Julie Blumenfeld
Julie Blumenfeld is a certified nurse-midwife and fellow of the American College of Nurse Midwives and American Academy of Nursing. She is a clinical assistant professor and program director of the Nurse-Midwifery Program at Rutgers’ School of Nursing.
She began her health care career as a Peace Corps volunteer and has spent the past two decades providing midwifery care in Trenton, New Jersey. In addition to her clinical and teaching responsibilities, Blumenfeld is dedicated to serving the community in Trenton. Since 2001, she has worked in a variety of roles in the city, serving predominantly newly immigrated Latina women and their families. She also works with the Children’s Home Society of New Jersey as part of a federal grant from the Office of Minority Health to implement and evaluate a perinatal community integration model in Mercer, Ocean, and Monmouth counties in New Jersey and in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
Blumenfeld is a passionate advocate for creating lasting change through health policy. She is the chair of the New Jersey Maternal Mortality Review Committee, the immediate past chair of the New Jersey Maternal Care Quality Collaborative, and a member of the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners Midwifery Liaison Committee. She is active in the American College of Nurse Midwives and serves as chair of the college’s State Government Affairs Committee and president of its New Jersey affiliate. She is the recipient of the American College of Nurse Midwives 2023 Policy Award in recognition of her work to expand access to midwifery in New Jersey.
Julie Blumenfeld