Provider

Rachel Edelstein, CNM completed her Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry at Virginia Tech in 2009. Here her respect for science and its methodologies emerged. In an effort to intersect the sciences with human health, she attended Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. In 2012, Rachel started her RN career in surgical oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. As her passion for women’s health grew, she relocated to Charlottesville, Virginia to work as a labor and delivery nurse at University of Virginia Medical Center. While working at UVA, Rachel attended the nation’s oldest nurse midwifery program at Frontier Nursing University. Rachel completed her clinical training with the physicians and midwives at University of California Los Angeles in 2019. Rachel is honored to return to the greater Baltimore area and serve the women of Westminster at Capital Women’s Care. As a native to Baltimore County, she feels right at home and is excited to serve the women in her own community. Rachel is drawn to the physiologic, emotional and spiritual aspects of labor and birth and the impact of maternal health on the health of the family. She strives to build lasting relationships with her patients that will support them throughout their healthcare journeys. In her free time, you can find Rachel exploring the outdoors with her two young children and husband.She loves to hike, read, garden and go on adventures with her family.