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Professional Contributor: Susan Huser, CNM, MSN

“I have been a midwife in Los Angeles for almost 30 years. I have delivered perhaps 3,000 babies. My philosophy of care is the same as the other midwives in my group:
We believe birth is a normal process which best unfolds in an atmosphere of watchful expectancy, patience, support and encouragement. We use technology judiciously and intervene minimally

I received my nursing education at the College of Mt. St. Joseph in Ohio and my graduate degree in nursing and midwifery education at the University of Minnesota.

Until 1998, I was part of the busy midwifery service and education program at Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center. In 1992, I was the director of the Nurse-Midwifery Education Program at the USC School of Medicine.

Since 1998, I have been part of the first midwifery/faculty practice in Los Angeles, at the University of California at Los Angeles. In addition to teaching midwifery students, medical interns and residents, I continue to provide comprehensive prenatal and labor and birth care to women desiring care that is recognizes birth as a natural process.

Throughout my career, I have consistently worked to improve the health of women and babies in Los Angeles. I served as a board member of Perinatal Advisory Council of Los Angeles Communities, assisting this multi-disciplinary organization in providing leadership and education for perinatal health providers in Los Angeles communities. I was also an appointed member of Technical Review Panel, Fetal-Infant Mortality Review Project, and an appointed member to the California Board of Registered Nursing Nurse-Midwifery Advisory Committee.

I received the USC Nurse-Midwifery Teaching Excellence Award in 1997, the American College of Nurse-Midwives Regional Award for Excellence in 1998 and was named to the fellowship of her professional organization in 2000.

I have a husband of 33 years and two grown daughters; both their births were joyful experiences and among the most satisfying moments of my life.”

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