Lily Shaffer (she/her)
Somerville,MA
Summary
Multilingual, experienced CNM with experience in high volume, midwifery-centric hospital-based practice as well as nursing experience in out-of-hospital birth. Clinical emphasis on queer family building and delivery of prenatal care to under- and un-insured patients. Highly motivated, compassionate, team-oriented, and communicative clinician
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Nurse Midwife
Mount Auburn Hospital
05.2022 - Current
- Full scope CNM in diverse, busy midwife-led practice. Collaboration with OBGYN and RN colleagues in both in- and out-patient settings.
- Primary provider for prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum birthing people with low to moderate risk pregnancies; attending vaginal cephalic and breech vaginal deliveries, water birth, VBAC, and di-di twin births; 1st assist on c-sections.
- Emergency room consultation as needed
- Outpatient responsibilities include well-person exams, STI screening and treatment, contraception management including insertion and removal of LARCs, endometrial biopsies, miscarriage management, and medication abortions
- Multilingual prenatal care in FQHC as well as outpatient clinics within Mount Auburn Hospital
- Clinical focus on trauma informed, culturally sensitive care, shared decision making, queer family building, and tending to the needs of immigrant communities.
- Establish trusting relationships with patients and support people
- Member of Breech Support Team, Quality Insurance Committee, and Bereavement Committee
- Clinical preceptor for students from Frontier, Yale, Columbia, and Vanderbilt Universities
Registered Nurse
Lifecycle Birth Center
12.2021 - 04.2022
- Responsibilities included fetal monitoring, medication management, IV placement, vitals ,assessment and resuscitation of the newborn, maternal and neonatal transfers to hospital as needed
- Postpartum home visits and assessment of birthing person and newborn; conducting newborn PKU, hearing, and cardiac testing
- Collaboration with CNM’s, OBGYN’s, and pediatricians as needed
Registered Nurse
Cherry Hill Women's Center
03.2020 - 04.2022
- Conducted independent H&P’s, assessed safety of out-patient abortion procedure, provided patient education and informed consent for procedural and medication abortions and contraceptive management
- Provided intraoperative nursing care including IV initiation, ultrasound, assisting physicians, managing complications and intraoperative and post procedural hemorrhages, patient transport
- Monitoring patients undergoing cervical ripening, post procedure monitoring, and discharge education.
- Multi-lingual compassionate communication with diverse patient populations, manage varying patient emotions, refer to emotional, social, and financial support as needed
Birth and Postpartum Doula
Lily Shaffer Doula Services
06.2015 - 04.2018
- Provided physical, emotional, and informational support to birthers and partners during pregnancy, the entirety of labor, and the postpartum period
- Assisted families in the transition into parenthood through compassionate education and support, both in the forms of newborn and birther-care
- Developed and moderated weekly postpartum support group for new families
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA12.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA12.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Environmental Analysis And Gender/Feminist Studies
Pitzer College
06.2015
Skills
- Trauma informed care
- Shared decision making
- Prenatal care
- Routine gynecological care
- VBAC support
- Labor management
- Quality improvement
- Family planning
- Sexual health counseling
- Water birth support
- Multilingual (Spanish) care
- Patient record system competency with EPIC, OneTouch, and Centricity
Certification
American Midwifery Certification Board (CNM)
National Certification Corp (WHNP)
BLS
200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Alliance
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Portuguese
Elementary
Interests
- Mushroom foraging
- Camping and hiking
- Gluten free sourdough baking
Timeline
Certified Nurse Midwife
Mount Auburn Hospital
05.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse
Lifecycle Birth Center
12.2021 - 04.2022
Registered Nurse
Cherry Hill Women's Center
03.2020 - 04.2022
Birth and Postpartum Doula
Lily Shaffer Doula Services
06.2015 - 04.2018
Master of Science - Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts - Environmental Analysis And Gender/Feminist Studies
Pitzer College
Awards and Presentations
2026 Mt Auburn Hospital Schwartz Grand Rounds Speaker on Managing Transitions, Building Trust and Hope
2025 Mt Auburn Hospital OBGYN Department Grand Rounds Speaker on Caring for Patients with Histories of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
2023 Mt Auburn Hospital OBGYN Grand Rounds Speaker on Intrauterine Fetal Demise
2023 Nomination for Mt Auburn OBGYN Compassion Respect and Teamwork Award
2021 PEO International PCE Scholarship
2020 Carol Elizabeth Ware Scholarship
2019 PEO International ELF Scholarship Recipient
2019 Penn Nursing Scholarship
2018 Blue Cross Blue Shield Nurses of the Future Scholarship Recipient
Continuing Education
2026 OptiBreech
2026 Vaginal Breech Birth Conference
2025 Breech Without Borders
2024 Breech Without Borders
2019 Trans Health and Wellness Conference Professional Track
2019 Mifepristone Coalition Conference
2019 Medical Students for Choice Abortion Training Institute
2018, 2019 Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health Activist Conference