Charity Galgani, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC

About

Dr. Galgani is an experienced clinician and health care leader. She is a women’s health nurse practitioner in the St. Louis area. Dr. Galgani cares for women from menarche through menopause and beyond. Her practice interests are management of menopause, vaginal and vulvar conditions, and perinatal mental health.

Education

DNP, University of Missouri-St. Louis - 2018
BSN, Valparaiso University - 2012

Research Interests

• Perinatal mental health
• Menopause
• Acute and chronic vulvar and vaginal conditions

Selected Publications

Galgani, C. (2018). Aligning with patient-centered medical home standards: Depression screening in women’s health (762). UMSL Dissertations.

Selected Presentations

• Galgani, C. (2023). Menopause treatments in the pipeline. Podium presentation at the 9^th Annual Show Me State Conference – Association of Missouri Nurse Practitioners, Kansas City, MO.
• Galgani, C. (2019). Aligning with patient-centered medical home standards: Depression screening in women’s health. Poster session presented at 22nd Annual Premier Women’s Healthcare Conference, Savannah, GA.
• Galgani, C. (2019). Aligning with patient-centered medical home standards: Depression screening in women’s health. Poster session presented at the Midwest Nursing Research Society 43rd Annual Research Conference, Kansas City, MO.
• Pavell, B., Letko, C., Olivares, G. Luedke, J., & Gustavson, J. (2012). Instilling normal saline with suctioning: Beneficial or harmful? Poster session presented at Valparaiso University Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship, Valparaiso, IN.

Honors and Awards

• National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Recipient
• University of Missouri – St. Louis Conference Travel Award
• Louis Nurses in Advanced Practice DNP Scholarship
• The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses
• Donna Spanopoulos Memorial Scholarship for Pediatric Nursing

Memberships

• National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH)
• American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG)
• Association of Missouri Nurse Practitioners (AMNP)