Dr. Katie Youngblood, DNP, CNM

Dr. Katie Youngblood, DNP, CNM was thrilled to join AMFW in 2022, and stepped into the Clinical Director role in 2024. She continues working with families to provide compassionate evidence-based care across the lifespan.

Dr. Katie is a north Texas native who grew up in Sherman and returned to the area in 2016 . The daughter of an OB/GYN and a labor and delivery nurse, Katie has been surrounded by birth for as long as she can remember. With the birth of her second child, she experienced first-hand the impact of the midwifery model of care. It was then that she was inspired to begin her journey to become a nurse midwife.

Dr. Katie received her BSN from Baylor University and went to work in a busy, high-risk labor and delivery unit. While working as a nurse, she quickly reinforced her appreciation for physiologic natural birth. While enrolled in Baylor’s nurse-midwifery program, Katie was a student with AMFW. Here, she developed a love for holistic midwifery care and developing rich relationships with clients.

As part of her doctoral program, she developed a unique curriculum designed to improve communication techniques and teamwork on labor and delivery units in order to drive improvements in patient outcomes.

“The transformative power of birth never ceases to create awe for me. Each and every time, I am transfixed as I witness the arrival of a new life.”