LAURA SUNDSTROM, CNM
Laura received her Bachelor of Arts from Bates College with a degree in Gender & Sexuality Studies. She completed her midwifery training at Yale University where she earned a Master of Science in Nursing as a National Health Service Corps Scholar. After working in art libraries in Boston, Laura moved to New Haven in 2002 and has lived and worked in town since. She practiced midwifery in community health centers until 2011 when she joined Women’s Health Associates. She became a partner in 2015 and has been the sole owner since 2017. Read more.
ELIZA HOLLAND, CNM
Eliza (she/her) grew up on a farm, thought she’d work at a zoo, and somehow ended up on the labor floor instead! She has been a midwife since 1999, and has her degrees in reproductive physiology from Cornell University, nursing from Columbia University, and midwifery from the University of Pennsylvania. She has special interests in alternative medicine, teen health, the transitions of menopause, and she is developing a cross-discipline model for bladder and pelvic floor health. Read more.
KRISTIN NOWAK, CNM
Kristin grew up in western Pennsylvania, then migrated north to New Hampshire for her undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology and Anthropology. After a year working in a developmental biology lab, she began her Masters in Public Health at Dartmouth Medical School, during which she led projects focused on improving the quality of care for women attempting vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), comparisons of breast cancer treatment regimens, and assessing nutrition resources for children in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont. Read more.
HALLIE MATHIA, CNM
Hallie has wanted to be a midwife since she was very young — she has no idea where that pull came from, but as long as she can remember, she’s wanted to be involved in birth work. Prior to beginning on her own path to midwifery, she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Emerson College. She focused her writing and work there on all things birth, including photographing homebirths in Massachusetts as a photojournalist. After graduation, she moved to Connecticut and began her pre-requisite classes for nursing school. She also trained and worked as a birth doula, where she first met the WHA midwives! Read more.
SARA CULVER, CNM
A long time resident of New Haven (and born at St. Raphael’s Hospital herself!), Sara is thrilled and honored to join the WHA family. Sara received her Master’s degree in Nurse Midwifery and Women’s Health from the Yale School of Nursing and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Women’s and Gender Studies from Bates College in Lewiston, ME. Read more.
WHA Nurses
Wondering if your symptoms can wait until your office visit? Not sure if you need to be seen in the emergency room? Need help with your lab orders? Our collective of nurses can help guide you to the right care. We have a mix of current labor & birth nurses and nurses who are continuing their training as midwives, and they work as navigators for our patients. Reassurance, triage, and care planning are nurse specialties, and urgent concerns can often be routed more appropriately after a conversation with one of these fantastic professionals.
Drea, Steph L. and Steph A.
WHA Staff
At WHA, we are fortunate to have this dream team of skilled, efficient, caring people managing the inner workings of our practice. Our staff includes receptionists, medical assistants, and a billing specialist. They schedule your appointments at our office and arrange any needed consultations and ultrasounds. Your calls to the office are triaged by our staff and directed to the nurses and midwives. They’ll welcome you to our exam rooms, obtain your basic medical information and settle you in for your visit. And, should your fussy baby need soothing during your appointment, they will be there with ready arms!
Natasha, Teresa, Linda, Danean, Demarcus, Destiny, Cassandra