Mary Washington Healthcare has launched a new midwifery program, the largest of its kind in the region. The program offers both inpatient and outpatient care, supported by a team of seven certified nurse midwives.
Expecting mothers can receive prenatal care at two locations in Stafford and Spotsylvania, with deliveries at Stafford Hospital. The program aims to provide personalized, low-intervention care from prenatal visits through postpartum support. Patients will have access to prenatal education, labor and delivery support, lactation services, and postpartum care.
The midwives at the Spotsylvania location recently joined Mary Washington Healthcare after leaving Elite Women’s Health and Wellness. The Fredericksburg area has seen several women’s healthcare offices, like Women’s Health and Surgery Center and Rappahannock Women’s Health, close. Elite Women’s Health and Wellness is no longer seeing obstetric patients but is now open as Elite Gynecology and Wellness with Dr. Zeenat Patel.
Mary Washington Healthcare has announced that providers from Elite Women’s Health will join its healthcare system.
Dr. Leedylyn Stadulis, Courtney Miller, Lauren Backy, Julie Flanagan, and Megan Pham will join Mary Washington Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBGYN) at a new Fredericksburg office located at 4710 Spotsylvania Parkway. Dr. Brittany Bowler will see patients at Mary Washington OBGYN at 1300 Hospital Drive.
Dr. Zeenat Patel will not join Mary Washington Medical Group and will establish her own practice, Elite Gynecology and Wellness, with Women’s Health Care Nurse Practioner Heather Pickett, focusing on gynecology and related health services. Elite Gynecology and Wellness will be located in Fredericksburg, VA, and will not offer obstetrical care.
The announcement follows the closing of several OBGYN practices in the Fredericksburg Area. Women’s Health and Surgery Center closed in March 2024 and Rappahannock Women’s Health closed in August 2023.
