Brooke Faught, DNP, WHNP-BC, NCMP, FAANP, IF
Meet Brooke
Brooke Faught is a board-certified, women’s-health nurse practitioner with specialty training in female sexual and pelvic floor medicine, urology, and vulvoscopy. She earned her undergraduate degree at The Ohio State University, her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) at the University of Pennsylvania, and her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) at Vanderbilt University where she studied social boundaries in young-adult females with Down Syndrome as a foundation for sexuality education.
In 2005, Brooke Faught developed and implemented the Women’s Institute for Sexual Health (WISH) as a division of Urology Associates in Nashville, Tennessee. She currently functions as the Director of WISH. She has been a member of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH) since 2005. In 2012, she gained designation as a Fellow of ISSWSH and she currently serves as Secretary on the ISSWSH Executive Board of Directors. She also served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) from 2012 to 2017 including two years as Treasurer on the Executive Committee. Brooke maintains an adjunct faculty position at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She also serves as faculty and a planning committee member for the annual NPWH/ISSWSH Sexual Health and Vulvoscopy Course for Nurse Practitioners.
Brooke is widely published in the field of women’s sexual and pelvic health and she is involved in various areas of research.
She regularly lectures to local, national, and international audiences and she is frequently invited to provide her expert opinion to various media outlets. In June of 2015, Dr. Faught lobbied congressman and representatives on Capitol Hill prior to testifying at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hearing on flibanserin, the first-ever FDA-approved medication for Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD). Professional awards include the William Oxley Thompson Award for early career achievement and Alumni Transformers in Nursing and Healthcare through the Ohio State University Alumni Association, the Recent Alumni Award for Clinical Excellence from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, the Nashville Business Journal (NBJ) 40 Under 40 award and the NBJ Women of Influence Award. She has been a practicing Nurse Practitioner since 2003 and the Clinical Director of the Women’s Institute for Sexual Health (WISH) since 2005.
Patient Reviews
I had been recommended to Dr. Faught years ago by a client. Out of frustration from my gyno I decided to make an appointment with her. Faught takes her time to get to the root of the problem and actually has solutions. I loved my gyno but I have been through with childbearing years ...years ago. I needed help with what all of us women go through. Faught spends the time needed. I will refer her to every single woman in need of her type of expertise. The cherry on top is that she's hilarious and her staff is very kind. That says a lot about her as well.
Dr. Faught is a good listener! She made me feel understood and offered solutions to intimate problems and concerns that several other women’s physicians I’ve been to have either not understood or did offer any products or resources. I wish this was the standard for all women’s care across the country. I am definitely going to refer my friends to her if they are experiencing similar issues.
I have been seeing Dr. Faught for the past several years. She is a wonderful passionate and caring person. She has great bedside manners and makes sure that you as the patient understands everything she is telling you in complete details. I will not go to another doctor but her for my issues involving these issues.
Areas of Specialty
- Low Libido in Women
- Low Testosterone
- Overactive Bladder
- Pelvic Pain in Women
- Hormone Replacement
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Getting to Know Brooke
In her spare time, Brooke enjoys spending time with her family, which includes her husband, Jonathan, her three daughters, Clara, Lily, and Elle, and her big, spoiled dog, Willie. She enjoys traveling the globe, yoga, running, and pretty much anything that involves adrenaline. She is also very involved in the special needs community.
A Quote From Brooke
“I am passionate about enriching women’s lives by enhancing sexual and pelvic health. I feel empowered as a woman to know that there are answers to some of the most difficult and sensitive women’s health questions and that I am able to share this information with my patients.”
Other Involvements
- Director, Women’s Institute for Sexual Health (WISH)
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
- Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
- International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease, North American Chapter (ISSVD)
- International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH; Fellow, Secretary)
- International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM)
- Interstitial Cystitis Association (ICA)
- Middle Tennessee Advanced Practice Nurses (MTAPN)
- Tennessee Alliance for Sexual Health (TNASH)
- National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH; Past Treasurer)
- National Vulvodynia Association (NVA)
- North American Menopause Society (NAMS; Certified Menopause Practitioner)