DR. DOROTHY EDWARDS PROFESSORSHIP IN GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
Established in 1986 by the estate of Dorothy Edwards
DOROTHY EDWARDS studied at the Johns Hopkins Medical School from 1917--two years before American women won the right to vote--until 1922. At a time when it was very unusual for a woman to pursue higher education, she attended some of the best schools in the world, including Northwestern, Cornell, and universities in Vienna and Edinburgh. She went on to become a successful gynecologist in Chicago. Dr. Edwards died in 1984. (The image is of a fetal sonogram.)
HAROLD E. FOX, the Dr. Dorothy Edwards Professor and director of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, is dedicated to improving the outcome of pregnancy and advancing women's health care. The recipient of several awards, including the Sloane Hospital for Women Distinguished Service Award, Dr. Fox researches fetal physiology and has described and studied the patterns of development in fetal respiratory activity and their relationship to tracheal bronchial fluid flow. He has been a leader in developing programs to increase understanding of the natural history of HIV and to provide for improved care of women and children with HIV infection. He has led programs for the provision of high-risk perinatal care in upstate and metropolitan New York. Dr. Fox joined the Hopkins faculty in 1996.
DOROTHY EDWARDS studied at the Johns Hopkins Medical School from 1917--two years before American women won the right to vote--until 1922. At a time when it was very unusual for a woman to pursue higher education, she attended some of the best schools in the world, including Northwestern, Cornell, and universities in Vienna and Edinburgh. She went on to become a successful gynecologist in Chicago. Dr. Edwards died in 1984. (The image is of a fetal sonogram.) 
HAROLD E. FOX, the Dr. Dorothy Edwards Professor and director of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, is dedicated to improving the outcome of pregnancy and advancing women's health care. The recipient of several awards, including the Sloane Hospital for Women Distinguished Service Award, Dr. Fox researches fetal physiology and has described and studied the patterns of development in fetal respiratory activity and their relationship to tracheal bronchial fluid flow. He has been a leader in developing programs to increase understanding of the natural history of HIV and to provide for improved care of women and children with HIV infection. He has led programs for the provision of high-risk perinatal care in upstate and metropolitan New York. Dr. Fox joined the Hopkins faculty in 1996.