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Dr. Lawrence D. Devoe has finally passed the torch, after retiring on June 30th as Brooks Professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Dr. Devoe practices Maternal and Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology in Augusta, Georgia.  “Basically, when I was 5 years old I had a good role model, my grandfather that was during the horse and buggy 20th century era.” Devoe said, “I would go to the hospitals and watch my grandfather operate with his white coat.” 

Inspired by the medical industry, Dr. Devoe’s original dream was to be a surgeon just like his grandfather, but faith took him in a new direction at the University Of Chicago Pritzker School Of Medicine where he worked as a medical student in laboratories. Dr. Devoe said, “You don’t get into medical school ….without the hard work, but I kept that in front of me until I got into my medical studies.” He went on to complete an ob-gyn residency and maternal-fetal medicine fellowship at the University of Chicago’s Lying-In Hospitals and Clinics. After graduating as a medical doctor over 40 years ago he has advanced in the Department of obstetrics. He said his grandfather and Dr. Fredrick Zuspan were his life time mentors, “I couldn’t have done it without them,” he said.

He has authored over 200 scientific articles, abstracts and book chapters on a wide range of topics in maternal-fetal medicine. He is editor in chief of the Journal of Reproductive Medicine. Dr. Devoe also served on the editorial boards of Journal of Maternal-Fetal Investigation and Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He is also an ad hoc reviewer for most of the major journals in obstetrics and gynecology, including Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. His research interests include computer applications in fetal monitoring, intrapartum and antepartum fetal assessment and labor induction. He personally advises several medical students each year, telling them their choice of specialty is akin to choosing a marriage partner.

“These economic challenges I have seen them come and go, its cyclical, it happened in the 70’s and 80’s and it’s the same phenomena.”  Dr. Devoe said he’s also a member of the NIH Special Study Group on Fetal Behavior and the NIH Study Section for SBIR and Technology Transfer. He is a reviewer for the FDA orphan drug section. He served as senior examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Devoe was acknowledged in Best Doctors in America, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, America’s Teachers, and Medicine.

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