Kari Scinski, NP

Clinical precision. Restorative women's healthcare.

Kari Scinski, NP — Women's Health Specialist

I'm a Nurse Practitioner with a background in Labour & Delivery nursing and a focused practice in women's health, hormonal wellness, and menopause care.

My work sits at the intersection of evidence-based medicine and the kind of unhurried, whole-person care that women have historically had to fight to find. I believe that perimenopause and menopause are not medical problems to be managed — they're life transitions that deserve thoughtful, informed support.

Based in Sherwood Park, Alberta, I work with women across the Edmonton region

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How I Practice:

Evidence-Informed. Patient-Led. Unhurried.

Women's health has a research gap problem. For decades, the majority of clinical trials excluded women — particularly women in midlife. That means a lot of what gets handed down as standard care was never actually designed with us in mind.

My practice is built on a different foundation:

I take symptoms seriously. Hot flashes, brain fog, disrupted sleep, mood changes, and changes in libido are not "just part of aging." They are treatable.

I use current evidence. The 2023 Menopause Society guidelines and growing hormone therapy research have shifted the picture significantly. I stay current so my patients don't have to fight to be believed.

I work with your full picture. Hormones don't operate in isolation. I look at lifestyle, sleep, stress, thyroid, metabolic health, and mental wellbeing as part of the same conversation.

I respect your time and intelligence. You'll leave our appointments understanding your options — not just handed a prescription or a brush-off.

Women deserve healthcare that takes them seriously.

I'm Kari Scinski — a Nurse Practitioner with a background in Labour & Delivery nursing and a practice focused on women's health, hormonal wellness, and menopause care.

I work with women who are tired of being told their symptoms are normal, inevitable, or "just stress." The hormonal transitions of perimenopause and menopause are real, treatable, and deserve the same clinical attention as any other phase of life.

Based in Sherwood Park, Alberta — serving the Edmonton region and beyond.

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About This Site

This is my professional home — where I share my clinical philosophy, write about women's health, and make it easy for patients, collaborators, and media to understand what I do and why.

parknp.com or nottinghamnp.com.

If you want to understand who you'll be seeing and how I think about care — you're in the right place.

What I'm Passionate About

•Perimenopause and menopause — symptom management, hormone therapy, quality of life

•Women's preventive health across all life stages

•Hormonal health — thyroid, adrenal, metabolic, and reproductive

•Sleep, mood, and the physical changes of midlife

•Advocacy: helping women understand their options and navigate the system

Women's health has a research gap problem.

For decades, the majority of clinical trials excluded women — particularly women in midlife. That means a lot of what gets handed down as standard care was designed for male bodies, then applied to everyone else. The result? Symptoms that are real, common, and treatable often get dismissed as anxiety, aging, or lifestyle issues.

Hot flashes, brain fog, disrupted sleep, mood changes, joint pain, weight shifts, and changes in libido are not "just part of aging." They are physiological. They have mechanisms. And in most cases, they are treatable.

The clinical landscape around hormone therapy has changed significantly since the early 2000s. The 2023 Menopause Society guidelines, growing research on the benefits of estrogen and progesterone for cardiovascular health, bone density, and cognitive function, and updated understanding of individualized risk have shifted the picture substantially.

Hormones don't operate in isolation. Thyroid function, cortisol, sleep quality, metabolic health, nutrition, and stress all interact with the hormonal shifts of perimenopause. I ask about all of it — and I treat the whole person, not just the presenting symptom.