Courtney earned her undergraduate nursing degree from Regis University in Denver, Colorado in 2006. Her first job as a nurse was in a busy, urban public health clinic as a Sexual Health RN. She has been passionate about women's and sexual/reproductive health ever since she learned about sexual health nursing. In 2011, she graduated with her MS in nursing (Women's Health Nurse Practitioner) from the University of Colorado and was honored with the "Student Leadership Award" and "Outstanding Pass Award" for her thesis on postpartum psychosis. Additionally, she was also inducted into The Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. In 2011, Courtney launched her career as an NP at one of the nation's most highly ranked and most prestigious Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Courtney has over 10 years of experience in the following women's, sexual, and/or gynecologic subspecialties: complex contraceptive care, vulvar dermatology, diagnosis and management of genital tract abnormalities, pre-cancers, and cancers, management and care of sexual assault survivors, hormone replacement therapy, pelvic pain, STDs, chronic vaginitis, women's mental health, men's sexual medicine, lifestyle counseling, and gynecologic procedures, including colposcopy, for which she is certified through The American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology.
She is an active member of the following organizations and societies: The International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) https://www.isswsh.org, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH) https://npwh.org, American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) https://www.aanp.org, The Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) https://www.smsna.org, and The International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM) https://www.issm.info.
Courtney earned her undergraduate nursing degree from Regis University in Denver, Colorado in 2006. Her first job as a nurse was in a busy, urban public health clinic as a… Licensed to practice in: Minnesota, Nevada, New York