The Gallatin Valley has many professional resources to help local families on their journey into parenthood. With this list, families and providers will be able to connect the dots of support in our community. This list does not serve as a recommendation or endorsement of specific providers, who are responsible for their listed credentials, training and contact information.
FAMILY PRACTICE
Community Health Partners
Christina Meyers, MD James Cleary, MD Liese Pessl, FNP Kristi King, FNP Maya Howell, LCSW Jenny McCune, LCPC Hannah Wilson, LCPC-C Jai Anderson, MSW Community Health Partners is a full service family practice caring for individuals across the lifespan. Our behavioral health team is integrated with our medical team so we can meet both the physical and mental health needs of our community. Contact: chphealthmt.org |
Livingston HealthCare Family Medicine
Nicole DeArmond, PA-C (Shields Valley Clinic) Scott Coleman, MD Benjamin Flook, MD Kyra Piñango, MD Genevieve Reid, MD Rae Stevenson, MD Kelly Walker, MD At Livingston HealthCare, it is our privilege to provide care to families during such a pivotal stage in life. The mental health of our patients is a top priority:every patient is screened upon admission to determine how we can best support their behavioral health needs. Postpartum depression screenings occur at each clinic visit for mom and baby. All of our providers have access to an on-staff licensed clinical social worker with mental health certification who supports women with perinatal depression or anxiety by providing immediate networking with community-based counselors and therapists. Contact: livingstonhealthcare.org |
MIDWIVES
Kayla Wright, CNM
Jazmin Adams, LM The midwives at the Bozeman Birth Center have experience in assisting mothers, babies, and families during the early and extended postpartum period with both physical and emotional care. As a certified nurse-midwife, Kayla Wright has full prescriptive authority to facilitate full-scope postpartum care and has completed Postpartum Support International’s certificate training for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Both midwives are certified lactation counselors and provide breastfeeding counseling and support. Contact: The Bozeman Birth Center |
Marianne Fieweger - Donch, LM, CLC
Marianne is a licensed midwife specializing in home birth. She provides traditional, unhurried, woman-to-woman care for moms who want to be accompanied – not managed – through their birth journey. This independent practice style allows for care that is tailored to each family’s unique needs, making home birth today a growing trend and an enduring Montana tradition for very good reason. For more than 17 years Marianne has provided Bozeman families with childbirth education, doula support and lactation counseling. She is also a DONA Birth Doula trainer, and the owner of Bridger Birthing. Contact: Bridger Birthing LLC |
Midwifery with April
April Mellito, LM, CLC provides holistic and individualized prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care. April exclusively offers home birth and empowers women to respectfully birth their babies in the comfort of their own home. April is also a certified lactation counselor. Contact: April Mellito, LM |
Bonnie Roll, CNM, WHNP of Livingston Healthcare is a Certified Nurse Midwife specialist with years of diverse experiences that have led her to honor the normalcy of each woman’s life cycle, with the appropriate use of interventions or technology when necessary. Bonnie promotes team collaboration to provide the best care for each individual patient. “I believe every woman needs a compassionate partnership in health care; a partnership that acknowledges her life experiences for individual methods of healing, and is guided by the best evidence available," she says.
Contact: 406-222-3541 livingstonhealthcare.org |
NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS
Dr. Alisun Bonville, ND
Dr. Bonville is dedicated to women’s health and has been in practice for 10 years. She knows that after pregnancy many women are fatigued, deficient in nutrients and hormonally imbalanced. Postpartum support with Dr. Bonville focuses on treating the underlying cause of any imbalance by combining mental-emotional and physical therapies. Dr. Bonville uses "functional medicine" to support postpartum health by assessing and balancing all hormones, enabling healthy genetic expression, providing neurotransmitter support and replenishing amino-acids, vitamins and minerals. Contact: Spring Integrative Health |
Dr. Holcomb Johnston, ND
Dr. Johnston provides multifaceted care for postpartum mamas including hormone and neurotransmitter testing, stress pathway and thyroid analysis, well-woman exams and nutritional evaluation. She also uses Holistic Pelvic Care and craniosacral therapy to help restore the pelvic bowl and body post birthing. In practice for a decade, Dr. Johnston received her doctorate from National College of Natural Medicine and has done extensive study in women’s health, botanical medicine, nutrition, body/energy work, and in 2015 completed a postpartum training from Postpartum Support International. As a mother of two herself, she is passionate about the well-being of mothers. Contact: Enso Natural Medicine |
