About Marilyn Fraktman, RN, PhD - Smoooth Transition founder

Marilyn Marilyn Fraktman has been a practicing nurse for over forty years. Her nursing practice has ranged from OR nurse with a specialty in Neurosurgery, to child psychiatric nursing and home visiting. She has been a maternal/child home visiting nurse for fourteen years. Marilyn is fluent in both English and Portuguese.

  • Nursing training at Beth Israel school of Nursing
  • Master of Science in Education at Wheelock College
  • PhD in Educational Studies at Lesley University
  • Taught nursing students at New England Baptist Hospital School of Nursing
  • Taught undergraduate and graduate students at Wheelock College and Lesley University
  • Trained by and a Member of CAPPA
  • Member of Boston Association for Childbirth Education
  • Affiliated with The Leggett Group.
Marilyn's PhD dissertation "Determining Degrees of Support for First-Time Parents in the Immediate and Early Post Partum Period" has provided her with invaluable insight into supporting new parents as they transition into the parenting role. The many families she has visited over the years have enriched her practice and understanding of the complexities that new families experience.

Contact Marilyn by Phone: 617-966-3382 or by E-mail:
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