OB/GYN Growth & Development History

More than 50 years ago the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency training program was conceived. The program was founded by five amazing men, Robert MacKenzie, M.D., Kenneth Brown, M.D., John Hardy, M.D., Ben Daversa, M.D., Harry Hutchinson, M.D. Their vision for the future gave birth to an active academic department and an outstanding resident teaching program for ob-gyn residents and medical students from RWJ-UMDNJ. Today the department includes doctors who practice general obstetrics and gynecology and doctors well trained in all the sub-specialty areas including Maternal Fetal Medicine, Gynecologic Oncology, Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, and Uro-Gynecology. We are focused on the future of our department but wish to honor those who have provided the stable foundations that have allowed our department to grow and flourish.

See the program grow through the years.

Click here to read what Dr. Harry Hutchinson (1919-2010, Department Chairman from 1972-1976) has shared about the history of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Click here to read about the History of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Written by the esteemed Dr. Robert MacKenzie 1925-1973. Archival materials kindly provided by Ms. Shirley Wilton and Ms. Lois M. Borden

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If you have stories, pictures, or documents you wish to share, please send them to Dr. Debra Gussman.