Katie DePalma (pronouns: they/she) is a CNM/WHNP with expertise in: trauma-informed and consent-based care, queer and gender-affirming care, and reducing weight bias in healthcare. Katie is an Assistant Professor in the midwifery/WHNP program at Georgetown University where most of their focus has been on incorporating health equity content into the curriculum and supporting graduate students as they transition to become clinicians.
Clinically, Katie is the postpartum program manager at Community of Hope in the District of Columbia, where they are working with a team to eliminate barriers to thriving in the postpartum year. Katie has a DNP from Frontier Nursing University, an MS from Georgetown University, a BSN from Johns Hopkins University, and a BS from Loyola University.
Katie is a dual citizen of the US and Ireland and enjoys traveling, cooking handmade pasta, and being in perpetual search of the world's best oyster. They live right outside of DC in Mount Rainier, MD with their spouse, child, pets, and array of house plants.