Brie Woodruff, DNP, is an advanced registered nurse practitioner and educator. She provides primary care to patients of all ages and loves seeing a diverse range of patients. She has a special interest in perimenopause/menopause care and hormone therapy, weight management, men’s health, and mental health care.

She strives to provide high-quality, evidence-based healthcare in a safe, non-judgmental environment, which involves actively listening to patients and meeting people where they are in their healthcare journey. She believes that individuals should be active and engaged participants in their own healthcare, and that relationship-building and community are vital to providing quality care. Part of her role is to provide the tools, resources, and education that empower individuals to make informed decisions about their care and enable them to find balance and optimal health in their lives.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Woodruff is a faculty member at Seattle University, where she teaches in the Doctoral Family Nurse Practitioner program and is passionate about teaching and educating future nurse practitioners. She received her master’s degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner from Seattle University and her doctorate degree as a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Frontier Nursing University. She has worked in a variety of settings: primary care, telemedicine, and urgent care. She is a long-term member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Dr. Woodruff provides:

• Integrative primary care including annual well visits, routine follow-up care, and acute care

• Women's Health & Hormonal Health

• Menopausal transitions: including hormone therapy, medication and supplement management, and nutrition and lifestyle support

• Weight Management: including GLP1 medication prescribing and management

• Gender-affirming hormone therapy

• Diabetes management: Type I and Type II Diabetes management, including: nutritional support, supplement support, oral/injectable medication and insulin management

• All forms and exams related to primary care, including annual physicals, sports physicals, women's gynecological exams, letters and forms, FMLA/PMFL paperwork, accommodations letters, etc.

• Cryotherapy (Liquid Nitrogen) Skin Treatments In office: Warts, Molluscum, Age Spots, Skin Tags

• Allergy Skin Testing In Office

Additionally, Dr. Woodruff specializes in treating the following conditions in adults, adolescents, and children:

• Depression

• Anxiety

• ADHD medication management

• Hypertension (high blood pressure)

• Headaches, including migraines

• Skin conditions: eczema, psoriasis, acne, acute/chronic rashes

• Skincare (preventative and age-supporting care)

• Acute COVID antiviral management (mild/moderate symptoms)

• Hypothyroidism

• Asthma

• Allergies

• Musculoskeletal injuries

• Short-term use of benzodiazepine medication management (i.e., for procedures, airline flights, etc.).

Dr. Woodruff does NOT provide treatment for:

• Opioid pain medication management

• New diagnoses of ADHD or starting stimulants for ADHD

• Long-term benzodiazepine medication management

Dr. Woodruff is committed to social justice advocacy. She was a board member, provider, and clinic administrator for a volunteer-led free clinic from 2012-2020, which served undocumented and uninsured individuals in Seattle. She is a regular contributor to housing-first organizations that strive to provide permanent housing to address social determinants of health (Home - Plymouth Housing ). She lives in West Seattle with her husband and dog and has 3 young-adult stepchildren (who are recently out of the house). In her spare time, she enjoys landscaping, making jewelry, playing music, and tending to her many bonsai trees.

Dr. Woodruff is licensed in the states of Washington and Oregon and can provide care via telemedicine or in-person for patients who reside in these states. To learn more about nurse practitioners, read our blog here. To schedule a visit with Dr. Woodruff, please follow the link below.