Doris Haire – Honorary Member

Celebrating the Legacy of Doris Buttry Haire  We are honored to have had Doris on our Board of Advisors for years. She was President of the American Foundation for Maternal and Child Health (ACNM), a world renowned authority on maternity care and its effects on infant outcome. A true trailblazer in the field of maternity …

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Marsden Wagner – Honorary Member

Marsden Wagner (23 February 1930 – 27 April 2014[1]), was a perinatologist and perinatal epidemiologist from California who served as a Director of Maternal and Child Health for the California State Health Department, Director of the University of Copenhagen-UCLA Health Research Center, and Director of Women’s and Children’s Health for the World Health Organization. He …

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Amber Price – Honorary Member

Dr. Amber Price received a Bachelor in Behavioral Science from the University of Maryland, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Old Dominion University. She completed her graduate degree at the University of Cincinnati, with a Master of Nursing in Midwifery, and a post-Masters certificate in Global Women’s Health. She received her Executive Doctorate …

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Marshall Klaus – Honorary Member

Marshall H. Klaus, M.D., internationally known neonatologist and researcher, is the author or coauthor of several standard works in the field, including Bonding, Care of the High Risk Newborn, and Mothering the Mother. A pioneer in neonatology, Marshall did the original work in isolating and identifying the surfactant critical to early respiration, a breakthrough that …

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Jeanne Ohm – Honorary Member

Dr. Jeanne Ohm was a leader in the chiropractic profession as CEO of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association and editor of its magazine Pathways. Her work included being an international lecturer, post-graduate instructor for numerous chiropractic colleges, and author of many papers on pregnancy, birth, children, and chiropractic. She was married to Dr. Thomas Ohm, …

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Michelle Aristizabal, MD, FACOG

Dr. Michelle Aristizabal, M.D, FACOG received her medical degree from the University of Arizona, College of Medicine, USA. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ, USA. As of 2021, she is pursuing a fellowship with the Integrative Medicine with the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine …

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Susan Ludington, PhD

Susan Luddington, Phd, FAAN, is a certified nurse midwife who graduated from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing/Child Development from the Texas Woman’s University, has a Master of Science in Maternal-Child Health University of California, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University …

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Bethany Hays, MD, FACOG

Bethany Hays, MD, FACOG, is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist who trained as a perinatologist and practiced obstetrics for 29 years, delivering her first baby in 1972 as a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She delivered her last baby in 2001 when she decided to put all her energy into “midwifing” the …

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Barbara Harper

Barbara Harper is a leading voice for childbirth and maternity care reform, an author, educator, midwife and internationally recognized expert on the use of warm water immersion for labor and birth. She became a registered nurse in 1975 and has worked in obstetrics, pediatrics, cardiac, neurosurgical intensive care and as a holistic nursing specialist. In …

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Nancy Wainer

Nancy Wainer is a Certified Professional Midwife who attends home births and who has been present at over 2100 births. She trains student midwives, teaches childbirth classes, is the author of two (soon to be three) books on Birth in the USA. She coined the term VBAC and her work is being archived at Harvard …

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