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 to 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.
Roland S. Cron
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 in June. It will serve as a means to honor the contributions of Dr. Cron.
| Year | Visiting Professor & Title |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Nandini Raghuraman, MD, MS Fellowship Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Assistant Professor, OB/GYN Washington University School of Medicine Moving Evidence into Clinical Practice on Labor & Delivery |
| 2022 | Kristyn Melíssa Brandi, MD, MPH Board Chair, Physicians for Reproductive Health Who is in Control Here- Contraceptive Coercion and Reproductive Justice |
| 2019 | William M. Leininger, MD, FACOG Advocacy Beyond the Statehouse |
| 2018 | Richard Legro, MD Interim Chair and Vice Chair of Research, Penn State Health Obstetrics and Gynecology Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine Preconception Interventions in Infertile Women: Do They Work? |
| 2017 | Michelle A Kominiarek, MD Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Northwestern University Gestational Weight Gain – Why Measure It? |
| 2016 | Elizabeth Swisher Professor - Dept Ob/Gyn University of Washington Hereditary Ovarian Cancer, an Opportunity to Save Lives |
| 2015 | Ira M. Bernstein, MD Preeclampsia: Not Just a Disease of Pregnancy |
| 2014 | Alan Hersh DeCherney, MD Translational Science in Reproductive Medicine? |
| 2013 | Robert W. Rebar, MD Executive Director American Society for Reproductive Medicine How Safe is Assisted Reproductive Technology? |
| 2012 | Mark Pearlman, MD Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Michigan Breast Cancer Screening in 2012: Evidence-Based Best Practice |
| 2011 | Patrice Mocny Onheiber, MPA and Murray L. Katcher, MD, PhD Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Healthy Birth Outcomes in Wisconsin: Comprehensive Care to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities |
| 2010 | Paul D. Blumenthal, MD Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Stanford University Reproductive Health Interventions in Low Resource Settings the roles of generalizability and translation in project design |
| 2009 | Janet S. Rader, MD Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Washington University Cervical Cancer: Beyond HPV: Genetics of Disease Progression and Screening |
| 2008 | Dobie Giles, MD Surgery Fellow Mayo Clinic Arizona Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive |
| 2007 | Rameet Singh, MD Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Johns Hopkins University An Update on Uses and Methods of Contraception |
| 2006 | Alfred Fleming, MD Chairman & Residency Program Director Creighton University Medical Center The Secret to Our Success |
| 2005 | Amy Autry, MD Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences Associate Director of Medical Students and Resident Education University of California, San Francisco Clinical Application of Evidence |