Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Massachusetts General Hospital)

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Massachusetts General Hospital (also called the Vincent Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology) is an arm of Massachusetts General Hospital. It was formerly an independent entity, Vincent Memorial Hospital, before being absorbed into Massachusetts General Hospital. The name "Vincent Memorial Hospital" remains as the name of a charity dedicated to supporting the department.

Vincent Memorial Hospital

The Vincent Memorial hospital was founded in 1890 as a memorial to Boston actress Mary Ann Vincent. The hospital was formally opened on April 6, 1891, by Bishop Phillips Brooks, as a hospital for wage-earning women and girls.[1]

The hospital was originally dedicated as being for the care of sick and indigent women. When it first opened it was located at 44 Chambers Street in the West End of Boston, near the Massachusetts General Hospital, but it outgrew its initial ten bed capacity and moved in 1908 to larger premises on South Huntington Avenue, where it remained until 1940.[1]

As part of Massachusetts General Hospital

In 1940, the Vincent Memorial Hospital agreed to merge itself into Massachusetts General Hospital, becoming its gynecology service while retaining its own hospital identity and staff and independent corporate status. In 1988, the Vincent Memorial Hospital gave up its independent hospital license, but continues to retain its own corporate identity, board of directors, and separate endowment.[1] Isaac Schiff was made head of the department in 1988 and as of 2015 remains in that post.[2]

Among the many achievements of the department are pioneering the routine use of the pap smear and the discovery of the cause of cancers in "DES daughters".[3]

In June 1995 the Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology was created as a research arm of the department.[4]

The Vincent Club

The Vincent Club is an exclusive private women's social and charity organization founded in Boston in 1892 to support the Vincent Memorial Hospital.[5][3][6] The club continues to support the Vincent Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, staging an annual Spring Gala charity event and other fundraising activities benefiting the department, and organizing educational forums.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology". Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology". Massachusetts General Hospital. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "About The Vincent Club". Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  4. ↑ "The Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology". Massachusetts General Hospital. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  5. ↑ Primus V (September–October 2002). "'I Love My Vincent Baby...'". Harvard Magazine. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ Mark Liberman (December 9, 2006). "Rinehart". Language Log. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

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