Stacey Marie Kerr

Stacey Marie Kerr, M.D., is a family physician who has provided family-centered childbirth experiences for her patients for more than fifteen years. Also a published author, Dr. Kerr's current work focuses on the fusion of traditional childbirth and Western medicine.
Early life
Beginning her career as a family physician, Dr. Kerr lived on a spiritual community in Tennessee called The Farm. The Farm was known for its midwifery skills. At the time, she was helping, author, Ina May Gaskin collect statistics for her book, Spiritual Midwifery. This book showed that the women on The Farm who were undergoing natural childbirth had very low complication rates, especially seen in the low number of c-sections. Overall, The Farm yielded remarkably healthy babies. Dr. Kerr has had two children using natural childbirth, one of them being born on The Farm
Career
Among Dr. Kerr's many career accomplishments were her roles in medical societies, including two years as state chair of the Public Outreach Committee for the California Academy of Family Physicians and two years as chair of the credentialing committee at her local hospital. Dr. Kerr has also been published in medical journals, such as, California Family Physician, Sonoma Medicine, and JAMA. She also writes for a monthly medical column called the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Drawing on her experiences with integrative childbirth, Dr. Kerr has recently written a book, Homebirth in the Hospital, suggesting the combination of traditional childbirth and advanced Western medicine. Discouraging the notion that women have to make a choice between supportive homebirths and the technology offered by hospitals, the book contains guidelines for planning ideal birthing situations.
Education
Stacey Marie Kerr graduated from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1971 with a BS and a credential in elementary and special education. She worked with emotionally disturbed adolescents at Fulton State Hospital in the 1970s. Towards the end of the 70's she began working on The Farm. In 1989, Dr. Kerr graduated with an M.D from the University of California, Davis, Medical School. She completed her residency and earned her Board Certification in Family Medicine in 1992.
Bibliography
Homebirth in the Hospital ISBN 978-1-59181-077-3
Spiritual Midwifery ISBN 978-1-57067-104-3

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