Certified Nurse Midwife Expert Witness

Expert Witness No. 900

California

EDUCATION

1993: C.N.M., Certificate program in Nurse Midwifery, Education Program Associates/San Jose State University

1990:  J.D., Western State University College of Law, Fullerton, California

1977:  M.N., UCLA School of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner

1974:  B.S. and R.N., Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles.

EXPERIENCE

2005-present: Clinical Nurse Educator, Birth Center at a local Medical Center.
Development of clinical education programs for registered nurses.

2000-2005:  Certified Nurse Midwife at a local Medical Center, Escondido California.  Responsibilities include management of patients in antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care.

1998-Present:  Certified Nurse Midwife/Ob-Gyn Nurse Practitioner in group practice with four physicians and 2 Ob-Gyn Nurse Practitioners.  Responsibilities include prenatal care, and full gynecologic care.

1996-8:  Certified Nurse Midwife, Kaiser Permanente San Diego:  Responsibilities include management of patients in antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care, triaging responsibilities in the emergency room.

1994-6:  Certified Nurse Midwife, Friendly Hills Medical Center:  Responsibilities include management of patients, antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum, and emergency room.

1990-93:  Certified Nurse Practitioner, Women’s Health Care Physicians, Newport Beach, California.   Provided comprehensive management of gynecological and obstetrical care.

1988-89:  U.C., Irvine Student Health Center: Certified Nurse Practitioner.  Involved in patient care and education of medical students.  Triaging of emergency situations prior to hospitalization.

DISASTER EXPERIENCE: CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER FOR DMAT USA

2001: Ground Zero Medical Support, New York, New York
2003: Guam, Super Typhoon Recovery Team
2005: New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina Relief Team

CONSULTANCIES

1990-Present: 
International Nurse Midwifery Consultant with UNICEF, UNESCO, Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE), International Relief Teams (IRT), ACNM, CARE, Prime/INTRAH, CERT, Save the Children, American Academy of Pediatrics/Project Viet Nam, AJWS

1995: Zimbabwe - UNICEF
1996: Mongolia - SEE
1997: Nepal – Save the Children
1998: Lithuania - IRT
1998: Latvia - IRT
1998: Togo - CARE
1999: Ghana – Prime/INTRAH
1999: Nepal - CERT
1999: Viet Nam – Project Viet Nam
2000: Peru – CERT
2000: Perm-Russia:  Month of October, John Snow International
2001: Peru-CERT:  April 19-May 5
2001: Perm: June, Curriculum Development Family Centered Maternity Care
2002: Viet Nam – Project Viet Nam
2003: Namibia – Ministry of Health
2003: Afghanistan - CDC Dept. of Reproductive Health Project
2004: Afghanistan (cont) – CDC and Comforce
2005: Viet Nam – Project Vietnam

LANGUAGES

French:  Spoken and Written:  Level 2

Spanish: Spoken:  Level 2

1977-Present:  Asst. Clinical Professor , Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner Program, Step V, at a major Medical School and Center, California.  Responsibilities include teaching in the Nurse-Practitioner Program, planning and developing instructional materials for students and collaborating with professionals involved with treating patients in the prenatal clinic, special women's clinic, family planning clinic, and labor and delivery.  In addition, teaching and developing materials in the fetal monitoring instructional program.

1977-80:  Instructor, Columbia University, Master's Degree Program in Pediatrics and Obstetrics, New York.  Responsibilities included teaching and supervising students in various clinical settings, developing instructional materials for physical assessment, working in labor and delivery, and instructing nurses in fetal monitoring.

HONORS

1977: Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
1977: Sigma Theta Tau
1974:  Top Nursing Student, Mount St. Mary's College 1974
1978-84:   Nationwide Speaker for National Course, Nurses Association of American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Primary Care for Women:  Physical Assessment in Women

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Orange County Women's Lawyers Association
ICEA
Surgical Eye Expeditions, International
NAPNAP
California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
American Red Cross
California Nurses Association
Western State University School of Law Alumni
American College of Nurse Midwives

LICENCES and CERTIFICATIONS

California Nurse Practitioner and Registered Nurse
Nurse Practitioner Furnishing Number
California Nurse Midwifery Certificate
California Public Health Nurse Certification
1989:  Certified in advanced Fetal Monitoring-Long Beach Memorial.
1980:  Certified Obstetric-Gynecological Nurse-Practitioner NAACOG

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