Melania E Tudose
associate teacher in midwifery at Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
Biography
Melania E. Tudose is a midwife and an associate teacher in midwifery at Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest. She was an ob-gyn nurse between 1983 and 2009 when she became a licensed midwife (the valedictorian of the first promotion). She graduated a Master’s Degree in Genetics Counseling and she is a Ph.D. student (4th year) in Medical Science (Medical Genetics). She is the first Romanian midwife accepted at a Doctoral School in Medical Science. She is the president of the Independent Midwives Association which is fighting to rehabilitate the midwifery profession and thus to increase the Romanian women’s and children’s health. In her career, she helped more than 2500 women to bring their babies into our world. She is also working as a senior midwife, coordinator of the Labor and Delivery Rooms, at Buzău Women's Hospital (near Bucharest), Romania