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Aimee Feste, CNM
Certified Nurse Midwife

MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
(828) 771-5500

Aimee Feste is a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) at MAHEC OB/GYN Specialists. She provides personalized care from your first period until after menopause, plus all the important health events in between. Her interests are providing individualized care that focuses on partnering with the woman, and active involvement of clients and families. Aimee’s interests include focusing on health and wellness and physiologic labor and delivery and providing “Centering in Pregnancy” prenatal care.

Cheryl Harrington, MSN, CNM
Certified Nurse Midwife

MAHEC Women’s Care at Brevard
87 Medical Park Drive, Suite B
Brevard, NC 28712
(828) 547-3004

MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
(828) 771-5500

Cheryl Harrington is a Certified Nurse-Midwife who cares for women of all ages and provides full-scope midwifery care. She is an advocate for shared decision-making and patient empowerment. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing at UNC Greensboro and her Master of Science in Nurse Midwifery at East Carolina University. The majority of her nursing career has been in Women’s Health and specializing in labor and delivery. In addition to prenatal appointments and attending deliveries at Mission Health Systems, she also provides well-women gynecologic, preconception counseling, and contraceptive services.

Laurie Jenkins, CNM, MSN
Certified Nurse Midwife

MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
(828) 771-5500

Laurie Jenkins is originally from North Carolina but grew up in Colorado. After completing the nurse midwifery program at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio, she moved to Philadelphia and practiced there as a nurse midwife for many years. Laurie relocated to Weaverville several years ago, where she owns and runs a small dairy goat farm. Laurie has many years of experience providing both low-risk and high-risk midwifery care to pregnant families. She also provides GYN care and family planning services. She joins the MAHEC team with a strong commitment to quality patient care and advocacy, and a passion for educating our future healthcare providers.

Wendy Jones, CNM
Certified Nurse Midwife

MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
(828) 771-5500

Wendy Jones joined MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists in March 2020. She is a Certified Nurse-Midwife, and received her midwifery degree at Oregon Health & Science University, in Portland, OR. Before moving to Western North Carolina, Wendy was working with the Navajo and Hopi populations in Northern Arizona. When she is not working, she likes to run on the trails around Asheville.

Amanda Murphy, CNM, MSN
Certified Nurse Midwife

MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
(828) 771-5500

Amanda Murphy is a Certified Nurse-Midwife and cares for women of all ages in the office, specializing in labor support during childbirth. She is the Centering Pregnancy Director and delights in the bonds that form during that experience. Her belief is that healthcare is a partnership between provider and patient and that the best outcomes start with a relationship. Amanda is also Director of Mothering Asheville, a Community Centered Health Home initiative. In addition to prenatal appointments and attending deliveries at Mission Hospital, she also provides well-woman gynecologic, preconception counseling, and contraceptive services.

Dolly Pressley Byrd, CNM, PhD

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Certified Nurse Midwife

MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
(828) 771-5500

MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists at Franklin
56 Medical Park Drive
Franklin, NC 28734
(828) 634-4565

MAHEC Health Center at Cullowhee
Western Carolina University, Health & Human Sciences Building
3971 Little Savannah Road
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 257-4719

Undergraduate: BA, Wake Forest University
Graduate: MSN, Yale University
Doctoral: PhD, UNC Greensboro School of Nursing

Dolly Pressley Byrd was born and raised in Western North Carolina. She returned to the area and joined MAHEC in 2005 as a Certified Nurse Midwife. Dolly loves her experience of being "with women through their lifetime"―especially fostering new and growing families. Dolly embraces the shared decision-making model and encourages her patients to be involved in the process of planning their care. In addition to prenatal appointments and attending deliveries at Mission Health Systems, she also provides well-women gynecologic, preconception counseling, and contraceptive services―specializing in IUD and Nexplanon insertions.

Evan Richardson, CNM
Certified Nurse Midwife

Nora Weatherby, CNM, MSN
Certified Nurse Midwife

MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists
119 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
(828) 771-5500