Our Midwives & Nurse Practitioners


JoAnne Ruth, CNM, MSN 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 a long and varied nursing background in labor and delivery, pediatrics, homecare and has been in private practice, offering full scope midwifery services for over 20 years.


Capri Rothgaber, CNM, MSN 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. 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.

Kimberly Schea, CRNP, MSN received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1999 from Cedar Crest College and her Master of Science in Nursing from University of Pennsylvania in 2003. Kim worked with the midwives as a labor and delivery nurse at Doylestown Hospital for 4 1/2 years before completing her advanced education and certification as an OB/Gyn Nurse Practitioner.

Iris Wolfson, CNM, CRNP 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.