Meet the Aesthetic Institute Team

Medical Director & Pelvic Surgeon

Kevin Stepp, MD

Dr. Stepp is double board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery. He completed fellowship training in both urogynecology and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery at Cleveland Clinic. His understanding of pelvic anatomy, function, and surgery guides the Aesthetic Institute’s approach to intimate restoration.

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Aesthetic & Sexual Wellness Nurse Practitioner

Nikki Vaughan, FNP-BC

Nikki is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with more than four years of experience in aesthetic medicine and an earlier clinical foundation in critical care. At APSU, she provides nonsurgical gynecologic aesthetic and sexual wellness care, including fillers, PRP and other regenerative injections, and EmpowerRF treatments, including Morpheus8V and body treatments.

Her experience with injectables supports an approach attentive to anatomy and proportion. Her broader clinical background includes sexual wellness care for women and men, peptide therapy, and hormone replacement therapy. Her current role at APSU centers on women’s pelvic and aesthetic care.

Nikki earned her bachelor’s degree from Lewis-Clark State College and her Master of Science in Nursing with a Family Nurse Practitioner focus from Carson-Newman University. She lives in South Carolina and is a mother of five.

Patient Care Coordinator & Surgical Technologist

Crystal

Crystal helps patients with consultations, scheduling, procedure estimates, and the details surrounding care. A trained surgical technologist, she also assists Dr. Stepp with office procedures. She remains a familiar point of contact from the first phone call through recovery.

Collaborating Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon

Joel Beck, MD, FACS

Dr. Beck collaborates with Dr. Stepp when a patient’s plan includes both pelvic or intimate surgery and plastic surgery. Their work is coordinated so each surgeon remains focused on his area of training.

Learn about collaborative aesthetics →