Member since March 2026
Dr. Lynsey Johnson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C is an award winning PCOS expert, innovator, speaker, and business leader named Top 3 Women Changing the Future of Healthcare by Ignite in 2025. Innovations include the PCOS Sisters's Telehealth PCOS Metabolic Weight Loss Program ™ backed by an early program evaluation study in collaboration with Emory University School of Nursing, entitled “Weight loss effects of semaglutide in combination with lifestyle changes in obese PCOS patients utilizing a telehealth care delivery model”. She has also developed a PCOS Screening Tool for integration into healthcare systems and patient self assessment. She currently serves as an Emory University Community Research Partner, Adjunct Professor, DNP Student Research Committee Member, and Mentor for DNP students.
Dr. Lynsey Johnson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C founded PCOS Sisters Telehealth Clinic to help women like herself who have suffered lifelong with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), while struggling to find a healthcare provider who understood the condition. PCOS Sisters Telehealth Clinic was established with the goal to diagnose and treat women with PCOS across the United States utilizing the latest evidence based practice methods. Telehealth has provided the means to reach women from the comfort of their own home, no matter where they are located. The PCOS Sisters' treatment plan is achieved through expert diagnostic labs, metabolic optimization, medical management of symptoms, and empowerment of PCOS women through community support.
Health Expertise
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
Family practice
Obesity medicine
Hormonal management
Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Augusta University
Additional training and clinical work at University of Florida and Emory University
Psychology, Biology, and Nursing (BSN, BSB, BS-Triple Majors) from Georgia Southern University
Affiliation
Emory University School of Nursing
American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
Obesity Medicine Association
Endocrine Society
Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C)
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and women's health. PCOS affects 10-20% of all women globally and has a 70% misdiagnosis rate to this day! Knowing PCOS Sisters Telehealth has delivered care to so many women that would otherwise never be diagnosed and likely misdiagnosed or suffering for years to receive a diagnosis. It takes on average 3 different doctors and over 2 years to receive a diagnosis for a hormonal condition that often results in obesity, infertility, and diabetes contributing to an 8 billion dollar annual financial burden in the U.S alone.
Watching just how far we have come considering women were not required to be included in research studies until 1993! Realizing that the changes we as women have fought for in the past decade of women's healthcare will be remembered in history and PCOS Sisters was part of these changes that have improved the lives of women from now into the future of modern medicine.
Personal Lived experience of "medical gaslightling": When I first started showing signs of PCOS, I was ignored and told nothing was wrong even though I was experiencing scalp hair balding, cystic acne, and facial hair at age 18. I was told PCOS only happens to obese women so you cannot have it or even if you have PCOS its a fertility issue and you aren't having kids now so come back when you want to get pregnant. Women's health in the early 2000s was very much focused around your ability to reproduce and nothing more. We now know half of women with PCOS develop diabetes by age 40, PCOS is the #1 cause for infertility, we have 19% increased risk for cardiovascular event, and 80% of us are overweight or obese. Its not just a matter of pregnancy....PCOS effects our quality of life.
I struggled with PCOS myself throughout my 20s unable to find anyone who would even test a young girls hormones much less knew how to treat PCOS. Flash forward nearly 10 years later and I realized women were still being ignored and experiencing "medical gaslighting" by their doctors telling them there was nothing wrong. During the pandemic, I started utilizing telehealth and realized wow telehealth can really help women with PCOS that are waitlisted 6 months and traveling hours to see a PCOS Specialist. I founded PCOS Sisters Telehealth Clinic & Wellness Center in 2022 and expanded from Florida to 11 states by 2025, still growing every year! Women with PCOS now have same day visits and lab diagnosis with treatment starting within 2 weeks of first visit.
PCOS is not just a diagnosis; it's a journey that many women navigate in silence. By harnessing the power of telehealth, we can break down barriers to care and create a supportive community where women feel heard and empowered to take charge of their health.
Personal Lived experience of "medical gaslightling": When I first started showing signs of PCOS, I was ignored and told nothing was wrong even though I was experiencing scalp hair balding, cystic acne, and facial hair at age 18. I was told PCOS only happens to obese women so you cannot have it or even if you have PCOS its a fertility issue and you aren't having kids now so come back when you want to get pregnant. Women's health in the early 2000s was very much focused around your ability to reproduce and nothing more. We now know half of women with PCOS develop diabetes by age 40, PCOS is the #1 cause for infertility, we have 19% increased risk for cardiovascular event, and 80% of us are overweight or obese. Its not just a matter of pregnancy....PCOS effects our quality of life.
I struggled with PCOS myself throughout my 20s unable to find anyone who would even test a young girls hormones much less knew how to treat PCOS. Flash forward nearly 10 years later and I realized women were still being ignored and experiencing "medical gaslighting" by their doctors telling them there was nothing wrong. During the pandemic, I started utilizing telehealth and realized wow telehealth can really help women with PCOS that are waitlisted 6 months and traveling hours to see a PCOS Specialist. I founded PCOS Sisters Telehealth Clinic & Wellness Center in 2022 and expanded from Florida to 11 states by 2025, still growing every year! Women with PCOS now have same day visits and lab diagnosis with treatment starting within 2 weeks of first visit.
PCOS is not just a diagnosis; it's a journey that many women navigate in silence. By harnessing the power of telehealth, we can break down barriers to care and create a supportive community where women feel heard and empowered to take charge of their health.
