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Midwives

Tamara Jackman, CNM

Tamara first became interested in midwifery at the age of 3 with the birth of her younger sister, attended by midwives…
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Elaine Boehm, CNM

Elaine Boehm, MSN, APRN, CNM is a Certified Nurse Midwife at East Side Family Clinic.  She moved to Saint Paul…
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Lisa Smith, CNM, APRN

LISA pioneered this Midwifery practice in January 1995 after graduating from the University of Minnesota…
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Mariela Rich, CNM

Mariela loves collaborating with people to provide them the healthcare and knowledge they need to meet their…
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Nikala Bremmer, CNM, APRN

From the very beginning of Nikala’s journey into midwifery, she was driven by a deep belief in patient autonomy and that every person deserves compassionate…
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Gretchen Grey, CNM, APRN

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Christine Rangen, APRN, CNM, DNP

I am a Certified Nurse-Midwife with over 12 years of experience providing community-based care in Federally Qualified Health Centers. …

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Tasha Parker, APRN, CNM

Tasha is a graduate of Frontier Nursing University. She has worked in women’s health since 2005 and began providing OBGYN care as a Certified Nurse-Midwife in 2012. …

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Brittany Jerez, APRN, CNM, DNP

Hi, I’m Brittany. My journey to becoming a nurse-midwife began in 2015, supporting families as a doula and midwife’s assistant for out-of-hospital birth at Twin Cities Birth Center. …

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Jody Schmit, APRN, CNM

Hello! I’m Jody Schmit, CNM and I have the pleasure of working with the amazing team of midwives at Minnesota Community Care. I work at both the Eastside and La Clinica locations for pregnancy care …

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Chelsea Okorafor, APRN, CNM, DNP

Chelsea has had a long-standing interest in the intricacies of women’s health and the wonders of childbirth. When she discovered midwifery, …

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Elizabeth (Isa) Schulz, APRN, CNM

Isa is a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) guided by values of healthcare equity and compassionate, person-centered care. She started her path as a birth doula working with underserved communities around her homeland of the Twin Cities. …

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Physicians

Kelsey Leonardsmith, MD

Dr. Kelsey Leonardsmith is a family physician practicing at La Clinica and East Side Family Clinic...
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