Melissa Furlette-Koski

Full-scope certified nurse midwife practicing in a Federally Qualified Health Center and small community hospital, managing prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum patients, providing reproductive healthcare across the lifespan, and leading Centering Pregnancy group prenatal care

Certified Nurse Midwife - Center for Family Health - Jackson, MI

(2024-01)

Full-scope certified nurse midwife practicing in a Federally Qualified Health Center and small community hospital, managing prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum patients, providing reproductive healthcare across the lifespan, and leading Centering Pregnancy group prenatal care

Clinician - Planned Parenthood of Michigan - Jackson, MI

(2021-11)

Provided comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and gender affirming care across the lifespan to men, women, and non-binary patients

Certified Nurse Midwife - Integrative Health Partners - Ann Arbor, MI

(2021-12 - 2024-01)

Full-scope certified nurse midwife practicing in inpatient and outpatient settings, managing triage patients in a large Level III hospital, caring for patients prenatally, intrapartum, and postpartum

Certified Nurse Midwife and Student Coordinator - West Suburban Midwife Associates - Oak Park, IL

(2017-09)

Full-scope certified nurse midwife practicing in the inpatient and outpatient setting for a CNM-owned, hospital based practice. Coordinated student midwife student clinical placements.

Research Assistant - University of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL

(2015-11 - 2017-08)

• Screened patients for study participation eligibility
• Recruited patients to participate in the study
• Processed blood and placenta samples immediately postpartum

Graduate Assistant - University of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL

(2015-08 - 2017-05)

Gender and Women's Studies Program

• Provided departmental support
• Designed department website
• Provided administrative support to the Director and Assistant Director

Guest Lecturer - University of Illinois at Chicago and DePaul University - Chicago, IL

(2016-10 - 2016-11)

Conducted lectures on the history of midwifery and approaches to feminist health care

Registered Nurse - West Suburban Medical Center - Oak Park, IL

(2014-08 - 2015-08)

Provided bedside nursing care to patients on the Labor and Delivery and Postpartum Unit

Master's of Science - Nursing, Nurse Midwifery - University of Illinois at Chicago (2017-05)

Graduate Entry Program Completion - Nursing - University of Illinois at Chicago (2014-05)

Bachelor of Arts - Women's and Gender Studies - DePaul University (2009-06)