About
Michelle Maiolo, FNP-BC, is a Defy Medical family nurse practitioner whose patient-care career dates back to 2003. Before becoming an NP, her registered-nurse experience included oncology, women's health, outpatient surgery, and urgent care. She earned her MSN from Purdue University Global, then worked in pain management and addiction medicine before joining Defy's hormone-and-wellness environment. Her published clinical focus is optimized hormones alongside nutrition and exercise, with education that helps patients build a care plan they understand.
What to Know
Signature approach
Maiolo frames the visit around the patient's goals, priorities, and ability to follow the plan. Hormone optimization sits beside nutrition, exercise, education, and lifestyle decisions. Her pain-management and addiction-medicine experience informs a patient-centered style: understand what is driving symptoms, make the plan realistic, and give the patient enough context to participate in the work between visits.
What sets them apart
- Long patient-care history. Her RN-to-NP arc reaches back to 2003 across oncology, women's health, outpatient surgery, urgent care, pain management, and addiction medicine.
- Education-first style. The source bio emphasizes teaching patients how to build a plan around their needs.
- Hormones plus lifestyle. Nutrition and exercise are part of her stated hormone-care frame, not a generic afterthought.
- Professional membership context. AANP and regional advanced-practice nursing council memberships support her NP role.
Before You Book
- Confirm provider assignment. Ask directly if you want Maiolo's education-focused style.
- Use her for hormone and lifestyle goals. Her profile is strongest around optimized hormones, nutrition, exercise, and practical plan-building.
- Plan for telehealth logistics. Her bio mentions working from home, so confirm whether the visit is virtual or in Tampa.
- Budget as self-pay. Defy does not bill insurance.
Expertise
Focus areas
Patient types
Protocols & technologies
Credentials
Education
MSN, Nursing
Purdue University Global
Board certifications
Family Nurse Practitioner — Board Certified (FNP-BC)
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
National board certification for family nurse practitioners — the ANCC pathway (FNP-BC) is one of two national NP boards alongside the AANP (FNP-C).
NPI
1871224550
Affiliations
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