HEATHER ROWLEY
Fort Collins,CO
Summary
Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with 15 years of clinical experience providing high quality, trauma-informed and culturally humble care to diverse patient populations. Licensed independently in 10 states and experienced in telehealth, with abundant experience providing PrEP, doxyPEP, nPEP and contraception counseling. Expanding expertise in women's health and care during perimenopause/menopause. Passion for supporting LGBTQIA+ people, with years of experience providing gender-affirming care to transgender and gender diverse individuals. Skilled at managing the primary care of fragile and complex patients living with multiple chronic conditions. Non-judgmental, harm-reduction approach to substance use disorders, with training in MAT.
Overview
22
22
Certifications
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Provider
Public Health Institute at Denver Health
Denver, CO
08.2022 - 08.2026
- Provided telehealth visits 4-8 hours weekly to expand access to sexual and reproductive care.
- Delivered diagnosis, treatment, and prevention for sexually transmitted infections, including complex syphilis management.
- Conducted contraception counseling and family planning care, including all methods and LARC options at Title X clinic.
- Offered PrEP, PEP, doxyPEP, and injectable PrEP through telehealth to improve access to prevention services.
- Supported survivors of sexual assault and interpersonal violence with non-judgmental, trauma-informed resources and care.
- Precepted residents, fellows, nursing students, and SANE nurses in best practices for sexual health care.
- Developed a hepatitis C treatment protocol for the sexual health clinic using a harm-reduction approach.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Denver University Health and Counseling Center
Denver, CO
08.2021 - 07.2022
- Managed contraception counseling and services, including LARC placement and removal for students.
- Supported LGBTQIA health as team lead, advancing patient-centered counseling and gender-affirming care options.
- Developed in-depth training and mentor DUHCC providers on gender-affirming care conversations and support.
- Led clinic-wide trainings to strengthen the environment for gender diverse students.
- Expanded reproductive and sexual health access through counseling on PrEP, doxyPEP, and nPEP management.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Highland Hospital Adult Medicine
Oakland, CA
06.2016 - 07.2021
- Treated medically complex patients with trauma, addiction, and mental health histories in a county hospital setting.
- Provided trauma-informed gynecological and women’s health care, including MHT, through weekly clinic visits.
- Coordinated controlled medication refills for chronic pain patients while maintaining safe medication oversight.
- Completed accredited 24-hour x-waiver MAT training and supported clinical pharmacy co-visits for high-risk diabetic patients.
- Received forensic medical examiner training for survivors of torture and asylum seekers, including identification of female genital cutting (FGM).
Family Nurse Practitioner
Lyon-Martin Health Services
San Francisco, CA
03.2014 - 05.2016
- Provided comprehensive primary care to women, lesbians, and transgender and genderqueer people at an urban community clinic.
- Managed HIV care, hormone therapy, gynecologic care, and chronic disease treatment.
- Reviewed difficult chronic pain cases in monthly board meetings, contributing clinical judgment to complex treatment decisions.
- Coordinated care for high-acuity patients with outreach teams, hospitals, and external case managers across multiple care settings.
- Precepted NP, PA, and medical students in primary and gender-affirming care while supporting protocol development for a new medication-assisted treatment clinic.
Family Nurse Practitioner
The Institute for Family Health
New York, NY
03.2012 - 01.2014
- Provided primary care at a school-based clinic serving 8 different schools.
- Delivered reproductive and sexual health care, including sexual health assessment, STI diagnosis, and contraception counseling.
- Supported mental health and wellness needs for high-risk adolescents in a school-based setting.
- Served Spanish-speaking and ESL patients, including recent immigrants from diverse international backgrounds.
- Led an interdisciplinary team of nurse practitioners, physicians, social workers, and health educators in adolescent care.
- Precepted nurse practitioner students and medical residents during adolescent medicine rotations.
Triage/Screening Nurse
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
NY, NY
09.2010 - 12.2011
- Performed phone and walk-in triage at community health primary care center focused on the needs of the LGBTQIA+ community. Offered advocacy, referrals, appointments, and patient education.
Education
FNP - with sub-specialty in HIV
Columbia School of Nursing
New York, NY02-2012
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Columbia School of Nursing
New York, NY05-2010
Master of Fine Arts - Photography
California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA05-2003
Bachelor of Arts - Biology
Brown University
Providence, RI05-1997
Skills
- Sexual health assessment
- STI diagnosis & treatment
- Contraception counseling and management
- PrEP, doxyPEP, nPEP management
- Telehealth visits
- Peri-menopause/menopause support and MHT
- Gender-affirming care
- Protocol development
- Clinical preceptorship
- Interprofessional collaboration
Certification
ANCC Certification, FNP-BC
Timeline
Provider
Public Health Institute at Denver Health
08.2022 - 08.2026
Family Nurse Practitioner
Denver University Health and Counseling Center
08.2021 - 07.2022
Family Nurse Practitioner
Highland Hospital Adult Medicine
06.2016 - 07.2021
Family Nurse Practitioner
Lyon-Martin Health Services
03.2014 - 05.2016
Family Nurse Practitioner
The Institute for Family Health
03.2012 - 01.2014
Triage/Screening Nurse
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
09.2010 - 12.2011
Bachelor of Arts - Biology
Brown University
Master of Fine Arts - Photography
California College of the Arts
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Columbia School of Nursing
FNP - with sub-specialty in HIV
Columbia School of Nursing