Our pregnancy and birth team is here to support you through every stage of your journey with compassionate, personalized care. From prenatal visits and education to labor, delivery, and postpartum support, our experienced providers focus on the health and well-being of both you and your baby. With a commitment to comfort, safety, and family-centered care, you can feel confident every step of the way – close to home.
Procedures & Treatments
Family Birthing Center
Labor and delivery services with personalized, family-centered care
Infant Nutrition Center
Lactation support, breast pump rental, and infant feeding guidance
Procedures and Surgeries
OB-GYN surgical care including deliveries and gynecologic procedures
Planning Baby's Birth
Birth planning for natural, medicated, and cesarean delivery options
Postpartum & Parenting Support
Postpartum nursing care, breastfeeding support, and parenting guidance
Pregnancy and childbirth
OB-GYN care throughout pregnancy, from prenatal visits to childbirth
Our LMH Health Maternal Health Team
Crystal Dunbar, APRN
Gynecology
Crystal Dunbar, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, joined the Lawrence OB-GYN Specialists team in 2021, though she has been with LMH Health since 2003. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas and earned her master’s degree from Maryville University in St. Louis, MO. Dunbar is an active member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Heart Association, American Academy of Pediatrics and is a part of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society.
Emily Riggs, MD, FACOG
Gynecology
Dr. Riggs joined Lawrence OB-GYN in 2013. She earned her medical degree at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 2009. She then completed postgraduate residency training in OB-GYN at the Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, Denver, Colorado, in 2013.
Holly A Dunoon, APRN
Gynecology
Holly Dunoon is a board certified Women's Health Nurse Practitioner who completed her master's degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. She earned her bachelor's in nursing from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2007 and also earned a bachelor's degree in French and Psychology from the University of Kansas in 2005. Prior to earning her master's degree, Holly worked as a nurse at the University of Kansas Medical Center caring for postpartum women, newborns and women with high-risk pregnancies.
Jan Morey, APRN, RNC
Gynecology
Jan Morey is a certified Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner. She completed the NP program at the University of Texas Southwest Medical Center in 1993, after earning a bachelor's in Nursing at Marymount College and a bachelor's degree in Health from Kansas State University. Jan has been with Lawrence OB-GYN Specialists since 1995. Her background also includes working with the Douglas County Health Department in the Family Planning Program, and as a labor and delivery nurse in Manhattan, Kansas.
Kelly Jimenez, APRN
Gynecology
A longtime LMH Nurse within the Family Birthing Center, Kelly received her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Kansas School of Nursing in 2015. Many hours of her graduate clinical experience were spent within Mt. Oread Family Practice.
Lara Rivera, APRN, CNM, DNP
Gynecology
Lara Rivera joined Lawrence OB-GYN Specialists in March 2017. She earned a bachelor of science in nursing in 2003 from the University of Kansas. She also holds a master's degree in nurse midwifery from Frontier Nursing University in Hyden, Kentucky, and a doctor of nursing practice degree from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. She previously worked as a labor and delivery nurse and as a certified nurse midwife in Topeka and Kansas City areas. She has served 20 years in the U.S. Army and Navy Reserves, and now is a midwife in the U.S. Navy Reserves. She also has taught in an undergraduate program at Washburn University School of Nursing in Topeka.
Leslie Underwood, MD, FACOG
Gynecology
Dr. Underwood grew up in Oklahoma and earned a bachelor's degree in health and sports science in 2000 at the University of Oklahoma, where she was an Academic All-American in golf. She completed her medical degree at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in Oklahoma City in 2006. Dr. Underwood finished her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2010 and joined the staff at Austin Regional Clinic in Austin, Texas. She joined Lawrence OB-GYN in 2014 and is Board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Logan J. Kracht, MD, FACOG
Gynecology
Logan Kracht, MD, earned his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. Prior to joining the LMH Health team, Kracht worked for the Women’s Clinic of Johnson County-Olathe.
Kracht enjoys performing minimally invasive surgeries and getting his patients back to their daily life as quickly as possible. He is board-certified and is a member of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Kracht enjoys spending his time away from work spending time with his wife and children and playing outside, going to the pool, playing board games and fishing.
Lynley Holman, MD, FACOG
Gynecology
Dr. Holman joined Lawrence OB-GYN Specialists in 2015. She worked in her hometown of Junction City, Kansas for 5 years before coming to Lawrence. She earned her medical degree at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 2005 before completing a four-year obstetrics and gynecology residency at Maricopa Medical Center/St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
Melissa Hoffman, APRN, DNP, PMHNP-BC
Psychiatry
Melissa Hoffman, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, has been with LMH Health since 2001. Though she has served in different roles, her focus has been providing nursing care and education on labor and delivery and maternal mental health. Hoffman received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Kansas School of Nursing in 2018 and joined Lawrence OB-GYN Specialists in 2019. She is an experienced maternal mental health provider, speaker and trainer and treats patients with post-partum depression. She is a board-certified psychiatric mental health Nurse Practitioner.
Michele A. Bennett, MD, FACOG
Gynecology
Dr. Bennett joined Lawrence OB-GYN in 2011. She earned her medical degree at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 2006 and completed here OB-GYN internship in 2007. Her residency was completed in 2010 at the University of Utah Hospitals & Clinic, Salt Lake City, Utah, where she also worked as a clinical instructor in the OB-GYN department.
Natalie Gepford, APRN, CNM, MSN
Gynecology
Natalie Gepford, MSN, CNM, APRN, earned her nursing degree from Baker University and her master's degree from Frontier University in Hyden, KY where she also earned a post-master’s certificate in women's health. Gepford is an active member of the American College of Nurse Midwives and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Pamela Pray, APRN, CNM, MSN
Gynecology
Pam Pray joined Lawrence OB-GYN Specialists in fall 2012. Pam has worked as a Certified Nurse Midwife since earning her CNM certification in 2005 at Kentucky's Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing, where she also completed her master's in nursing in 2007. Before going to Kentucky to pursue midwifery, she graduated with a bachelor's in nursing from Washburn University in Topeka and worked for nearly ten years as an OB-GYN and labor and delivery nurse in the Kansas City metro area.
Phillip Moreano, MD, FACOG
Gynecology
Dr. Moreano has been with Lawrence OB-GYN Specialists since 1996. He completed his medical degree at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City in 1992 and his OB-GYN residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita in 1996.