Bryn Mcnamee-Tweed, CNM, MSN
Bryn McNamee-Tweed was raised in North Carolina before graduating from Dickinson College in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in Global Health. After working as a Community Health Worker at the Mexican Consulate, she went to New York University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She then joined Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital/ New York Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center, as a Registered Nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. After nearly four years in the NICU, she moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to complete a Masters Degree as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, specializing in Nurse Midwifery at the University of Michigan. Bryn graduated and later became licensed as a Certified Nurse Midwife in 2019 before joining a large Obstetrics & Gynecology practice in Morristown, New Jersey. She provided full-scope health care for women of all ages, including prenatal and postpartum care, labor, and delivery. After several years in private practice, Bryn returned to Columbia University in a different capacity as the Clinical Coordinator of the Neonatal Comfort Care Program. Bryn’s diverse academic and work experience adds to the breadth of expertise on the Neonatal Comfort Care team. She is able to use her experience in both maternal and neonatal health to support and counsel patients who are carrying a fetus with a life-limiting diagnosis. Bryn is passionate about the work she gets to do at CUMC. She sees it as a privilege to accompany families through some of the hardest days of their lives while simultaneously helping them create moments of joy and opportunities to celebrate their child, no matter how long they are in the world.