Amy Hanson has been a Certified Nurse Midwife with Minnesota Community Care for 18 years. After nursing school...
Meet the Midwives and Doctors
Please press play to view video greetings from each of our providers or scroll down for links to midwives’ and doctors’ short biographies.
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Midwives
Diane Banigo, CNM
Diane is a Chicago native but also considers Minnesota to be her home. She loves getting to know individuals and families on a...
Elaine Boehm, CNM
Elaine is a Certified Nurse Midwife at East Side Family Clinic. She moved to Saint Paul and to this clinic 12 years ago as her first...
Emily Rumsey, CNM
While studying writing and film-making at UW-Madison, Emily first became interested in midwifery in her early 20’s. Many...
Faisa Abdi-Omar, CNM
Faisa was born in Mogadishu, Somalia. Her family fled Somalia’s devastating civil war to seek...
Laura Leatherman-Clark, CNM
Laura Leatherman-Clark (pronouns: she/hers) gained her BA in Religious Studies from Macalester College. During college while...
Lisa Smith, CNM
Lisa was born and raised in Minneapolis. She became interested in working in health care when her brother was hospitalized...
Mariela Rich, CNM
Mariela loves collaborating with people to provide them the healthcare and knowledge they need to meet their sexual and...
Patricia Longard, CNM
Patty is a 2003 graduate of the University of Minnesota school of Midwifery. After spending two years in Turkmenistan as a...
Sonja Batalden, CNM
Pregnancy is an amazing time of change – in our bodies, our feelings, our priorities, our families and our whole selves. This magical window drew me to midwifery 25 years ago...
Tamara Jackman, CNM
Tamara first became interested in midwifery at the age of 3 with the birth of her younger sister, attended by midwives. She attended...
Toni Estis, CNM
From a young age, I have found myself fascinated with pregnancy and birth. It was when I was able to support my sister in labor and...
Tracy O’Brien, CNM
Tracy is a certified nurse midwife who provides care to women throughout their lifespan. She especially enjoys adolescent health...
Providers
Physicians
Dennis Bealka, MD
Dr. Dennis G Bealka is a compassionate, highly motivated, hard working team-oriented doctor who cares for all of his...
Kelsey Leonardsmith, MD
Dr. Kelsey Leonardsmith is a family physician practicing at La Clinica and East Side Family Clinic. She takes care...
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