CNM, DM, FACNM

Dr. Rothman completed her midwifery at the Frontier School of Midwifery & Family Nursing, earned an MSN from Case Western, and was a proud member of the inaugural class of Doctors of Midwifery at the Midwifery Institute at Jefferson. Máiri is a fierce advocate for women’s sovereignty, and has been a midwife since 1996, practicing in home, birth center, clinic, and hospital settings. She currently directs a home birth service, M.A.M.A.S., Inc., founded in 2007, in which she and her co-founder pioneered “Community Care,” combining group prenatal care with home visits. Máiri has taught both clinically and in the classroom and lab, and is a recipient of Georgetown’s Midwifery Advocate Award. She has taught in the classroom at Georgetown University and as a guest lecturer at George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, Jefferson University, and SUNY Downstate. Her work on midwifery legislation earned her the first-ever ACNM Policy Award. Máiri has collaborated with a midwives’ association in rural El Salvador since 2005. Máiri served on the Board of ACNM for 6 years and is currently the Region II rep to the ACNM Fellows Board of Governors, where she co-chairs the Fellows BOG Anti-Racism Task Force. Máiri has presented on home birth, breastfeeding, Community Care ™, the “sacred hour” after birth, and home birth clinical simulation at ACNM, MANA, ICM, and the International Conference on Normal Labour & Birth Research. She is a contributing author to the ACNM Home Birth Handbook and served for 6 years on the Home Birth Section of ACNM. In her spare time, Máiri leads a women’s choir and enjoys changing laws and traveling.

CM, DM, FACNM

Dr. Condon received her midwifery education from SUNY Downstate, and was one of the first 8 people in the US to earn a Doctorate in Midwifery, from the Midwifery Institute at Jefferson University. Since 2004, Susanrachel has been a partner in a private practice in New York’s Hudson Valley, providing primary care across the lifespan and home-based perinatal services. She has also worked in hospital and clinic-based practice. Susanrachel has been a preceptor for both midwifery and nursing programs and is an assistant professor at SUNY Downstate’s Midwifery Education Program. She has also taught at SUNY New Paltz, Orange County Community College, Mount St. Mary’s College, and Touro Osteopathic College, as a guest lecturer. She was a member of the Home Birth Integration Initiative of New York Committee for 3 years, participating in the development of evidence-based practice guidelines. Currently, she serves on the ACNM Home Birth & Birth Center Committee, where she has been a contributor to the 4th edition of the Home Birth & Birth Center Manual. Her doctoral research centered on obstetric violence, respectful care, and promoting midwives as role models for collaborative decision-making. She has presented on the topic of respectful care at NYC Midwives, Childbirth Education Association of Metro NY, Alden March Reproductive Bioethics Conference, NY State Perinatal Association, and ACNM Annual Meetings. Susanrachel engages in innovative research and academia and has been published in the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health (JMWH). She is currently a peer reviewer for JMWH and The Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine. Her scarce free time is spent fighting for social justice, knitting, weight-lifting, and exploring the mountains near home.