Obstetrics and Gynecology

Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Roland S. Cron Lectureship

Roland S. Cron served as clinical professor and chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Marquette University School of Medicine, the Medical College predecessor, from 1938—1961.

As a leader in his profession, Dr. Cron significantly advanced the quality of obstetrical care in Milwaukee. He is credited with developing gynecology as a surgical specialty and pioneering new methods for teaching obstetrics and gynecology. He also collaborated in the early use of gas insufflation of the uterus and fallopian tubes for the diagnosis and treatment of female infertility.

Dr. Cron was born in Manistee, MI, May 19, 1892. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1917 from the University of Michigan. His graduate training was at Harvard, John Hopkins and New York Lying-In Hospital. From 1920-22 he served as instructor and then as assistant professor at the University of Michigan. In 1924, he moved to Milwaukee where he was active in teaching at the former Marquette Medical School. For many years he was chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Milwaukee County, Lutheran and Columbia hospitals.

He was founder and first president of the Wisconsin Obstetrical and Gynecological Society; founder and first president of the Milwaukee Gynecological Society; president of the Milwaukee Surgical Society; chairman of the medical advisory board of Planned Parenthood; and the director of the Milwaukee branch of the American Cancer Society.

Dr. Cron died on September 12, 1978 at the age of 86.

The Roland S. Cron Lectureship is an annual lecture during the Resident Research and Alumni Day. It will serve as a means to honor the contributions of Dr. Cron.

You can make a contribution to the Roland S. Cron Fund by visiting our donations page.

 

Date
Visiting Professor
Institution/Title
June 20, 2012 Mark Pearlman, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecologym University of Michigan “Breast Cancer Screening in 2012: Evidence-Based Best Practice”
June 22, 2011 Patrice Mocny Onheiber, MPA and Murray L. Katcher, MD, PhD "Healthy Birth Outcomes in Wisconsin: Comprehensive Care to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities"
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
June 23, 2010 Paul D. Blumenthal, MD “Reproductive Health Interventions in Low Resource Settings the roles of generalizability and translation in project design”
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
June 24, 2009 Janet S. Rader, MD “Cervical Cancer: Beyond HPV: Genetics of Disease Progression and Screening”
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
June 25, 2008 Dobie Giles, MD "Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive"
Surgery Fellow
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
June 20, 2007 Rameet Singh, MD "An Update on Uses and Methods of Contraception"
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
June 17, 2006 Alfred Fleming, MD "The Secret to Our Success"
Chairman and Residency Program Director
Creighton University Medical Center
June 25, 2005 Amy Autry, MD "Clinical Application of Evidence"
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Associate Director of Medical Students and Resident Education
University of California, San Francisco

 

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