Laura Cline, DNP, FNP-BC, CPNP, RN

Laura Cline, DNP, FNP-BC, CPNP, RN, is a nurse practitioner, educator, entrepreneur, and advocate with more than 14 years of nursing experience and 12 years in advanced practice. She is currently an assistant professor at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, where she has taught in the nurse practitioner program for the past five years. At the intersection of education and clinical practice, Dr. Cline emphasizes that teaching must remain grounded in current patient care, while active practice ensures her instruction reflects real-world, up-to-date medicine.
Dr. Cline recently founded MedCline Wellness, a telehealth practice focused on GLP-1 weight management therapies and peri- and postmenopause hormone replacement therapy. Through this work, she is addressing significant gaps in women’s healthcare, particularly menopause care, which she describes as severely underserved despite long-standing clinical evidence supporting treatment options. She is a strong advocate for improving education, access, and provider training in hormone therapy and women’s health, and her ongoing work and research focus on the cultural and systemic barriers that limit appropriate care for women.
Before entering nursing, Dr. Cline worked as a cognitive behavioral therapist with children who had experienced sexual assault. While deeply meaningful, that role led her to seek a career that allowed her to continue making an impact while also achieving a more sustainable work-life balance. Influenced in part by her aunt, who is also a nurse practitioner, she transitioned into nursing and built a career that blends clinical care, education, and leadership.
Her clinical background spans pediatric home care, pediatric primary and urgent care, behavioral health services, outpatient infusion and allergy care at Boston Children’s Hospital, urgent care across the greater Boston area, and aesthetic medicine, where she is certified in Botox and dermal fillers. Dr. Cline earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Nursing from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, graduating between 2011 and 2014 as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. She later earned her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Simmons University in 2020, with a doctoral focus on antibiotic stewardship in the outpatient setting, and is currently pursuing certification as a nurse educator.
Outside of her professional work, Dr. Cline enjoys concerts, sports events, recreational sports leagues in the Boston area, and spending time with her nieces, nephews, and family. She also volunteers with GBH and the Boys & Girls Club of America, and remains deeply committed to advancing healthcare through education, advocacy, and innovation in women’s health.

• Bachelor's - Mass General - 2013
• Master's - Mass General's Institute - 2014
• Doctorate - Simmons University - 2020

• DNP
• FNP-BC
• CPNP
• RN
• Botox and Filler Certified
• Certified Nurse Educator (in progress)

• DAISY Teaching Award (2024)
• Excellence in Advising Award (2025)
• Pillar of Excellence Award at MGH for Excellence in Student Care (2026)
• Selected as Top Nurse Practitioner for America's Best in Medicine 2026 Edition

• ANCC
• ANA
• Sigma Theta Tau

I have published several articles and a book chapter. In total, I have 5 to 6 publications completed, with a few more currently pending. My research focuses on menopause care and the training and cultural problems in medicine that prevent women from accessing hormone therapy despite decades of supporting data in the literature.