Signey Olson, DNP, CNM, WHNP-BC, FACNM (pronouns: they/she) is an Assistant Professor in Georgetown's Nurse-Midwifery/Women's Health Nurse Practitioner and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Programs. She is based in Washington, D.C. and has been actively teaching with GU since 2017. Dr. Olson's educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science & Community Development and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The College of St. Scholastica in Minnesota. She then completed her Masters of Nursing for Nurse-Midwifery and WHNP through Frontier Nursing University and George Washington University Hospital and her Doctorate of Nursing Practice through Frontier Nursing University.
They have spent their career working in reproductive endocrinology, fertility, IVF, and complex gynecology. Clinically, their focus includes the impact of trauma on the body, improving care for patients with disordered eating patterns, and working to dismantle the far-reaching negative effects of weight and size stigma in the healthcare setting. She stays active in her professional community by helping develop national curriculum guidelines on gender-affirming hormones and weight-inclusive care for healthcare education programs. They coauthored the novel chapter Gender-Affirming Care in Varney's Midwifery (7th ed.) and are a chapter coauthor in other high-impact textbooks such as Prenatal and Postnatal Care: A Person-centered Approach (3rd ed.) and Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery & Women’s Health (6th ed.). Dr. Olson is a Fellow and active member of ACNM as well as an active member of NPWH, WPATH, and ASRM. She stays active in her professional community by helping develop national curriculum guidelines on gender-affirming hormones and weight-inclusive care for medical education programs.
Dr. Olson is a passionate educator and clinician committed to providing evidence-based gynecological and fertility care to people of all backgrounds in an individualized and culturally responsive environment, with a focus on members of the LGBTQIA+ community. She believes in helping students feel empowered about their educational process by providing a strong foundation of curiosity. She welcomes open, collaborative discussion between herself and her students and believes that healthcare must be taught as a partnership between provider and patient.