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Shannon Welker

Welker has joined the obstetrics and gynecology practice affiliated with F.F. Thompson Hospital’s Canandaigua Medical Group. A member of the American College of Nurse Midwives, Welker is a Macedon resident who received her master’s in midwifery from the Thomas Jefferson University College of Health Professions in Philadelphia. Her bachelor’s in nursing is from St. John Fisher College in Rochester.

In 2021 and 2022, Welker worked as a student nurse midwife with the UR Medicine Midwifery Group. She has also worked as a registered nurse in The Birth Center at UR Medicine for the past six years. Previously, Welker worked in neurology and epilepsy at the UR Medical Center. Welker, who is certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board, will be based at the OB-GYN practice’s Canandaigua location until the opening of the new Farmington Medical Group office in August.

Thompson among top places to work

For the sixth time, UR Medicine Thompson Health has earned a spot on the “150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare” list released by Becker's Hospital Review.

According to the monthly publication featuring business and legal information for healthcare industry leaders, the 2023 list highlights hospitals, health systems and healthcare companies that “provide comprehensive benefits packages, opportunities for professional development, inclusive work environments and the flexibility needed for a true work-life

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