Optimizing Team-Based Maternity Care: Insights from Midwives and Physicians

Wednesday, November 4th 2026
12 pm – 1 pm EST

Strong teams are an essential part of delivering high-quality, patient-centered maternity care.
Join ADEPT on November 4 for a panel discussion exploring effective physician-midwife partnerships and what we can learn from professionals who have built and sustained them.

📌 Optimizing Team-Based Maternity Care: Insights from Midwives and Physicians
🗓️ November 4, 2026
⏰ 12–1 PM ET

Experienced midwives and physicians will share lessons learned from working together and discuss how strong partnerships can expand access to midwifery care and contribute to improved maternal and neonatal outcomes.

• By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:
  Describe the key characteristics of effective physician-midwife partnerships and their role in expanding access to midwifery care.
• Identify communication strategies, team practices, and relationship-building approaches that foster trust, mutual respect, and effective interprofessional collaboration.
• Discuss how strong physician-midwife partnerships contribute to patient-centered care, improved maternal and neonatal outcomes, and high-functioning maternity care teams.

Hear from a panel including:

• Julie Blumenfeld, DNP, CNM, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Midwifery Program, Rutgers School of Nursing
• Fei Cai, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
• Laura Jenson, EdD, MPH, CNM, CPH, FACNM, Clinical Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing, and staff midwife with Kaiser Permanente
• Cassie Hwa, DNP, CNM, Triage Nurse Midwife, Oregon Health & Science University
• Meg O’Reilly, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University
• Erin M. Baird, DNP, MBA, CNM, FACNM, Regional Director of Clinical Operations, Diana Health
• Chris Sizemore, DO, FACOG, ABOIM, Chief Medical Officer, Diana Health
• Amanda Segilia, LM, CNM, Director of Midwifery, Oula
• Ila Dayananda, MD, MPH, Chief Clinical Officer and Obstetrician, Oula