Melissa Phillips, CNM, WHNP-BC

Specialties: Midwifery

Melissa Phillips attended Rutgers, The State College of New Jersey where she earned her master’s degree as a Certified Nurse Midwife as well as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. She is board certified in both specialties. She graduated with honors and is a long-time member of the National Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau chapter.

She is also a registered nurse with over 15 years of hospital-based nursing experience. She received her undergraduate nursing degree at Felician College in Lodi. With experience as a Nurse Practitioner in women’s urology and urogynecology as well as a variety of private OB/GYN practices, Melissa joins Axia to bring compassion and sensitivity to her patients and their families.

As both a nurse practitioner as well as a certified nurse midwife, she has a passion for caring for women from pregnancy and beyond. She is a member of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health as well as the American College of Nurse Midwives. She lives in Morris County with her husband, two children and their rescue dog.