Shannon Hren, CNM
Nurse Midwife
About Shannon Hren, CNM
Shannon grew up in small towns and on a farm in Iowa and moved to Flagstaff to finish her undergraduate work at NAU. She earned undergraduate degrees at NAU and Western Governors University before pursuing a Master of Science in Nursing from Frontier Nursing University. She is board certified as a Certified Nurse Midwife and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. She spent 20 years of her career working as a labor and delivery nurse at Flagstaff Medical Center. As a midwife and nurse practitioner, she has experience working and training in varied settings, including a free-standing birth center in Denver, CO, and an all-midwife practice in Durango, CO, experiences that heavily influenced the model of care she strives to provide in her own community. As a provider, her clinical interests include birthing, sexual health, and menopause medicine.
“I have wanted to work in a midwife practice in Flagstaff for many years. After two decades at the bedside and years of building experience across very different care settings – from birth centers to federally qualified health centers to the Navajo reservation – I’ve made my way back to the place that first shaped me as a clinician. I am so excited to join the amazing team at Flagstaff OBGYN. I love this community; Flagstaff has a way of staying with you, and the people here deserve care that truly sees them. I love educating clients and birthing families about options and empowering them to make decisions they believe are right for them. I am passionate about shared decision-making and believe that an integral part of all medical decisions includes taking into account the client’s values and preferences.”
When not working, Shannon enjoys spending time with friends, traveling in Mexico, looking for all of the best tacos and beaches, exploring, paddleboarding, camping, hiking, hot springs, and hot yoga. But most of all, she loves spending time with her family and her granddaughters, Emerald and Saylor.
Qualifications
Education
Master of Science in Nursing from Frontier Nursing University
Insurance Information
Please note this is not a comprehensive list of insurances that all of our providers participate in, as insurance carriers vary based on provider. If you do not see your insurance on this list, we strongly encourage you to call your insurance provider or your Genesis OBGYN provider’s office about your coverage.
AARP Medicare Complete
Aetna
Ambetter
AZCH-AZ Complete – Medicaid
BCBS – Commercial
BCBS – Marketplace
Cigna
Community Plan
Health Choice Medicaid
Health Choice Standard ACA Marketplace
Humana
Medicare
Mercy Care – Medicaid
Multiplan/PHCS – Commercial
PNOA
Tricare
UMR
United Healthcare
Hospital Affiliations
Flagstaff OBGYN
Shannon grew up in small towns and on a farm in Iowa and moved to Flagstaff to finish her undergraduate work at NAU. She earned undergraduate degrees at NAU and Western Governors University before pursuing a Master of Science in Nursing from Frontier Nursing University. She is board certified as a Certified Nurse Midwife and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. She spent 20 years of her career working as a labor and delivery nurse at Flagstaff Medical Center. As a midwife and nurse practitioner, she has experience working and training in varied settings, including a free-standing birth center in Denver, CO, and an all-midwife practice in Durango, CO, experiences that heavily influenced the model of care she strives to provide in her own community. As a provider, her clinical interests include birthing, sexual health, and menopause medicine.
“I have wanted to work in a midwife practice in Flagstaff for many years. After two decades at the bedside and years of building experience across very different care settings – from birth centers to federally qualified health centers to the Navajo reservation – I’ve made my way back to the place that first shaped me as a clinician. I am so excited to join the amazing team at Flagstaff OBGYN. I love this community; Flagstaff has a way of staying with you, and the people here deserve care that truly sees them. I love educating clients and birthing families about options and empowering them to make decisions they believe are right for them. I am passionate about shared decision-making and believe that an integral part of all medical decisions includes taking into account the client’s values and preferences.”
When not working, Shannon enjoys spending time with friends, traveling in Mexico, looking for all of the best tacos and beaches, exploring, paddleboarding, camping, hiking, hot springs, and hot yoga. But most of all, she loves spending time with her family and her granddaughters, Emerald and Saylor.
Education
Master of Science in Nursing from Frontier Nursing University