Who maintains "BreastfeedingConferences.com"

Pamela K. Murphy, Ph.D, MS, APRN-BC, CNM, IBCLC       [Email Pamela K. Murphy]

Dr. Murphy has been a perinatal nurse for 13 years, a certified nurse midwife for 9 years, and an internationally board certified lactation consultant for 6 years. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Master of Science from Georgetown University and a Ph.D in Nursing from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Her research topics include: the accuracy of test weighing techniques; and the effect of vitamin D on the incidence of postpartum depression. She has been published in Breastfeeding Medicine and the Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health.

Pamela spent 2 years practicing in Vermont at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center as a Certified Nurse Midwife, then began a career in lactation. She spent 6 years at MUSC in Charleston, SC as a lactation consultant, caring for breastfeeding women in both inpatient and outpatient settings, assisting women with full term and preterm infants.

Pamela is currently the clinical development manager for Ameda breastpumps. She also continues her private lactation practice, offering at home counseling and education for breastfeeding mothers in Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, Sullivan's Island, Isle of Palms and Daniel Island, South Carolina, www.lactationresources.com. She has expertise in transitioning preterm infants to the breast using non-nutritive sucking, nipple shields and test weights; using creamatocrits to initiate hindmilk interventions for preterm infants; and treating nipple and breast issues such as nipple candida and low milk supply.

She is also adjunct faculty at the College of Nursing at MUSC and South University teaching women's health and research courses online. She speaks nationally on breastfeeding topics as well as the health effects of vitamin D on women's health. If you would like her to speak at your event please contact her through this site.

While preparing for the IBCLC exam several years ago, Pamela identified the strong need for an online resource that provides a compilation of Lactation Consultant CERP's and continuing education in the field of lactation.

This website is the direct response to this need. We are always looking to ADD CONFERENCES to our database. If you have a conference or know of one, please go to the home page and click on the button in the upper left-hand corner that states "POST YOUR CONFERENCE FOR FREE". The conference will be posted to the site within a few days, pending our review for content.Credit: photograph of Audrey Murphy by

BreastfeedingConferences.com is visited by over 24,000 users a year. If you have any interest in advertising on our site or would like to get in touch with Pamela, click here.

Pamela's Publications

• Haase BH, Barreira J, Murphy PK, Mueller MM, & Rhodes JR (2009). The development of an accurate test weighing technique for preterm and high-risk hospitalized infants. Breastfeeding Medicine, 4(3), 151-6.
• Murphy PK & Wagner CL (2008). Vitamin D and depressive disorders among women: An integrative review. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, 53(5), 440-6.