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JOANNE ARMSTRONG, MPH, MD was an Assistant Clinical Professor at Jefferson Medical College and Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the time of filming. She taught residents and medical students and directed both the Obstetrical Quality Assurance program and the Family Center, a program for drug-addicted pregnant women. She is currently Regional Medical Director for Women's Health, Aetna U.S. Healthcare as well as an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. She has a master's degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan, a medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/New Jersey Medical School and she completed her residency at the Women and Infant's Hospital at Brown University. During medical school she spent time in a midwife-run clinic in Tel Aviv, Israel, and delivered babies in rural western Kenya. She has been in practice for nine years and has helped to deliver 3,000 babies.
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Joanne Armstrong, MPH, MD
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JENNIFER DOHRN, CNM, is Director of Midwifery Services at the Childbearing Center of Morris Heights, the first birthing center in the United States to serve inner-city women of diverse backgrounds. Jennifer also directs the midwifery education program at Columbia University School of Nursing, and works internationally, particularly in South Africa, to develop health care options for women. She is also the mother of three wonderful children.
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Jennifer Dohrn, CNM
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HEIKE DOYLE, LM, CPM, has been a practicing midwife for 11 years. Born in Germany and trained in the United States, she is a graduate of the Seattle Midwifery School and has attended over 500 births. A mother of three, Heike maintains a private practice called Eastside Midwives in Woodenville, Washington, where she catches babies both in client's homes and at the Puget Sound Birthing Center. Heike is an active member of the Midwives' Alliance of North America. She has been on the board of the Midwives Association of Washington State, and is a member of the Clinician Workgroup to Integrate Complementary and Alternative Practitioners, a task force mandated by the state of Washington to ensure cooperation among diverse groups of health care providers.
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Heike Doyle, LM, CPM
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