Salem Nurse-Midwives - Meet the Midwives

Karen Armstrong, CNM, MSN

Karen graduated with a Master's Degree from the Frontier Nursing School of Midwifery and the University of Kentucky in 1980 as a Certified Nurse-Midwife. She spent many years practicing at University of Southern California (USC) Medical Center where she was on the faculty, teaching both student midwives and physicians. She left Los Angeles to pursue a private practice in Klamath Falls and went on to pursue a position in Guam when her husband took a teaching position there. Karen joined Salem Nurse-Midwives in July 1994.
Karen and her husband Ed have two adult children and three grandchildren.

Nancy MacMorris-Adix, CNM, MN

Nancy is a 1985 graduate of the nurse-midwifery program at Oregon Health Sciences University. She worked for three years in Harlingen, Texas, in birth centers that provided care to indigent Hispanic women - Su Clinica Familiar, Brownsville Maternity Center and Holy Family Birth Center. Nancy returned to Oregon for job opportunities at Salud Medical Center in Woodburn and OHSU. She has worked with Salem Nurse-Midwives, Inc., since it started December, 1990.
Nancy and her husband Bill have 2 children, Molly and John.

Kathryn "Kage" Luedtke, CNM, MSN

Kage Luedtke Kathryn is a 2007 graduate from Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland. She received her undergraduate nursing degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2003. Following her graduation, she did volunteer work as a nurse at a free standing birth center, Holy Family Services, located in South Texas. There, she provided nursing care, prenatal classes, and home visit support to indigent Hispanic women. She also has in-hospital nursing experience. She began attending births with the Salem Nurse Midwives while still a midwifery student in 2005. In her free time, Kathryn enjoys salsa dancing, hiking, traveling and taking bubble baths.

Kristen Jamsa, FNP, CNM, MSN

Kristen Jamsa Kristen has worked with us in the office since 2002. Her experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner has been a compliment to our practice. We encouraged Kristen to return to school to join us as a CNM, which she has done. She finished Oregon Health and Sciences University’s nurse midwifery program in June of 2007. She and her family chose to spend a year in Guatemala where her husband taught and she volunteered as a midwife part-time in a very small rural hospital. She is returning to us in the summer of 2008 as a nurse-midwife! Kristen lives with her husband, Dan, and her 3 children.

Christine Weinmeister, CNM, MSN

Kristen Jamsa Christine is a 2004 graduate of the University of New Mexico Nurse Midwifery program. Prior to completing her Master's degree, she worked as a labor and delivery nurse in her hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Christine relocated from the high desert of Northern New Mexico to the Willamette Valley to work with the midwifery practice of Women's Healthcare Professionals and has been attending births at Silverton Hospital since spring of 2005. Christine joined our practice in the spring of 2009 and is very happy to be able to continue working with the women and families of the Mid-Willamette Valley and the Silverton Hospital Family Birth Center. In her previous life (before returning to school for nursing), Christine worked as an outdoor educator in Massachusetts and Vermont and in her spare time continues to enjoy hiking and camping with her two dogs, learning to fly-fish, reading, and craft projects.