Nurse Midwives Join ProHealth Medical Group

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Pekin Hospital is pleased to announce that two new nurse midwives have joined ProHealth Medical Group. Janey Hitch, MSN, CNM, and Natalie Wipert, MSN, CNM, are now accepting new patients at Premier Obstetrics and Gynecology located at 2401 Broadway, Suite B in Pekin.

A midwife for 26 years, Hitch received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee. She then received her Master of Science in Nursing from Frontier Nursing University in Hyden, Kentucky. She most recently served as a labor and delivery nurse at West Houston Medical Center in Houston, Texas.

Originally from Aurora, Illinois, Wipert earned an Associate degree in Nursing from Central Florida Community College and a Bachelor’s degree in nursing from Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida. She then received a Masters in Nursing, Midwifery from Frontier Nursing University in Hyden, Kentucky. She has 14 years of labor and delivery experience, most recently at Wright Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio.

To schedule an appointment with Hitch or Wipert, please call (309) 620-9980.

ProHealth Medical Group operates primary care and specialty practices in Pekin, Illinois. ProHealth is part of Progressive Health Systems, which includes Pekin Hospital.

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