Cathy Collins-Fulea, DNP, CNM, FACNM, FAAN

Catherine Collins-Fulea, DNP, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, has been a certified nurse-midwife since 1981, dedicating her career to serving women in inner-city Detroit. In 1991, she joined the Henry Ford Health System, where she established one of the largest midwifery practices in the United States. This innovative practice fostered a collaborative model in which midwives and OB/GYN physicians worked as equal partners, each contributing their unique expertise. The integration extended to education, with midwives involved in training medical residents and students, and physicians actively participating in the education of midwifery students.

Dr. Collins-Fulea has held numerous leadership roles within the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), including two terms as Vice President and one term as President. She has also contributed to multiple interorganizational efforts with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), most notably serving on the Task Force on Collaboration, which authored the publication 'Collaboration in Practice: Implementing Team-Based Care'.

In 2019, Dr. Collins-Fulea joined the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) faculty at Frontier Nursing University, where she currently serves as an Assistant Professor. In this role, she teaches quality improvement science and mentors doctoral students in the development and execution of their quality improvement initiatives.