Susan Stone

Susan E. Stone is an American nurse midwife and academic administrator who is the distinguished chair of midwifery at Frontier Nursing University. She was previously its president from 2001 to 2023.

Life Stone was born in Utica, New York. Her dissertation was titled, Factors Associated with a High Rate of Cesarean Section in a Small Rural Hospital. Michael A. Carter was Stone's doctoral advisor. She was elected a fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) in 2005 and of the American Academy of Nursing in 2012. She served as the ACNM president from 2018 to 2019. In 2018, she was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine. She transitioned to distinguished chair of midwifery in 2023.