Meet Our Team

Emily F. Woodard

MSN, APRN, CPNP, Credentialed ImPACT Consultant

With nearly two decades of experience as a certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Emily Woodard, MSN, APRN, CPNP, helps children return to their normal activities as quickly as possible after suffering concussive injuries. She practices from the SportsSafe office in Austin, Texas. Emily is a native Texan and grew up in Sugar Land, a Houston suburb. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science in 1999 from Texas A&M University and then received a Master of Science in Nursing from The University of Texas at Austin.  

Emily has a diverse work background including 10 years at a school-based clinic in Del Valle, 3 years at Child Incorporated in Austin, and 2 years as faculty in The UT School of Nursing Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program.   She has been a part of the Pediatric Associates of Austin Team since 2008 when she began working at After Hours Kids.  Her role expanded in 2010 when SportsSafe Concussion Brain and Body was created by Dr. Aiello.  She currently works at SportsSafe, After Hours Kids, and at Pediatric Associates of Austin; Emily loves the diversity of these three unique roles. 

She married a wonderful man in January 2015 and inherited a remarkable teenage step-son.  She and her family live in Georgetown and travel to Wimberley often to visit family.  Emily is an active member of The Fellowship Round Rock, and in her free time, she enjoys traveling, mission trips, refinishing furniture, antique shopping, and spending time with friends and family.

Brooke Gonzalez

MSN, APRN, CPNP

Brooke was born and raised in northern New York. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Rochester in 2002, graduating summa cum laude. She worked as a pediatric RN for 5 years in the Children’s Hospital of Austin before going on to receive her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas at Austin. She became a certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in 2007. Brooke is bilingual (fluent in Spanish) and has gained a wide variety of experience working with children from the Andes mountains of Ecuador to our fine city of Austin. She has over a decade of experience as a PNP and extensive knowledge through her previous work in pediatric urgent care, primary care pediatrics, and pulmonology, as well as personal experience raising her four beloved children.

Investing time in getting to know her patients and their families is important to Brooke as she strives to provide holistic care and address their concerns to the best of her ability. She endeavors to make the most medically conservative and preventative approach in caring for each child. Brooke is an active member at Austin Oaks Church where she loves to help lead worship. In her free time she enjoys quality time with family and friends, listening to and making music (especially with her children), hiking, running, cycling class, reading, and cooking (especially if someone helps with the dishes).