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Midwife Bios
 JoAnne Ruth, CNM
Offering
a comprehensive background in maternal-child health.
Prior to becoming a CNM,
she worked for 12 years in a variety of pediatric
settings, and for three years in a busy labor and
delivery unit. JoAnne became a Registered Nurse (RN) in
1980 after receiving her diploma from Chestnut Hill
Hospital School of Nursing. She received her Bachelor of
Science in Nursing, from LaSalle University in 1986, and
her Master of Science in Nursing, with a clinical
specialty in nurse-midwifery in 1992, from the
University of Pennsylvania. JoAnne has been in private
practice, offering full scope midwifery
services for over 10 years.
 Iris Wolfson,
CNM, CRNP graduated from Albert Einstein School of
Nursing in 1967, Temple University In 1971 and From
UMPNJ in 1981. She has maintained a private practice in
Alternative Women’s Healthcare, originally
incorporating home and hospital birth care. She
now specializes in holistic gynecology and the energy
and sound healing arts. She integrates both allopathic
and complimentary remedies, utilizing herbs, nutrients
and vibrational medicines.
She has also served as counselor and practitioner for
the Pierce Women’s Mood Center for over 4 years working
with hormonally mediated mood disorders including PMS,
PMDD, perimenopausal, pregnancy, postpartum anxiety and
depression.
 Capri Rothgaber is
a certified nurse-midwife and women’s health care nurse
practitioner. Fascinated by fetal development and birth
from a young age, she originally had planned to become
an OB/GYN. However, after some investigation, she
realized that the holistic philosophy of nursing fit
much better with her own desire to provide mental,
emotional, and spiritual care, in addition to the
physical. Capri received her Bachelor of Science degree
in nursing at The Pennsylvania State University, where
she was a Schreyer Honors Scholar and selected as a
member of the Women’s Leadership Initiative of The
College of Health and Human Development. As an
undergraduate, she designed and conducted a research
study and wrote her honors thesis on the psychosocial
effects of pregnancy loss on parents in subsequent
pregnancy. Capri worked as a registered nurse at
Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. While there, she
enrolled in The University of Pennsylvania’s joint
Midwifery / Women’s Health Care program and obtained her
Master of Science in Nursing. Capri, a Doylestown
native, is a huge fan of Bucks County and is excited for
the opportunity to return to the area. Additionally, as
a recipient of scholarships from the Village Improvement
Association, the Certified School Nurses’ Association of
Bucks County, and Foundations Behavioral Health, she
always had hoped to return and provide service to the
community that helped make her dreams possible. In her
free time, Capri enjoys reading, jogging, weightlifting,
and dabbling in the fine arts, including creative
writing. You can find a recent poem she wrote in the
May/June 2010 issue of The Journal of Midwifery and
Women’s Health.
More information on Perinatal
Mood Disorders
Supportive Ob/GYN
Physician Involvement
Behind every certified
nurse-midwife stands a supportive OB/GYN physician,
available at all times, for consultation and referral.
We work with Dr. Scott
Dinesen, DO, FACOG and Kamela King, PA-C.
Our close association with
our physicians allows us to provide comprehensive health
services for women. Easy access to ultrasound or
surgical assistance are always a phone call away.
Dr. Scott Dinesen is an
extremely skilled surgeon who is trained in state of the
art techniques, such as minimally invasive surgeries,
Ultrasound and fertility support.
Kamela King, PA-C is an
experienced and caring clinician. She assists Dr.
Dinesen, and our practice, with Ultrasounds, special
studies and surgical support.
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