Obstetrics

Sarah Morelli (she/her) is board certified as both a Midwife and a Nurse Practitioner. She studied at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and has been in practice serving patients since 2014. Sarah’s favorite part about her job is building a relationship with each patient that is built on mutual trust and getting the opportunity to care for patients consistently through the years. She values taking the time to listen to patients’ concerns and questions and she enjoys educating patients so that they have the opportunity to fully participate in decision making about their health care. Her model of care is trauma-informed, consensual nonmonogamy competent, and intentional to uphold bodily autonomy. Sarah has a Certificate of Advanced Training in LGBTQ Healthcare and can prescribe and manage gender affirming testosterone therapy. Additionally, she can guide non-gestational parents, who are interested in chest/breastfeeding, through lactation induction. She is committed to providing patient-centered care to everyone. In her free time, Sarah enjoys baking and being outdoors with her family.

Judy Brady, RN, IBCLC, BCHN, leads the patient education programs at OBGYN Associates. Judy brings over 20 years of experience to this position, spanning a wide range of women’s health needs: preconception nutrition counseling, childbirth preparation, breast feeding/lactation instruction, and nutrition counseling for weight management, cholesterol lowering, and also symptoms associated with perimenopause, menopause, osteoporosis, and fibromyalgia, as well as many other issues affecting women of all ages.

Judy has an extensive education and is certified in Holistic Nutrition specializing in Women’s Health and Disease Prevention. She received her RN degree from The University of Maryland at Baltimore. She is also an international board-certified lactation consultant and board-certified holistic nutritionist. At OBGYN Associates, she provides patients with one-on-one nutrition and lactation consultations.

Additionally, Judy runs highly-popular childbirth classes that attract women from throughout the greater Montgomery County, Maryland area. Patients praise Judy for her personable and patient teaching style, along with her unparalleled expertise. She is passionate about caring for women.

An expert in all aspects of breastfeeding, Judy successfully teaches women whose babies are unable to latch and women with twins. She also provides advice on what foods to eat and avoid during the lactation process, how to pump and store breast milk, and how to prevent and treat sore nipples.

As an expert in women’s diet and nutrition, Judy provides advice and supervision on dietary choices throughout each trimester of pregnancy, as well as nutrition counseling for weight loss or gain, remedying menstrual disorders such as PMS, decreasing the risk of breast cancer, and boosting immune systems for women undergoing chemotherapy.