Karen Winstead
From RN to small town hospital OB nurse to CNM (certified nurse midwife), Karen Winstead has served families for over 25 years. Through her own first-hand experience and her faith in God’s perfect design, Karen believes birth is a beautiful, powerful event that has the ability to mark each mother’s life with strength and character
Karen attended Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, TN, received a BSN from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, and earned MSN degrees from Case Western Reserve University and Frontier Nursing University.
She has 25 years of experience as a nurse, including medical-surgical, ICU, gynecology, neonatal intensive care, and labor and delivery experience. Her midwifery experience has included her roles as a women’s clinic practitioner with the Virginia Department of Health, the nurse midwife at New Life Birth Center, a founding member of the center’s board of directors, and the current positions of president and clinical director.
Karen and her husband, Ed, enjoy gardening, reading, and caring for their chickens, rabbits, and cats. They are members of Grace Church in Roanoke, Virginia
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