve outcomes for people living with endometriosis.

Our work now spans:

Digital support and symptom tracking

Workplace programmes

Healthcare partnerships

Research and insights

Policy and advocacy

Hi! I’m Dearbhail, founder
of frendo and fellow person living with endometriosis.

After spending two decades searching for answers before being diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis and adenomyosis, I founded frendo to help ensure others didn't have to navigate the same journey alone.

Since then, frendo has grown from a community-led app into a broader platform supporting patients, employers, healthcare organisations and policymakers working to improve women's health outcomes.

 

What started as one person's experience became a global community.

Today, people use frendo across the world.

Through tens of thousands of symptom and pain-tracking interactions, workplace programmes, research collaborations and healthcare partnerships, we continue to learn directly from the lived experience of those we serve.

Our Impact

50,000+ symptom and pain-tracking interactions

Global community

Workplace programmes delivered with leading employers

Research, healthcare and policy collaborations supporting change

Where we work

Patients

Digital support, education and self-management tools.

Employers

Workplace health programmes and manager education.

Healthcare Organisations

Partnerships that improve patient support and care pathways.

Research & Policy

Using lived experience data and insights to inform change.

Our Team and Advisors

  • A close up photo of Dearbhail Ormond, woman with long brown curled hair wearing a black polo neck, gold hoop earrings and red lipstick

    Dearbhail Ormond

    Founder & CEO

  • Photo of Jean Oliveira, a man in a navy blue suit with short brown hair

    Jean Oliveira

    Chief Revenue Officer

  • Kim Visser

    Head of Communications

  • Dr Suzanne Meenan

    Clinical Psychologist
    Women’s Health Clinical Psychologist

  • Dr Ramiro Carbrera

    Endometriosis Expert & Excision Surgeon
    Angel's hospital London, Institute Doyenne

  • Dr Edgar Mocanu

    Obstetrician & Gynaecology Advisor
    RCSI Dublin, Rotunda Hospital

  • Tea Kane

    Applied Neuroscience Researcher
    Harvard Medical School, Kings College London

  • Eimear McHugh

    CNS Chronic Pain
    Cork University Hospita