Ashlyn Smith is a board-certified Physician Associate, Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of PAs, and a certified Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Coach with 14 years of clinical expertise and over a decade of commitment to medical education. Ashlyn is the owner, educator, and clinician at ELM Endocrinology & Lifestyle Medicine, PLLC, a telehealth-based specialty practice focused on expanding access to high-quality, endocrine care and education with the whole-health approach embodied by the specialty principles of lifestyle medicine. She also co-launched the Independent PA Collective, supporting PAs in starting and scaling innovative, independent healthcare and other PA-led ventures.

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Jessica Bell is a board-certified physician assistant specializing in urogynecology and sexual medicine in Corvallis, Oregon. She is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner (MSCP) and Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health ISSWSH (IF). She is also a Healthy at Every Size (HAES) registered practitioner. She works in the clinic and as a surgical extender in the operating room. Her clinic practice includes evaluating and treating patients for female sexual pain, including vulvodynia, lichen sclerosus and hormonal tissue changes. She also sees patients for pelvic floor dysfunction, pelvic organ prolapses, incontinence and bladder pain. Her expertise includes treating hormonal symptoms during the menopause transition. Female sexual medicine concerns are addressed from a biopsychosocial approach and treatment plans always include education. She is a LGBTQIA+, kink-positive and a trauma-informed provider. She prides herself on taking the time to educate patients on her evaluation and treatment plan so they can be a partner in their own care. The whole person approach is important, and she works closely with her patients’ PCPs, specialists and pelvic floor physical therapists. Special interests include partnering with cancer survivors regarding their sexual health and cancer journey.

Vanessa Smith is a physician associate with over 16 years of experience in Orthopedic Hand Surgery. She started her journey in healthcare when she completed her bachelor’s degree in athletic training at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. Following PA school at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, IL she worked at a Level 1 Trauma Center in St. Paul, MN. For the past 14 years she has continued her work in Hand Surgery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.