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Cari Croghan, MD
Dr. Cari Croghan is a physician and wellness advocate specializing in sexual health and holistic patient care. She helps healthcare professionals and patients integrate sexual wellness into overall health, creating practices and approaches that prioritize quality of life, confidence, and meaningful connections. Her work demonstrates how aligning care with purpose enhances both provider fulfillment and patient outcomes.
Cari Croghan, MD
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You’re reading The Recalibrated Vision Newsletter, a resource for purpose-driven physicians and healthcare visionaries transforming from career to calling. In this issue we explore how healthcare professionals can advocate for sexual health and wellness as an integral part of their purpose-driven practice.
- The Recalibrated Vision Team
THE INTERVIEW
Introduction & Background
I recently watched the conversation in the episode titled “Advocating for Sexual Health and Wellness | Ep. 4” featuring Dr. Cari Croghan. The discussion highlights how health professionals and wellness leaders can incorporate sexual health into holistic care. It emphasizes that sexual wellness is often neglected in conventional care and shows how addressing it can create deep impact for patients and fulfillment for providers.
Why the Shift Matters
Sexual health and wellness are too often treated as afterthoughts rather than foundational aspects of whole-person care. Dr. Croghan shared that many practitioners feel unprepared or constrained by traditional systems. By integrating sexual health into their care model, physicians can better support patients’ overall wellness and build trust and meaningful connection.
What Integrating Sexual Wellness Looks Like
Dr. Croghan explained that this model involves normalizing conversations about sexual health, creating safe spaces for patients to share, and establishing systems that support follow-through and education. This includes longer visits, provider training, patient education materials, and referral networks. In this approach, wellness is more than labs and prescriptions; it includes quality of life, relationships, intimacy, and confidence. For physicians looking to align their work with purpose, this model shows how to extend care in ways that reflect values and create meaningful impact.
Building the Vision
Dr. Croghan described how she built her model. She began by clarifying her mission to support sexual health as a vital component of wellness. She then developed workflows and systems to integrate this work into her practice, including scheduling, patient education, and follow-up. She emphasized educating patients on the value of sexual wellness, inviting open conversations, and refining her approach based on feedback. Starting small and iterating was key to making the practice scalable and sustainable.
Impact and Experience
The outcomes are compelling. Patients feel seen, respected, and empowered. They experience improvements in physical health, confidence, relationships, and emotional well-being. For Dr. Croghan, this approach brought renewed professional fulfillment, reduced burnout, and created a practice aligned with her purpose. Her story illustrates that expanding the definition of care reveals new opportunities for impact and satisfaction in practice.
Advice for Physicians Redesigning Their Work
Dr. Croghan encourages physicians to start by defining their mission around comprehensive wellness, including often-overlooked areas like sexual health. Use your unique background to create a safe, supportive environment. Build systems that make this care practical and sustainable. Communicate its value to patients clearly. Begin small, gather feedback, refine your approach, and then grow.
Key Takeaways
Sexual health is a critical part of whole-person wellness and deserves intentional integration into care.
Purpose-driven physicians who expand beyond traditional models meet deeper patient needs and build stronger relationships.
Redesigning practice to include new dimensions of wellness requires clarity of vision, aligned systems, and iterative learning.
When care reflects your values and addresses patients’ full humanity, the result is sustainable impact for both patients and providers.
Sexual health is not separate from overall wellness. When we address it, we empower patients to live fully and confidently.
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