I am originally from Michigan – the upper peninsula – which makes me a ‘yooper’ to those familiar with the term.  Following undergraduate work at Northern Michigan University, I was accepted to Michigan State University for my medical training, followed by residency in obstetrics and gynecology in Grand Rapids.

After six years in practice, I discovered Natural Procreative (NaPro) Technology, an approach to women’s healthcare that cooperates fully with a woman’s body.  This approach looks for the underlying cause of disease and dysfunction that our patients might be experiencing.

The more I utilized this approach, the more I wanted to learn to be able to better help the women and couples entrusted to my care. This led our family to Omaha, Nebraska in 2021 to complete the St. John Paul II Medical and Surgical Fellowship jointly offered by Creighton University School of Medicine and the St. Paul VI Institute.  Thanks to my family’s great sacrifice, I was able to learn complex surgical techniques necessary to help women get to the root cause of their issues and to heal. 

My husband and I have been blessed along the way with six beautiful children. In addition to supporting my children in all their various activities, I enjoy running, skiing, biking, travel, and reading. My current marathon tally is at 17, with a plan to run all six marathon ‘majors’ – Chicago, Boston, New York, and London are checked off already!

The more I utilized this approach, the more I wanted to learn to be able to fully help the women and couples entrusted to my care. That led our family to Omaha, Nebraska in 2021 to complete the St. John Paul II Medical and Surgical Fellowship jointly offered by Creighton University School of Medicine and the St. Paul VI Institute, where Natural Procreative Technology was first developed over 30 years ago. Thanks to my family’s great sacrifice, I was able to learn the complex surgical techniques necessary to help women get to the root cause of their issues and to heal, with emphasis on complex endometriosis resection, and tubal microsurgery, robotic myomectomy, ovarian wedge resection, and pelvioplasty.

Fertility and Midwifery Care Center defines so many of the things that are so important to me – helping women embrace and care for their fertility, and supporting them in their pregnancies and the birth of their babies!

Looking back, the trajectory of my career has been so much bigger and better than I ever could have imagined as that bright-eyed kid starting my pre-med classes so many years ago. It hasn’t always been easy, or clear, but I have found that keeping in mind what is foremost ‘necessary’ has been the saving grace.