Who We Are Board Members of AANM
President: Sara Ohgushi ND
Vice-President: Mia Crupper ND
Secretary: Regina Flanagan ND
Treasurer: Jill Edwards ND
Board Members: Karen DeWitt ND, Katherine Zieman ND, Megan Golani ND
How We Are Educated
Naturopathic midwives receive a doctoral degree from a four-year accredited naturopathic medical school (NCNM, Bastyr). Additionally they complete didactic specialty training, as well as a preceptorship under a licensed naturopathic midwife, in the treatment and management of pregnancy and natural childbirth. This combination of academics and hands-on experience prepares us to be the most extensively trained experts in natural medicine for the child-bearing years. Licensed naturopathic midwives pass nationally standardized board exams before gaining licensure in the states where they practice.
AANM meets via conference calls once per month to continue the development and promotion of the organization and profession. For membership information, click here.
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Vision and Mission
Mission Statement
AANM is an organization that exists to unify, support, safeguard, build and educate the current and future community of naturopathic midwives. It is our intention to communicate the unique advantages of naturopathic midwifery to the general public as well as to our elected officials.
Purpose of Organization
An organization that exists to organize naturopathic doctors who specialize in midwifery.
An organization that promotes midwifery in the professional realm while making sure that naturopathic midwives maintain their status in the states they are licensed in.
A vital and exciting organization that organizes naturopathic midwives in a successful and directed way by providing licensing standards, researching statistics pertinent to the profession and providing support materials for legislators, students and naturopaths.
An organization that exists to differentiate naturopathic midwives from other midwives as well as to educate themselves (new and old practitioners), provide a strong foundation for students, encourages and promotes enrollment naturopathic midwife training, provides a handbook for naturopaths and focuses on getting published in journals.
An organization that focuses on internal and external education, that builds a support system for fellow naturopathic midwives, that provides support materials for the public, the legislators and practicing naturopathic midwives, that also provides a consensus of care for practitioners and finally that gives a legal presence for naturopathic midwives.
An organization that focuses on continuing education for practicing naturopathic midwives as well as education for potential professors, students, influential legislators and the general public. An organization that also provides a network for practicing naturopathic midwives that includes peer reviews, CEUs and outreach and education.
