2023 Department Report | UCSF | Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

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150TH ANNIVERSARY TIMELINE

1800s

1910s

Department founded; Dr. Richard Cole is named 1st Chair of Obstetrics

1st woman graduates from UCSF School of Medicine (Dr. Lucy Wanzer)

Dr. Frank Lynch becomes Chair; adds “Gynecology” to department name

1900s

70s

1st prenatal test for sickle cell anemia developed at UCSF

Lyon Martin Health Services est. as 1st free-standing clinic in country to serve lesbian and other women

80s

1st C-section performed at Parnassus

Dr. Robert Jaffe became Chair; adds "Reproductive Sciences" to department name

SFGH Nurse-Midwifery Service starts 1st nursemidwifery education program in California

SFGH doctors publish 1st report of legal abortion on women’s health

Reproductive Genetics Unit est. – world’s premiere prenatal diagnosis and in-utero treatment center

UCSF Ob/Gyns and certified nurse midwives establish San Francisco’s 1st hospital-based midwifery program at MZ SFGH 1st public hospital in region to establish an Alternative Birth Center; MZ follows with 1st private facility

90s

1st Fetal Treatment Center and world’s 1st in-utero maternal fetal surgery

Ethics in obstetrics and perinatal medicine prioritized

100th IVF baby is born at UCSF

Reproductive Endocrinology Center recognized by NIH as a major population and reproduction research center

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1st Residency program est. Two women selected as 1st residents

Roe v Wade federally protects right to abortion

SFGH opens nation’s 1st hospital-based, family planning clinic (now Pregnancy Options Center) SFGH midwives’ advocacy influences new statute to license nurse midwives

Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion and Contraception and the national Fellowship in Family Planning est.

University of Zimbabwe-UCSF Collaborative est. Dr. Eugene Washington becomes 1st Black Chair; defines Department by divisions

Center for Reproductive Health and Policy (now the UCSF Bixby Center) est.

National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health (CoE) designated by federal Department of Health and Human Services


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