Fit Pregnancy Advisory Board

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BREASTFEEDING
Wendy Haldeman, M.N., R.N., I.B.C.L.C., and Corky Harvey,
 M.S., R.N., I.B.C.L.C. Co-owners, The Pump Station, with locations in Santa Monica, Hollywood and Westlake, Calif.

 

CHILD DEVELOPMENT
James McKenna, Ph.D. Director, Notre Dame University Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Lab, South Bend, Ind.; expert on SIDS

 

DERMATOLOGY
Diane S. Berson, M.D., F.A.A.D. Assistant clinical professor of dermatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University-New York Presbyterian Hospital

 

MENTAL HEALTH
Vivien Burt, M.D., Ph.D. Professor emeritus, clinical psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine

Gayle Peterson, L.C.S.W., Ph.D. Prenatal and family develop-ment expert, author, An Easier Childbirth, Birthing Normally and Making Healthy Families

 

NUTRITION
Nancy Clark, M.S., R.D., C.S.S.D. Specialist in sports dietetics, author, Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook

Miriam Erick, M.S., R.D. High-risk obstetric dietitian, Brigham 
and Women’s Hospital, Boston; author, Managing Morning Sickness

Jodie Shield, M.Ed., R.D. Adjunct faculty, Benedictine University, Lisle, Ill.; author, Healthy Eating, Healthy Weight for Kids and Teens

 

OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Sean S. Daneshmand, M.D. Director of perinatal outreach, maternal- fetal medicine, San Diego Perinatal Center, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns; clinical professor, department of reproductive medicine, University of California, San Diego Medical Center.

Jacques Mortiz, M.D., Director, division of gynecology, department of OB-GYN, St. Luke’s- Roosevelt hospital, New York, New York

Karen Nordahl, M.D. Assistant professor, department of family practice, University of British Columbia
 faculty of medicine; co-founder, Fit to Deliver International

Sylvia Wood, M.S.N., R.N., C.N.M. Associate professor, Pacific Lutheran University School of Nursing, Tacoma, Wash.

 

PEDIATRICS
Jay N. Gordon, M.D., F.A.A.P. La Leche League International health advisory council member

William Sears, M.D. Co-author, The Pregnancy Book and The Baby Book

 

PREGNANCY & EXERCISE
Raul Artal, M.D. Professor and chairman, department of obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Lisa Druxman, M.A., certified personal trainer; CEO and founder, Stroller Strides, LLC.

Michelle F. Mottola, Ph.D., F.A.C.S.M. Professor of anatomy and kinesiology and director, Exercise and Pregnancy Laboratory, University of Western Ontario in Canada

Julie Tupler, R.N. Certified personal trainer and childbirth educator

Membership on the editorial advisory board does not imply endorsement of any product or service advertised in this magazine.