Meet Our Women’s Health POCUS Director

 

Diana Dowdy, DNP, CNM, RDMS, FACNM, RDMS,

Diana Dowdy is a long-time resident of Huntsville and has practiced as a Certified Nurse-Midwife for over 42 years. She obtained her Master’s degree from Emory University and her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2010. She was awarded as Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives in 2018. Diana is a credentialed as a registered sonographer. Her most recent practice was at Vanderbilt University, teaching in both the Midwifery and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner programs, as well as practicing in the Midwifery Practice. She worked at Baby and Company birth center in Nashville from 2017 to 2020 and is a registered sonographer. 

After a brief “retirement” Diana is delighted to have the opportunity to join the midwifery practice at Women4Women. Midwifery and women’s health care have been a life-long passion and calling. Diana has worked in many different settings, including private practice, public health, academia, and international health. She has held several national offices, including the Chair of the ARDMS Midwifery Ultrasound Education Division, and is an active member of the American College of Nurse Midwives Ultrasound Education Committee. 

Despite all the organizational commitments, Diana’s primary professional passion has been for helping women and babies on an individual basis. She serves as the Director of the Midwifery and Women’s Health Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program with RAD-AID International, which supports low- and middle-income women in over 31 countries worldwide. Diana has traveled to many countries providing critical healthcare education, most recently in Grenada, and Uganda. Having worked globally, Diana has developed a clear understanding of the universality of human suffering, especially for women and babies. Because of her experience, Diana remains deeply focused on meeting women at the point of their greatest need and vulnerability. That, very often, is during childbearing, but extends to all aspects of women’s care.

Diana is active with family and church activities. She is married to a middle school teacher, and has 2 grown sons, both married. One son (architect) and his wife live in Huntsville; and the other son (in seminary) and his wife are in Denver. When she has spare time, Diana enjoys music, board games, playing on Oculus, and bird watching/feeding. 

 

OSDH APRNs Receive Ultrasound Training from Globally Acclaimed Trainer

The Okmulgee County Health Department hosted an ultrasound training for APRNs offering maternity services in county health departments. Trainers from Innovated Ultrasound in Nashville, TN traveled to Okmulgee to provide the training.

 While most students typically go to Nashville for training, due to a large group, the trainers came to Oklahoma. To date, Okmulgee is the only place, besides Nashville, where Innovated Ultrasound has conducted this training. Lead trainer, Diana Dowdy, helped conduct the training and is globally acclaimed for improving prenatal care quality in low-income regions and other areas lacking in trained providers.

“The biggest advantage of offering this training locally is that staff are trained on the equipment that we have. This year we offered a two-day training for new APRNs that were not trained last year and a refresher course for those previously trained that wanted to add additional skills,” said Jill Nobles-Botkin, APRN-CNM Administrative Program Manager for MCH. “This required a team effort to make this training possible and successful. The Maternal and Child Health program thanks the Okmulgee staff for their help in making this training a huge success.”

 
 
 
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Expanding The Use Of Ultrasound in Women’s Health

 
 
 

InnovatED Ultrasound is committed to providing Advanced Practice Providers, Physicians, Sonographers and other medical professionals with the skills and training to confidently perform various types of ultrasound procedures.

 

These courses provide you with an opportunity to receive the continuing education credits required for certification and can help you meet regulatory requirements. Contact us to find out how we can help you acquire scans needed for credentialing requirements. We offer courses that meet your needs in our environment or we can come to you.

Let us help you gain the competence and confidence in providing quality ultrasound for your practice and beyond.

 
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Meet some of our models from our courses!

I would recommend the course to other beginners even if they do not want to pursue the certificate. I was surprised by how much taking the course has helped me in my midwifery practice to better understand ultrasound reports and what I can expect from them as well as how to best communicate the clinical situation to the radiologist and the questions I have. It has been extremely helpful.
— Megan McCrossin, CNM
As a new graduate midwife, I cannot emphasize enough how invaluable this course has been to me! The instructors are very knowledgeable and make every effort to ensure each concept is grasped by everyone before moving on to the next one. Having ‘live’ models to practice the skills allowed me to apply what I learned, and I feel well equipped to provide point of care ultrasound to my patients. I highly recommend Innovated Ultrasound to anyone looking to learn how to perform Sonography.
— Monica Hall, CNM
After many years in practice, learning the skill of Ultrasonography was somewhat intimidating. However, after attending the course, I can definitely see how this skill will allow me to give better care for my patients. The instructors were amazing. Having so many hands on clients was extremely beneficial. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to further their knowledge in maternal care. This was an amazing experience!
— Amy Papszycki, CNM
I really enjoyed this course, the combination of pre-workshop lectures and videos followed by live lectures paired with small group hands-on with OB and GYN models was the perfect learning experience.
— Kristen Ostrem DNP, CNM, FNP-BC
This course really helped me get a great foundation for my clinic practice. After taking the course and returning to my clinic, I was able to perform ultrasounds and felt confident in doing so. I have recommended this course to several colleagues since attending.
— Jamie Smith
The program was productive, informative, and interactive. There was a lot packed in to a short time - including didactic and hands-on training. I was able to get a great foundation in order to begin the process of adding U/S into my practice.
— Amy Miracle
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