Mary Ellen Doherty, PhD, RN
Mary Ellen Doherty, PhD, CNM, RN, is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Western Connecticut State University. Her nursing specialization includes nurse-midwifery, childbirth education, maternal-newborn nursing, and family practice. She was also the Founder and President of Concord Nurse-Midwifery Associates with delivery privileges at Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA. Her research focuses on women's health, widowhood during pregnancy (the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the wars in Iraq and...See more
Mary Ellen Doherty, PhD, CNM, RN, is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Western Connecticut State University. Her nursing specialization includes nurse-midwifery, childbirth education, maternal-newborn nursing, and family practice. She was also the Founder and President of Concord Nurse-Midwifery Associates with delivery privileges at Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA. Her research focuses on women's health, widowhood during pregnancy (the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan), therapeutic alliance, decision making in formulating birth plans, and midwifery care. She has received numerous awards for her clinical expertise, research studies, and humanitarian efforts. Her work has been published in the Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, the Journal of Nursing Scholarship, the Journal of Perinatal Education, MCN: The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing, and the International Journal of Childbirth Education. Dr. Doherty presents her research at conferences all over the world, is a reviewer for two professional journals, and is an expert witness for the legal system. See less
