Carol B. Alan, M.D.

Dr. Carol Alan joined SFHC’s staff in 2006 and serves as SFHC’s staff Obstetrician/Gynecologist. Dr. Alan is a Board Certified OB/GYN and Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.  A native of Winston-Salem, NC, she received her doctorate of medicine from Johns Hopkins University and completed her residency at Duke University.

Tom Chappell, CNM, Director of Midwifery Services

Tom joined SFHC's staff in 2008 as Director of Midwifery Services. He has been a Certified Nurse-Midwife since 1997; completing his graduate education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is an active member of the South Carolina Chapter of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Originally coming to Sumter with the United States Air Force, Tom retired in 2001 and has been serving the women of Sumter and Clarendon counties since that time. Natives of Pennsylvania, Tom and his wife have two daughters and currently reside in Manning, South Carolina.

Elayne Steindorf, APRN, CNM

Elayne joined SFHC’s Midwifery team in January 2009. She completed her Master’s degree in Nurse-Midwifery in 2008 at the University of Indianapolis, in Indiana and is certified by the American Nurse-Midwifery Board. She is a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives and the South Carolina Chapter of ACNM. Prior to completing her graduate degree, Elayne spent twenty-six years as a Labor and Delivery nurse and Childbirth Educator. She is married with 3 grown daughters.

Jennifer Collins, CNM

Jennifer Collins joined Sumter Family Health Center in 2009. She is a board certified nurse midwife (CNM) who graduated from the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing in Kentucky. She has previously worked in private practice in Manning since moving from Florida in 2005. Her past experience also includes seven years as a public school teacher and working as a labor and delivery nurse. She currently resides in Manning with her husband and two sons.

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