Clinical Assistant Professor

Rory Meyers College of Nursing

New York University

Laurie S. Jeffers, DNP FNP-BC, is a clinical assistant professor at Rory Meyers College of Nursing at New York University. Her areas of specialization include adolescent health, midlife health of women, hormone treatment and female sexual issues. She has been a board-certified family nurse practitioner since 1998 and a specialist in women's health for the last 20 years.

Prior to her faculty position at NYU, Dr. Jeffers ran her own independent practice, Well Woman Care, LLC, serving the needs of women along the lifespan in her New Jersey community for 13 years. In 2014 she created the first women's health course for graduate students in the FNP program at NYU. She has also taught in the FNP program at Duke University and lectured extensively throughout the greater NJ/NY area on women's health issues to community women and health professionals.

Jeffers earned both her DNP and BSN at Duke University. Her doctoral research focused on a quality improvement project for midlife women experiencing menopausal symptoms.

Dr. Jeffers continues to see patients in clinical practice on a regular basis and is active in the North American Menopause Society and is a member of NPWH (Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health).