Bassett Medical Center’s Midwifery Program Honored Nationally for ‘Innovative and Compassionate’ Care Bassett’s current nurse-midwife team from left to right: Patricia Otis, Laura O’Shea, Frances Sailer, Elizabeth Guiney, Kari Knudson, and Rosa Vuojolainen. Not pictured: Paula Lawrence. Bassett Medical Center’s midwifery program received national attention recently when it received the With Women for a Lifetime Commendation from the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM). This honor recognizes the hospital’s35-year history of providing midwife care to families of Central New York. “It’s…