Kelly McQuade, CNM, Certified Nurse Midwife

Meredith Merritt is a certified nurse midwife at the University of Vermont Medical Center. She specializes in low-risk pregnancy, labor and birth, postpartum care, breastfeeding support, well-woman gynecology and contraceptive management. She finds it a privilege to be present during prenatal care, labor and birth, and is honored to partner with women during this powerful transition. Her focus is on education and listening to women so they feel empowered by their experience. Learn more about midwifery services at the UVM Medical Center.

Dr. Marissa Coleman is a clinical psychologist at the University of Vermont Medical Center. She specializes in posttraumatic adjustment, families in transition, women's issues, maternal mental health, and survivors of childhood abuse. Her research interests include Health disparities in communities of color, international psychology and human rights, and trauma recovery.Dr. Coleman is passionate about health and healing and believes that the connection between mind, body, and spirit is powerful. Her own multicultural background enables her to view challenges from multiple perspectives, as well as, honor the cultures of each individual and family in which she works. She views it a privilege to be invited into patients' lives as they share their narratives.Dr. Coleman works with individuals from diverse cultural and faith backgrounds. She believes all people, regardless of age, have an innate capacity to grow, heal, and change if they are provided a safe, supportive, and encouraging environment. She listens for solutions while, simultaneously, connecting the past to the present in order to achieve thorough healing. She uses an integrative framework, including evidence-based strategies, to provide a holistic, relational, and experiential approach to change.Learn more about psychological services at the UVM Medical Center.

Mary Jo Gehrett, APRN, CNM, is a certified nurse-midwife at UVM Medical Group Obstetrics and Midwifery in Burlington, Vermont. Her clinical focus includes obstetrics, well-woman gynecology, phenomenology of birth and lactation, and mindful birthing preparation. She provides prenatal, birthing and postpartum care, as well as perimenopause and menopause counseling. Ms. Gehrett also offers contraception services, including IUD insertion. As a clinical instructor at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM, Ms. Gehrett's research interests include the phenomenology of birth and lactation. Ms. Gerhrett holds a BSN from the University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Sciences and a CNM degree from the University of Rhode Island School in Nursing. She began practicing at the Medical Center in 2009. Learn more about the department of Obstetrics and Midwifery at The University of Vermont Medical Center.