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List of Professors
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Years at Michigan | Position | |
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Abram Sager |
1842 - 1874 |
Professor of Zoology and Botany (Librarian 1848-1850) Professor of Obstetrics & Physiology Chair OB/GYN 1850-1874 |
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Alan C. Menge |
1967 - 1998 |
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Associate Research Scientist |
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Alan E. Beer |
1979 - 1986 |
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Bates Professor of Diseases of Women & Children Chair OB/GYN 1979-1984 |
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Alonzo Benjain Palmer |
1854 - 1887 |
Professor of Matera Medica, Therapeutics, Diseases of Women and Children, Pathology & Theory and Practice of Medicine Dean of the Medical School |
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Anita H. Payne |
1961 - 1996 | Professor of Biological Chemistry |
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Anthony W. Opipari |
1998 - 2019 | Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Barbara J. Luke |
1995 - 2008 | Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Brian M. Cohen |
1980 | Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Bruce A. Work |
1969 - 1980 | Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Carmen Renee Green |
1993 - 2021 |
Professor of Anesthesiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology Professor of Health Management & Policy |
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Carolyn M. Johnston |
1990 - 2018 | Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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Cosmas van de Ven |
1993 - 2022 | Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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Diya Patel |
2004 - 2010 |
Research Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Adjunct Lecturer & Research Investigator Epidemiology |
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Douglas Foster |
1973 - 2006 |
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Professor of Biological Sciences |
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Edward Goldberg |
1994 - 2004 | George W. Morley Collegiate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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Edward Swift Dunster |
1874 - 1888 |
Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children Chair OB/GYN 1874-1888 |
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Elizabeth M. Shadigian |
1994 - 2006 | Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Frank William Joseph Anderson |
1999 - 2021 | Clinical Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Gabriella C. Pridjian |
1989 - 1992 | Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Gardner Maurice Riley |
1942 - 1964 | Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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George B. Mychaliska |
2004 - 2005 | Assistant Professor of Surgery & Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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George H. Nolan |
1970 - 1980 |
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Associate Professor of Maternal & Child Health |
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George W. Morley |
1956 - 1998 |
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Norman F. Miller Professor of Obstetrics & Gyecology Interim Chair OB/GYN 1978-1979 |
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Gregory Christman |
1992 - 2013 | Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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H. Frank Andersen |
1987 - 1992 | Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Ivan A. Pelegrina |
1974 - 1979 | Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Jacob Marcovici |
1998 - 2001 | Clinical Assistant Professor II of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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James Allen Roberts |
1980 - 1997 | Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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James Gifford Lynds |
1888 - 1898 | Acting Professor of Gynecology |
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James Mortimer Pierce |
1923 - 1931 | Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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James Nello Martin |
1981 | Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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James Nelson Martin |
1885 - 1891 |
Lecturer on Oral Pathology and Surgery 1885-1891 Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women 1888-1901 Chair OB/GYN 1891-1901 |
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James Robert Willson |
1964 - 1983 |
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Bates Professor of Diseases of Women & Children Chair OB/GYN 1964-1978 |
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Jason Swain |
2008 - 2014 | Associate Professor |
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Joanne L Wible Kant |
1986 - 1987 | Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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John J. LaFerla |
1980 - 1985 |
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Assistant Professor of Psychiatry |
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John R. G. Gosling |
1955 - 1986 | Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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John Wesley Sherrick |
1915 - 1917 1919 - 1922 |
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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Joyce Ellen Roberts |
2004 - 2009 |
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Professor of Nursing |
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Justin Hyuck-Jin Junn |
2010 - 2015 | Clinical Assistant Professor |
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K.M. Jairam Menon |
1970 - 2019 | Professor of Biological Chemistry |
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Karen B. Bartscht |
1987 - 1991 | Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Laura A. Gago |
2004 - 2007 | Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Laura Sproat |
2014 - 2015 | Assistant Professor |
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Leslie L. Bottsford |
1914 - 1920 | Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Marcia C. Inhorn |
2001 - 2008 |
Professor of Anthropology Professor of Women's Studies Professor of Obsretrics & Gynecology |
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Margaret Punch |
1990 - 2022 | Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Mark D. Pearlman |
1990 - 2020 | Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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MaryFran R Sowers |
1987 - 2011 |
John G Serle Professor of Public Health Professor of Epidemiology Professor of Internal Medicine & Obstetrics |
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Mel L. Barclay |
1973 - 2003 | Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Michael P. Hopkins |
1986 - 1989 | Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Nancy Rose Hunt |
1997 - 2016 |
Professor of History and Judaic Studies Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Norman Fritz Miller |
1931 - 1965 |
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Chair OB/GYN 1931-1963 |
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Norman Rudolph Kretzschmar |
1931 - 1943 1951 - 1953 1955 - 1958 |
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Peter Paul Ludovici |
1956 - 1965 | Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Preston V. Dilts |
1985 - 1992 |
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Bates Professor of Diseases of Women & Children Chair OB/GYN 1985-1991 |
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R. Kevin Reynolds |
1991 - 2021 | Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Raymond G. De Vries |
2003 - 2020 |
Professor of Sociology Professor of Learning Health Sciences Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Reuben Peterson |
1901 - 1931 |
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Chair OB/GYN 1901-1930 |
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Robert H. Hayashi |
1985 - 2005 | J. Robert Willson Collegiate Professor of Obstetrics |
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Roland Kwok |
1998 - 2022 |
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry |
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Ronald J. Buckanovich |
2006 - 2017 |
Thomas H, Simpson Collegiate Professor Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Rudi Ansbacher |
1980 - 2001 |
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Chair OB/GYN 1984-1985 (Acting) 1991-1993 (Interim) |
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S. Gene McNeeley |
1985 - 1991 | Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Samuel John Behrman |
1950 - 1977 |
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinical Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology 1987 |
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Siobán D. Harlow |
1992 - 2021 |
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Professor of Epidemiology & Global Public Health |
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Sonia Hovelson |
2017 - 2018 | Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Thomas E. Elkins |
1985 - 1992 | Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Timothy J. Kriewall |
1974 - 1981 | Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Tommy Nicholas Evans |
1945 - 1946 1948 - 1966 |
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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Vasantha Padmanabhan |
1985 - 2019 |
Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Molecular & Integrative Physiology Professor of Environmental Health Sciences |
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William F. Rayburn |
1981 - 1985 | Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
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William W. Hurd |
1989 - 1995 | Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |