justASK with Dr. Heather Quaile

Sexual function and fertility are vital components of a man's overall health; however, many in the LGBTQ community can find it challenging to connect with healthcare providers who understand their needs and experiences.

In this episode, we're talking with Dr. Joshua Gonzalez about his work in becoming one of the nations leading experts in urology and his efforts to expand access to quality care for all patient populations.

About the Speaker
Throughout his career, Joshua Gonzalez, MD has focused on advocating for sexual health and providing improved healthcare to the LGBTQ community.

As a board-certified urologist who is fellowship-trained in Sexual Medicine, Dr. Gonzalez specializes in the management of male and female sexual dysfunctions and treats a variety of common urological conditions including benign prostatic disease, voiding dysfunction, and male infertility.

Visit his website
Follow him on Instagram ,  Facebook and Tik Tok

Additional Resources
POPSTAR Labs Men's Supplements

About the Podcast
#justASK is a healthcare platform that is dedicated to providing evidence-based information by a multidisciplinary team of sexual health experts in order for individuals to make informed and optimal sexual health decisions.


By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this conversation as medical advice to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others, including but not limited to patients that you are treating. Consult a medical professional for any health issues you may be having.

The Institute For Pelvic Health was founded by Melissa Hines, DPT, and Kathy Kates, FNP, as a way to bring a holistic approach to pelvic health in their collaboration and mentoring of clinicians/ PTs and NPs. Today, it is revolutionizing the field of pelvic health by bringing together a community of healthcare providers who are passionate about pelvic health.

Listen as Melissa and Kathy share their vision for wellness and how this unique approach to pelvic health education works so beautifully among a digital network of providers.

Guest Speaker Bios
Melissa is a pelvic floor physical therapist with 8 years of experience and the owner of Wellest Integrative Health. Wellest is the leading interdisciplinary pelvic health clinic in Boston. On her journey to motherhood (she is a new mom!), Melissa saw first hand the disconnect between pelvic health and OBGYN care.

Kathy is a family nurse practitioner and pelvic floor therapist. Kathy’s firsthand knowledge about pelvic health comes from her experience being a mom and as a former cancer patient. Her work is enhanced by over 10  years as a nurse practitioner with a wealth of women’s health experience.

www.instituteforpelvichealth.com
Instagram @instituteforpelvichealth
Institute for Pelvic Health (Linktree)


#justASK is a healthcare platform that is dedicated to providing evidence-based information by a multidisciplinary team of sexual health experts in order for individuals to make informed and optimal sexual health decisions.

In celebration of MOVEMBER, an annual campaign is celebrated to raise awareness of men's health issues such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men's suicide.

This podcast will focus on the work that Family Nurse Practitioner, Nicole Owens, is doing to help male patients navigate their life and sexual health while managing chronic conditions or physical disabilities.

Guest Speaker Bio
Nichole Owens specializes in Urology as a Nurse Practitioner at University of Mississippi Medical Center. In her practice, she focuses on the care of chronic neuro urological conditions such as congenital disorders like spinal bifida and cerebral palsy, as well as patients with multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, brain injury, and stroke. She also treats bladder and pelvic floor dysfunction in both men and women. She is passionate about using a holistic approach to treat these chronic health conditions while striving for the highest quality of life.

#justASK is a healthcare platform that is dedicated to providing evidence-based information by a multidisciplinary team of sexual health experts in order for individuals to make informed and optimal sexual health decisions.

In this episode, we're talking directly with a patient who was born with Congenital Neuroprolifertive Vestibulodynia. Listen as she talks with co-host Dr. Heather Quaile about her personal journey as she experimented with numerous medications and treatments before finding the proper support and therapeutic options to overcome her pain.

Heather Quaile DNP, WHNP-BC, CSC, IF
Dr. Heather Quaile (She/Her/Hers) is a board certified, women’s health nurse practitioner with specialty training in female sexual medicine and vulvoscopy. Trained as a sexual assault nurse examiner and an AASECT certified sex counselor, Dr. Quaile provides sexual health education, information, and personalized counseling to patients of all ages.

View her profile on LinkedIn
Website  www.theshowcenter.com
Instagram  @showcenterdrq
Facebook @theshowcenter


#justASK is a healthcare platform that is dedicated to providing evidence-based information by a multidisciplinary team of sexual health experts in order for individuals to make informed and optimal sexual health decisions.

Ohnut is changing the conversation about pain and discomfort during sex with its unique wearable device that customizes penetration depth during intimacy.

Listen along as we talk with CEO and founder, Emily Sauer about how to use Ohnut products; her personal experience with painful intercourse; and the wonderful wellness resources she has for our listeners!

Guest Speaker Bio
Emily Sauer is a spritely entrepreneur who has always been passionate about creating catalysts that spark human connection. While developing Ohnut (an intimate wearable designed to help women and couples who experience deep dyspareunia) she co- founded the Lady Bits League, founded the Pain Perception Project, and is now launching Pelvic Gym to connect people and professionals f rom all over the sexual and pelvic health world, through education and story.

Connect with Emily on LinkedIn

About Ohnut Co
Ohnut is the revolutionary wearable that allows couples to explore comfortable penetration depths. Available in the United States and 195 countries abroad, the product can be purchased online through the website at Ohnut Co.

Follow @OhnutCo on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter


Additional Resources
Lady Bits League
Pelvic Gym
Pain Perception Project
Just the Tip (blog)


#justASK is a healthcare platform that is dedicated to providing evidence-based information by a multidisciplinary team of sexual health experts in order for individuals to make informed and optimal sexual health decisions.

In this episode, we're joined by Christine Garvin, host of the Hormonally Speaking podcast, for a compelling conversation about gut health and how it can affect your hormones.

The gut is the key to healing hormonal imbalances, yet most of us go through our lives in a constant state of inflammation and dis-ease. Hitting her pain point with a fibroid surgery that nearly killed her, Christine has gone from being in chronic pain to working as a Functional Health Coach that helps connect the dots between gut health and long-term hormone balance.

Listen along for an inside look at what it takes to finally heal your gut from all the causes that might be throwing you off balance.

Guest Speaker Bio
Christine Garvin, MA, NE, RWP is a Functional Health Coach based in Asheville, NC. She weaves together her personal health journey – including a fibroid surgery that nearly killed her – with her training in functional health, nutrition, and hormones to help women heal their gut and achieve hormonal balance. She is the host of the podcast, Hormonally Speaking, works with clients all over the world via Zoom, and offers group programs for gut healing and hormone health.

Website: http://christinegarvin.com
Instagram: @christinegarvin
Podcast: iTunes , Google


#justASK is a healthcare platform that is dedicated to providing evidence-based information by a multidisciplinary team of sexual health experts in order for individuals to make informed and optimal sexual health decisions.

• What is provoked vesibulodynia?
• What treatments are available for this condition?
• Is it possible to heal and enjoy normal activities without pain or discomfort, including sexual gratification?

The answer is YES and board-certified OB/GYN and vulvar pain specialist Dr. Jill Krapf is here to tell us how!

Listen as she gives us the inside scoop for all four general categories of vulvar pain (hormone related, inflammatory, muscular, and neurogenic) and offers valuable information about treatment, managing symptoms, and how to reframe your thinking so you can heal!


Jill M. Krapf MD MEd FACOG IF
Dr. Jill Krapf is a board-certified Obstetrician Gynecologist specializing in female sexual pain disorders at The Center for Vulvovaginal Disorders in Washington, D.C.   She is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The George Washington University. Dr. Krapf is active in research and has published chapters and peer-reviewed articles on vulvodynia and vulvar lichen sclerosus.  She is Associate Editor for the medical journal Sexual Medicine, as well as for the textbook Female Sexual Pain Disorders, 2nd Edition.  She is a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), serving on the Education Committee and the Social Media Committee.

For more from Dr. Krapf, please follow her online at @jillkrapfmd

Treatment & Information
The Centers for Vulvovaginal Disorders - Locations in WashingtonDC and NYC

Additional Reading
When Sex Hurts: A Woman's Guide to Banishing Sexual Pain by Andrew Goldstein, Caroline F. Pukall, and Irwin Goldstein

Mentioned in the Podcast
Vulvovaginal Pathway - can be found at www.vulvodynia.com


#justASK is a healthcare platform that is dedicated to providing evidence-based information by a multidisciplinary team of sexual health experts in order for individuals to make informed and optimal sexual health decisions.

In honor of #PrideMonth, this podcast interview features an in-depth discussion about expanding access and equality in healthcare for transgender patients. Listen as Dr. Andrea L. Braden, MD talks about her work in providing medical services to the transgender community and what she believes is most important to understand when caring for this population.

Guest Speaker Bio

Dr. Andrea Braden is an Ob/Gyn and board-certified lactation specialist who has dedicated her career to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the medical profession. She currently serves as a co-investigator with researchers from the Grady Trauma Project on a 2 NIH-funded studies that seek to understand the ties between trauma exposure and pregnancy outcomes in African-American patients who receive care at Grady Memorial Hospital. Furthermore, Dr. Braden is one of the founding physicians for Grady Memorial Hospital’s Gender Center, a multi-disciplinary clinic that addresses the specific health care needs of the trans population. 

Dr. Braden also acts as a physician mentor and works to help change the way healthcare providers interact with their patients by centering them in care decisions. Her passion comes from first-hand experiences of how difficult it can be for people from underrepresented communities to access quality health care. Dedicated to addressing the problem head-on, she strives to empower individuals and healthcare providers through education, community building, and leadership.

Learn more about the Emory Transgender Clinic in Atlanta, GA.

LinkedIn @andreabradenmd
Also on the web: The Wholehearted Doctor
Facebook  @wholehearteddoctor
Instagram @wholehearteddoctor

#justASK is a healthcare platform that is dedicated to providing evidence-based information by a multidisciplinary team of sexual health experts in order for individuals to make informed and optimal sexual health decisions.

It's time to talk about birth control and STIs.

There are so many misconceptions out there, but we've got the inside scoop from women's health expert, and founder of the Between Tuplips social media community, Emily McNeal, WHNP.

Condoms, pills, IUDs, spermicides, diaphragms, lubrication, dental dams, initiating conversations with partners, getting tested, and slapping the stigma off of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). She's dishing out the latest information that women need to know—and answering the questions that some are too afraid to ask.

Guest Speaker Bio

Emily McNeal, WHNP, is a board-certified nurse practitioner with a specialty in women's health. She obtained her BSN from Belmont University, MS from Georgetown University. In addition to her work as a WHNP, Emily is the curator of Between Tulips (@betweentulips). This fun, educational-only social media community provides its members the scoop on everything they want to know about women's intimate care. 

Emily also serves as a Medical Advisor to The Organic Project (TOP), a women's wellness brand that offers 100% organic, eco-loving tampons and menstrual pads. 

Instagram @betweentulips
LinkedIn Emily McNeal

Also on the web: The Organic Project (TOP)
Facebook  @TOPorganicproject 
Instagram  @toporganicproject

#justASK is a healthcare platform that is dedicated to providing evidence-based information by a multidisciplinary team of sexual health experts in order for individuals to make informed and optimal sexual health decisions.

In this podcast we’re talking with survivor of sexual assault Sophie Pollack, who is sharing her personal experience and advice about how to cope after experiencing a traumatic sexual assault or  domestic violence event.

NOTE: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault and domestic violence. Listener discretion is advised.

A Special Message from our Guest Speaker
"I, Sophie Pollack, am a survivor of sexual assault and domestic violence, which is why I started this grassroots organization. It took me a while to come to terms with wanting to share my story, but I know it would benefit not only me but the survivor community as a whole. I am more than just a survivor. That is not solely who I am. Survivors are more than their past; they are individuals who take their experiences and make a change in the world."

About A Path2Courage
A Path 2 Courage is a grassroots organization based on the idea of building an advocate base for sexual assault survivors. Being an advocate has become a part of my identity and has helped others shape theirs. With the help of this grassroots organization, I am hoping to continue to build a strong advocate base for sexual assault awareness.

Website  www.apath2courage.org
Facebook  Sophie Pollack
Instagram  @apath2courage

#justASK is a healthcare platform that is dedicated to providing evidence-based information by a multidisciplinary team of sexual health experts in order for individuals to make informed and optimal sexual health decisions.