About
Elizabeth “Liz” Thara, APRN, FNP-C, is a Defy Medical nurse practitioner focused on women's health, hormone therapy, wellness, and weight management. She earned a biology degree from St. Xavier University in Chicago, a BSN from Loyola University Chicago, and an MSN from Chamberlain University in 2022. Before becoming a nurse practitioner, she spent more than a decade as a labor-and-delivery registered nurse. Her Defy bio frames men's hormone health as a developing area, while her strongest published foundation is women's health and personalized care.
What to Know
Signature approach
Thara's visit style is built around listening, individual goals, and the hormone patterns patients bring from real life. Labor-and-delivery nursing gives her long exposure to women's health, cycle disruption, pregnancy and postpartum transitions, and the practical side of hormone change. At Defy, she applies that background to hormone therapy, wellness, and weight-management plans that combine symptoms, labs, and patient priorities.
What sets them apart
- Labor-and-delivery foundation. More than a decade in L&D gives her women's-health experience before the NP role.
- Current NP training. Her MSN is from 2022, with Florida APRN credentialing and NPI enumeration in 2023.
- Personalized-care emphasis. The source bio leans heavily on listening, patient voice, and individualized planning.
Before You Book
- Use her women's-health depth. Her published background is strongest in women's health, hormone therapy, wellness, and weight management.
- Ask about men's hormone care if relevant. Defy notes men's health as an expanding area for her, so clarify provider assignment for complex TRT cases.
- Confirm telehealth coverage. State rules and provider licensing can shape availability.
- Budget through Defy. Visits, labs, and medications are self-pay.
Expertise
Focus areas
Patient types
Protocols & technologies
Credentials
Education
BS, Biology
St. Xavier University Chicago (2010)
BSN, Nursing
Loyola University Chicago (2012)
MSN, Nursing
Chamberlain University (2022)
Board certifications
Family Nurse Practitioner — Certified (FNP-C)
American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
National board certification for nurse practitioners trained to deliver primary care across all ages — pediatric through geriatric.
NPI
1457030918
Affiliations
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