Garcia Joins BRMC as Nurse Midwife

Kimberly Garcia, DNP, CNM, WHNP has joined the medical staff at Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) as a Certified Nurse Midwife.

Ms. Garcia joins board-certified obstetricians and gynecologists Alexander Batchev, DO and David Peleg, MD of the Women’s Health Services Department at BRMC. She will provide comprehensive care including a full-range of obstetrical and gynecological services at 159 Interstate Parkway, Bradford, PA., and the Smethport Family Practice, 406 Franklin Street, Smethport, PA.

“We are pleased to welcome Kim to our Women’s Health Services; she is a highly trained, multi-skilled healthcare professional, and provides a safe, sensitive and personal alternative for women in the region, that was not available in the recent past” said William F. Mills, M.D., senior vice president of Quality and Professional Affairs at Upper Allegheny Health System.

Ms. Garcia received a doctorate degree in nursing practice from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio where she also earned a master of science in nursing, nurse-midwifery and women’s health, as well as a certificate of professional nursing.

During the spring of 2010, Garcia, along with a contingent of other medical providers; traveled to Sarstun, Guatemala as part of a medical mission for Refuge International. Refuge International is a nonprofit organization providing clean water, health care, and education to the people of Guatemala. Garcia provided primary care to 700 patients in five days, while also conducting research about traditional midwife knowledge in Guatemala; of preventing postpartum hemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal death worldwide.