Partners in Women's Health

The month of March has brought new changes to the North Park OB GYN practice in the Hixson/ Chattanooga,Tennessee area. Along with the welcome addition of a second Certified Nurse-Midwife, we are also offering another professional option for our patients through the addition of a Nurse Practitioner.  Dr. Jones and I are pleased to introduce our two new partners in women's health:  Lori Clemmons,CNM and Karen Tinsely, FNP.

Lori Clemmons is a Certified Nurse-Midwife with a solid background in labor and delivery and OB management. Nurse-Midwives honor the normalcy of women's life cycle events and allow for watchful waiting and non-intervention in normal processes.  Lori has a strong passion for empowering women in their health care decisions and labor and delivery experiences. While focusing on health promotion during routine gynecologic visits, preconception, prenatal visits, teen care, reproduction and pre and postmenopausal care, midwives spend more time with their patients, and make every attempt to support them in their choices for pain relief during active labor and delivery.  Midwives endorse a philosophy of care that encourages active involvement of the patient in health care decisions, inclusion of family members for support of the women they serve and provision for appropriate collaboration of other health care providers when necessary.

Karen Tinsley is a Family Nurse Practitioner who has spent most of her nursing career working with women in the Public Health community, meeting needs of well-women exams, preconception counseling and contraception. She is an advocate for women's health and makes prevention, wellness, and patient education a priority.  Karen believes women deserve to have their health concerns acknowledged and addressed by an understanding and compassionate provider.

Thank you ladies for the contributions you bring to the office and to Lori for sharing call and continuing to provide women with a Nurse-Midwifery choice for labor and delivery. I look forward to many years together in meeting the needs of women throughout the life cycle.

Donna VanDevander, CNM