Susan Kellogg-Spadt, CRNP, PhD

Dr. Susan Kellogg-Spadt is professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, professor of Human Sexuality at Widener University in Chester, PA, and clinical associate faculty at the University of Pennsylvania and Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She is also a member of the education and the scientific program committees of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Dr. Kellogg-Spadt is the cofounder of The Pelvic and Sexual Health Institute of Philadelphia, where she is managing partner and director of Vulvar and Sexual Medicine. In this capacity, Dr. Kellogg-Spadt performs direct patient care and consultative services as a vulvovaginal specialist, vulvoscopist, researcher and sexual dysfunction expert.

She received her PhD in Human Sexuality and her post-masters certificate as an OB/GYN nurse practitioner from the University of Pennsylvania. She received her MSN in Maternal Child Health from Loyola University in Chicago. She is an active researcher and investigator on an NIH trial and several industry trials investigating female sexual dysfunction and pelvic pain syndromes.

Dr. Kellogg-Spadt is certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators Counselors and Therapists and speaks nationally and internationally on topics related to female sexuality. She is a featured columnist and author of more than 50 articles and 10 book chapters on women's health and sexuality. She is the author/coauthor of two books, Breast Cancer Intimacy and Sexual Wellness and Clinical Challenges in Women's Sexual Health (publication 2009).

Feature Articles reviewed by Susan Kellogg-Spadt, CRNP, PhD, on SexandaHealthierYou.org:
• Don't Be Shy: Tools to Help Make Sex Fun!

• Sexual Health: One Good Reason to Exercise

• Talking to Your Health Care Provider about...Sex!

Q&As answered by Susan Kellogg-Spadt, CRNP, PhD, on SexandaHealthierYou.org:
• Q. How can I improve my own and my partner's orgasm?

• Q. I've heard about vacation sex. What is it, and can it improve my sex life with my partner?

• Q. I am attracted to my partner, but I have no desire to have sex. I'm 35. Is this normal?