Lindsay Felker,
ARNP-CNM
Aloha! I’m Lindsay Felker, a doctoral prepared Certified Nurse-Midwife and women’s health provider caring for women and teens from pre-puberty through menopause and beyond. With more than 21 years in women’s health, I have had the privilege of caring for women through many of the transitions that shape their health and quality of life. Perimenopause, menopause, hormonal health, and sexual health are particular areas of focus for me, while my overall approach remains centered on caring for the whole woman at every stage of life.
I believe you when you tell me something does not feel right. I want to understand why you are here, what has changed, and how it is affecting your life. I dig deeper rather than simply treating a symptom or laboratory value. My goal is to understand what may be contributing to your concerns and work with you to develop an individualized path forward.
Sexual health is an important focus of my practice because it is an essential part of overall health and quality of life. Concerns with desire, arousal, orgasm, comfort, sensation, vulvar and vaginal health, intimacy, or sexual function deserve thoughtful evaluation and treatment. I want women to have a place where these concerns can be discussed openly, comfortably, and without judgment.
I spent much of my career serving women and families as an Army Nurse Corps officer before retiring from the military. One of the experiences that has most profoundly shaped the way I care for others, however, was becoming the mother of a micro-preemie. Despite my years of experience in healthcare, I suddenly found myself in the vulnerable position of being the parent and the patient, depending on others to listen, communicate, and help me navigate uncertainty. That experience gave me a different understanding of what it means to truly feel heard and cared for, and it continues to influence how I approach every patient today.
My approach combines evidence-based medicine with complementary and alternative strategies. I consider how hormones, metabolic health, nutrition, movement, sleep, emotional well-being, medications, lifestyle, and sexual health may be interconnected. I am interested not only in treating what is happening now, but in understanding why it is happening. Prevention is equally important. I want to identify risks early and help you protect your cardiovascular, metabolic, bone, cognitive, pelvic, reproductive, and sexual health so you can truly maximize your health and quality of life.
Outside of healthcare, I am a wife and mother of four. My husband is a firefighter locally and my child range in age from 3-19. We love traveling, being outside, and spending time together. My experiences as a wife, mother, veteran, and woman navigating my own transitions through midlife give me a very personal appreciation for how health affects every part of our lives.
Ultimately, I want you to feel heard, understand your body, and be an active participant in your healthcare. I want us to look beyond simply managing symptoms and develop a plan that supports the healthiest and most fulfilling version of you throughout every stage of life.
What I Treat/Can Offer:
- Annual Well-Woman Exams & Preventive Care: Including breast exams, pap smears, and preventative health
- Perimenopause & Menopause Care: Symptom evaluation, hormone therapy, non-hormonal treatment options, and long-term health optimization, Dietary Recommendations for different phases of life
- Sexual Health Concerns: Low or changing desire, difficulty with arousal, difficulty or inability to orgasm, changes in orgasm, painful intercourse, decreased genital sensation & changes in lubrication
- PMOS/PCOS Assessment & Treatment: Menstrual, hormonal, metabolic, fertility, and lifestyle recommendations
- Vaginal & Vulvar Health Concerns: Vaginal dryness, burning, irritation, recurrent vaginal infections, recurrent urinary concerns, and vulvar skin changes
- Abnormal Uterine Bleeding Evaluation & Endometrial Biopsy
- All Forms of Contraception Including IUD and Nexplanon insertion and removal
- Infertility Assessment & Treatment
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse Evaluation & Management
- STI Screening & Treatment
