Sam graduated from Cedarville University (1998) and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (2004).  She started her career as a full scope Certified Nurse Midwife at Birth and Beyond in Spring Lake Michigan before moving to the Nashville area and joining the faculty at Vanderbilt in 2006 until taking a clinical position at Cool Springs Family Medicine in 2010.  

 For the last 12 years, Sam has been one of the most credible and trusted family health care providers in middle TN and has earned the reputation of someone who will advocate and go above and beyond for her patients in the clinic and in the community. She’s also a very valuable collaborator to many licensed midwives in the nashville birth community. 

 When Sam isn’t serving the community clinically, she is mothering her 3 children, 16, 14 and 7, coaching soccer, cuddling her puppies, enjoying local music or sharing a meal at her favorite Mediterranean cafe north of nashville, where she’s raising her family with her husband Kyle. 

Roots is very excited to welcome Sam as our Roots Childbirth group instructor. Book your class with Sam today!