Amy Connolly, MSN, FNP-C is the founder and CEO of SOesthetic Med Spa. She is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with over 23 years in nursing with a background in ICU, emergency medicine, and plastic surgery. She has worked 7 years in the aesthetic industry where she then advanced as a Nurse Practitioner. Ultimately, she continued in the aesthetic industry where she found her true dream and passion and opened her own med spa.
The art of injectables requires skill, technique, and in-depth knowledge of facial anatomy. Her expertise has been shaped by training and working alongside specialty physicians and leading nurse injectors in the aesthetic industry. She keeps up with the latest advances in the evolving aesthetic industry. Amy loves to connect with her patients and create personalized treatment plans to help emphasize their natural beauty. She believes in creating natural and youthful results for her patients of all ages.
Amy was born and raised in South Florida and moved to Asheville, NC as a teen. She then moved to Charlotte, NC to get her nursing degree at Queens University of Charlotte. She eventually went on to obtain her Master’s Degree at Western Carolina University. She is happiest traveling and spending time with her husband, exploring new restaurants, hanging with her two Westies, and working to help people feel their best self.
Training & Credentials:
Sigma Theta Tau International
North Carolina Board of Registered Nurses
American Association of Nurse Practitioners
PACE Facial Cadaver Lab with Sachin M. Shridharani, MD, FACS
The Elite Nurse Practitioner
Allergan Medical Institute
Empire Medical Training
ACLS/CPR
Dr. J. Garrett Harper attended medical school at the Medical College of Georgia where he served as class president and was elected into Alpha Omega Alpha – a medical honor’s society recognizing the top 5% of physicians in the country. It was during medical school that Dr. Harper’s interest in plastic and reconstructive surgery became his passion.
After completing medical school and his residency in general surgery, Dr. Harper was selected to train in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Emory University. As a resident, he was awarded the travel scholarship by the Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF) and had the great fortune of being sent to Paris, France to study under internationally-recognized icons in the field. In Paris, Dr. Harper adopted different techniques and approaches to many plastic surgery procedures that he has refined and offers to his patients today.
Dr. Harper has been in the Charlotte area since 2012 and has garnered the reputation as one of the most compassionate and gifted plastic and reconstructive surgeons. His dedication to women battling breast cancer is one of his major passions, as he strives to bring hope and encouragement at a difficult time.