Women's Health
For over 150 years, the U-M has been a pioneer in advancing the role of women in medicine, and in improving the health and lives of women and their families.
The U-M Medical School was the first in Michigan, and among the first in the nation, to admit women students on an equal basis with men - a fact which inspired New York physician Elizabeth Bates (in 1898) to become the first person to endow a chair to any U-M Department.
The establishment of the Bates Professorship of the Diseases of Women and Children was a landmark event that helped further solidify the U-M's role as a leader in providing women's health care, and set the stage for the many exciting advances to come.
While times have changed, our commitment to women's health has not. Today, the U-M Health System provides a wide array of programs, resources and support that address the unique health care needs of women, and their families - including research, training, and one of the top residency programs in the nation.
In much the same way that the Bates Professorship helped to establish Michigan's reputation in Women's Health over 150 years ago; the Von Voigtlander Gift to name the new Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital is a bold and visionary statement of support that will help to shape and strengthen our efforts in the area of Women's Health for many years to come.
