Dr. Heather Quaile is a women’s health nurse practitioner and has been working in all aspects of women’s healthcare for over 17 years caring for women of all ages across the health-illness continuum. Heather received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Loyola University in Maryland and second Bachelors in Nursing from the University of Central Oklahoma. She went on to receive her Masters in Nursing with Honors, with a specialty in Women’s Health from Vanderbilt University. She completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice at Chatham University. She is NCC board certified in Women’s Health and licensed by the Georgia Board of Nursing.

She has held roles in clinical practice and academia and is current faculty at Emory University in the women’s health nurse practitioner masters program. She is also serving to improve legislation in women’s healthcare as a GA state, nurse legislative liaison working with the Georgia Coalition of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses. She is a peer editor for the journals, Women’s Healthcare: A Clinical Journal for Nurse Practitioners as well as AWHONN Nursing for Women’s Health. She is also on the educational committee for Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health.

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

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Tara Thompson is a pharmacist and patient advocate in the field of sexual health. She recognized the lack of pharmacist education, as the drug experts, in the field of sexual medicine and knew she could make a difference. She created her website, as well as her Facebook and Instagram pages with the same name, in order to bring education to the public surrounding sexual medicine and the drugs involved in a patient’s pathway of care. Her passion is advocating for, collaborating with, counseling, and educating patients and providers alike about men’s and women’s sexual health conditions ranging from vulvodynia and interstitial cystitis to erectile dysfunction and Peyronie’s disease. Tara has been a practicing compounding pharmacist for 8 years in the field of sexual medicine, developing and designing pharmaceutical drug combinations for various sexual health conditions. She collaborates with providers nationwide who practice sexual medicine. 

Tara co-developed an advocacy panel called “justASK!” which hosts different sexual health experts on a monthly basis to encourage patients to ask any questions surrounding sexual health. She is a supporter of the LGBTQ community and also an advocate of mental health and the fight against sexual trauma and trafficking. Tara is currently researching and gathering evidence for drug treatment protocols in the field of transgender medicine. As a pharmacist, Tara feels like she brings another element of care to the healthcare team, in terms of drug decisions, strengths, and dosing. In her spare time, she love to cheer on the Atlanta Braves, kayak the Etowah River, and build forts with her kids.

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers