Michal (Rosie) Meroz, CNM, MPH

 

Address: Moshav Ilaniya D.N. Galil Tahton 15255

Email Address: pe_ima@yahoo.com

Cell Phone: 972-522-609-361

Website: pe-ima.co.il

 

EDUCATION                                                                                                                       

 

Naturopathy                                                   Ridman college, Haifa                    2012-present

 

MPH - Master’s Degree in Public Health    Haifa University                               2010-2012

Graduated magna cum laude

 

CM - Midwife                                                  Advanced Nursing Center              2008-2009

                                                                         Rambam Hospital

 

Breastfeeding Consultant                            Tel Hashomer Hospital                   2006

 

RN - Nurse                                                       Tel Aviv University                           2005

Graduated cum laude 

 

Languages: Hebrew (mother tongue), English (highly proficient in reading, writing and verbal communication) and Arabic (basic verbal communication)

 

WORK EXPERIENCE                                                                                                                     

 

Private Holistic Midwife                   E.M.M.S Hospital, Nazareth                                      2013-present

 

Senior Staff Midwife                         Mother Health International, Uganda                    2013

 

NARM Preceptor                               National Association of Registered                         2013-Present

                                                             Midwives

 

Homebirth Midwife                           Agoola                                                                        2012-2013

 

Midwife                                               Saint Paul Hospital, Nazareth                                 2009-2012

 

Nurse                                                  NICU and Nursery Poriah Hospital                        2007-2009

 

*I established breastfeeding classes for mothers and educated the staff about breastfeeding.

 

NICU Nurse                                        Tel Hashomer Hospital                                           2005-2007

 

*I established breastfeeding classes for mothers with premature infants. With the senior nurse, the head of the department, I established breastfeeding and transition-to-home classes for parents of preemies. I was also the contact nursing researcher who was checking the relationship between sensory stimulation and neurological development in preterm infants.

 

 

TEACHING AND OTHER EMPLOYMENT                                                                       

 

Tzvat West Galilee College (2012-Present)

giving obstetrical simulations for nursing students.

 

Founder, manager and coordinator of summer camps for kids ages 5-10 in Hadera (2000-2005)

 

Founder, owner, and manager of private business preparing, marketing, and selling confitures in Zichron Yakov (1997-2000)

 

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS                                                                           

 

“Institutional and Cultural Perspectives of Home Birth in Israel”  JPE- Journal of Perinatal Education, Winter 2015, Volume 24, Number 1

 

Human Rights at Birth Conference – May 2013

“Institutional and Cultural Perspectives of Home Birth in Israel" (poster presentation)

 

Student Conference of Haifa University (1 of 5 top theses) – June 2013

“Institutional and Cultural Perspectives of Home Birth in Israel" (lecture)

 

Myers – JDC – Brookdale Institute Conference - July 2013

“Institutional and Cultural Perspectives of Home Birth in Israel" (lecture)