About

Natalie Drake, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

Medical Spa Treatments

Dr. Natalie Drake has expanded the services at Practice Happiness Medical Spa to include aesthetics and skin care for women and men in The Woodlands and greater Houston, Texas area. We are dedicated to deliver the same individualized treatment and exceptional care with passion and latest in state of the art technology, medical grade products and injectables.

At Practice Happiness, Dr. Drake and all her providers help you maximize both your physical and emotional well being so you can live your life with confidence.

Menopause Treatment Specialist

Born and raised in Oklahoma, Dr. Drake completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma and earned her Medical Doctorate at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She finished her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Dallas, TX then went on to be a Clinical Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical School.

Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Reconstruction

While in Dallas, she was productive in completing research in female pelvic dysfunction. She later was accepted at Duke University in their Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery fellowship and continued to study female pelvic medicine. She presented her research at national organizations, including the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS).

Publications and Experience

She has published in the peer review journals The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and The International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and is frequently referenced by other authors. She has worked closely with the pelvic floor physical therapists to help women with dyspareunia and levator muscle spasms return to a normal life.

Dr. Drake and her husband, Richard Drake, M.D., a Gynecologic Oncologist, moved in 2007 to Cleveland, Ohio to begin positions on staff at the Cleveland Clinic. She was a Clinical Assistant Professor at both the Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner College of Medicine and at Case Western University School of Medicine. She won the APGO medical student teaching award and completed the Cleveland Clinic’s Distinguished Educator Series.

In 2013, Dr. Drake, her husband, and their two children returned to the warmth of Texas. Her passion for effective, safe and alternative methods of treating women with pelvic dysfunction and vaginal pain and dryness, vaginal atrophy and urinary incontinence has led her to embrace the ThermiVa procedure.

Dr. Drake and her husband are active in the cancer community. She is also working with The Flatwater Foundation raising money to provide mental health support for cancer patients and their families.

Come visit with Dr. Drake and her staff to find out why Practice Happiness has quickly become the first choice for aesthetics in the Greater Houston area.