Batya Prebor (CNM, Dipl. CM) is a trained nurse midwife, a master acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist, and a certified EFT practitioner specializing in women’s health, fertility, and mood disorders.

After completing her studies in chinese medicine at Reidman College she pursued further training in Japanese and Master Tung style acupuncture and completed advanced training in the use of Chinese herbs. She also has specialized training in the treatment of  fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum and was one of the founders of  Share Zedek Medical Center’s acupuncture service in the Labor and Delivery, Post Partum and Gynecology wards.

Batya was born in New Jersey and grew up learning about medicine from her mother who was an operating room nurse and supervisor. As a young child she wanted to be a doctor but as she grew up she became interested in exploring other realms like Jewish studies, math, and physics – areas of study that were traditionally less accessible to women. It was important to her to show that women can excel in any area of study that they choose.

She graduated with honors from high school and received a number of scholarships to college where she completed a double major in Jewish studies and computer science, and the prerequisite pre-med coursework. Not yet ready to apply to medical school, she pursued a master’s degree in Medieval Jewish History – hoping to crack open sacred Jewish texts and teach them to women.

But after a pregnancy loss Batya circled back to the medical world choosing the path of midwifery – for its perspective of empowering women and the belief in birth as a safe and natural event that each woman’s body instinctively understands. She became a certified nurse midwife and earned a master’s degree in midwifery. This opened her up to the world of mind-body medicine which has become a life-long love affair.

After watching family members succumb to illnesses that she believed could have been prevented through better lifestyle choices, less reliance on  medication, and through the wisdom of the mind-body connection, Batya turned to Chinese medicine -the ultimate in disease prevention and mind -body integration. There she discovered a medicine that was more powerful than she could have imagined with a depth that she continues to enjoy and explore.

To her surprise – Batya discovered that Chinese medicine is particularly effective in women’s health allowing her to return to her original passion of empowering women and catalyzing her to  specialize in women’s health so she could help women of all ages achieve greater health by educating them to take charge of their bodies, minds and spirits and supporting them to make the best informed choices in every situation.

Batya is a lifelong student who loves learning and trying new things. She is a voracious reader (check out the page with her favorite books) and loves reading about mind-body medicine, classical  Chinese medicine, psychology, myth, and chasidut. 

She is the proud mother of 6 beautiful children and lives in Neve Daniel with her husband and family.