Freestanding Birth Center Expert Witnesses

Freestanding birth center expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on freestanding birth center. The freestanding birth center expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Midwife.

Linda Cole, DNP, CNM, CNE, FACNM

Nikiski, Alaska
Midwife - Birth Center, Out-of Hospital Birth, Nurse-midwife, Freestanding Birth Center, Nurse-midwifery, antepartum, post-partum, L&D, Quality improvement, preeclampsia, fetal heartrate tracing, hospital transfer, hospital birth
I am a doctorally prepared certified nurse-midwife with 30+ years of practice in both hospital and birth center settings, and teaching midwives. My passion and area of expertise is the birth center model of care. I served as president of the American Association of Birth Centers and was lead editor of the only textbook in the U.S. devoted to the freestanding birth center model. I am a published author in professional nursing journals and am a fellow of the American College of Nurse Midwives.