Rebecca M. Otte, CNM, MSN – Ms Otte is a certified Nurse-Midwife. She graduated from Stormont-Vail School of Nursing in 1980 with a diploma in nursing and worked in labor and delivery at Stormont-Vail until 1995. She completed her BSN at Washburn University in 1993, graduating with honors and received the Alice B. Jensen award for excellence in clinical nursing. She attended Frontier School of Nurse Midwifery in Kentucky and obtained her certification in nurse-midwifery from the American College of Nurse Midwives Certification Council in 1995. She obtained a master’s of science in nursing from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio in 1999. She has been with Lincoln Center since 1995. In addition to her office duties, Ms. Otte has privileges at St. Francis and Stormont-Vail hospitals and attends patients during labor and delivery. She is currently adjunct faculty with the University of Kansas School of Midwifery. In 2006, she received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the American College of Nurse Midwives. She is a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives and ACNM Kansas affiliate.

Terri A. Strong, RN, ARNP – Ms. Strong completed her BS in Nursing at Washburn University and her MS at the University of Kansas. Prior to joining the Lincoln Center Ms. Strong worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Obstetrics at Stormont Vail Hospital, a Staff Nurse at the Jane C. Stormont Women’s Center and a Clinical Nursing Instructor at Washburn University. She completed her ARNP in 1998.

Leslie L. Arnold, CNM, BSN – Ms. Arnold is a certified Nurse-Midwife. She completed her BS in Nursing at Washburn University and her MS in Nursing at the University of Kansas. She is a member of the American College of Nurse Midwives and Certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board. In addition to her office duties, Ms. Arnold has privileges at both St. Francis and Stormont-Vail hospitals and attends patients during labor and delivery. Prior to joining Lincoln Center, Ms. Arnold worked as a charge nurse in The Birthplace at Stormont-Vail. She was a Childbirth Educator from 1995-2008 and a Clinical Instructor for the Baker University School of Nursing in 2008 as well as for Neosho County Community College from 2004-2006. She was also a Senior Nursing School Instructor for the Kaw Area Teaching School from 2003-2004.

Shannon L. Obdyke, ARNP, WHNP-BC – Ms. Obdyke completed her BS in nursing at Washburn University in 2002, graduating with nursing honors and magna cum laude. She completed her MS in nursing, women's Health nurse practitioner tract at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. She is board certified as a women's health nurse practitioner through the National Certification Corporation. She worked as a registered nurse at The Birthplace at Stormont-Vail prior to joining the Lincoln Center. She also was a Childbirth Educator at Stormont-Vail from 2004-2009.