OB/GYNs
Bozeman Health Women’s Specialists
Cassie Belzer, CNM, DNP Brooke Cadwell, CNM Jami Chisdak, MD Kirsten Drake, PA-C Shaun Gillis, MD Lori Newman, FNP, CNM Anna McCracken, FNP Holly Omar, MD Marilee Simons, MD Linda Waring, MD Shauna Werth Kronfuss, MD Melissa Wolf, MD Bozeman Health Women’s Specialists Clinic takes mental health seriously. All moms are screened using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. This 10-question, self-rating scale has been proven to be an efficient and effective way of identifying patients at risk for postpartum depression. If treatment is needed they will be there every step of the way. Contact: bozemanhealth.org |
Bozeman OB/GYN - Billings Clinic
Silddy Atilano, MD Tyler Bradford, MD, FACOG Shelby Haugan, MD, FACOG Amy Korten, MD, FACOG Christene McDonnell, PA Stacy Shomento, MD, FACOG Sam Sillitti, MD, FACOG Jennifer Yarger, MD, FACOG Billings Clinic Bozeman OB/GYN is dedicated to providing comprehensive health care to Bozeman area women including obstetrics, gynecology, infertility and female urology. Our mission is to provide compassionate, comprehensive women’s health services from adolescence, the reproductive years, pregnancy and through menopause. In addition to preventative and primary ob/gyn care, we offer many specialty women’s services including: the only reproductive endocrinology team in the area, offering complex and personalized infertility treatments and in vitro fertilization; minimally invasive gynecologic surgery with robotic surgery for fibroid tumors, endometriosis, excessive menstrual bleeding, and pelvic prolapse; maternal-fetal medicine care for high risk pregnancy; and we are the only gynecologic oncologists in MT for cancers of the reproductive tract. Contact: billingsclinic.com |
Livingston HealthCare OB/GYN
Doyle Scott Coleman, MD Denise Helin, MD Kyra Piñango, MD Genevieve Reid, MD Bonnie Roll, CNM, WHNP Rae Stevenson, MD Kelly Walker, MD Livingston HealthCare considers it a privilege to provide care to families during such a pivotal stage in life. The mental health of patients is a top priority; every patient is screened upon admission to determine how their behavioral health needs can best be supported. Postpartum depression screenings occur at each clinic visit for mom and baby. All of the providers have access to an on-staff licensed clinical social worker who supports women with perinatal depression or anxiety by providing immediate networking with community-based counselors and therapists. Contact: livingstonhealthcare.org |
PEDIATRICIANS
Acorn Pediatrics - Billings Clinic
Courtney Handlin, DO Sheila Idzerda, MD Jaime June, IBCLC David White, MD Billings Clinic - Acorn Pediatrics is deeply interested in supporting families from infancy to college. As part of this process they actively screen new mothers for postpartum depression. They have a dedicated lactation consultant on staff to support mothers and babies. The nursing staff is also a resource for the mental health needs of parents. They believe that healthy parents are able to more easily parent healthy and thriving children. Contact: acornpediatrics.com |
Bozeman Health Pediatric Clinic
William Allen, MD Michael Blake, MD Deborah Cades, PA-C Christopher D’Ardenne, MD Katie D’Ardenne, MD Kristen Day, MD Juliet Hansen, MD Pepper Henyon, MD Mark Hodgson, MD Angie Ostrowski, MD Melissa Shepherd, FNP The pediatricians at Bozeman Health Pediatric Clinic take postpartum depression seriously and use a screening tool to help detect symptoms of postpartum depression at key visits. Contact: bozemanhealth.org |
Hatch Pediatrics
Troy Couture, MD Sue Daniels, MD Lynne Foss, C-PNP Jennifer Wilkinson, MD Hatch Pediatrics strives to provide the best medical care for its patients, and this extends to the health of the entire family. As experts in the care of newborns and infants, they are aware of the importance of supporting the health of the mother in caring for her new baby. They screen for postpartum depression at all visits in the critical first year. If concerns are discovered, they will work closely with community resources and the mother’s physician, if necessary, to make sure that every new mother gets the support she needs. Contact: hatch.md |
Livingston HealthCare Pediatrics
Paula Coleman, CPNP, MSN Heather DiCross, MD Livingston HealthCare considers it a privilege to provide care to families during such a pivotal stage in life. The mental health of patients is a top priority; every patient is screened upon admission to determine how their behavioral health needs can best be supported. Postpartum depression screenings occur at each clinic visit for mom and baby. All of the providers have access to an on-staff licensed clinical social worker who supports women with perinatal depression or anxiety by providing immediate networking with community-based counselors and therapists. Contact: livingstonhealthcare.org |