The new uthor of the new paper column
II om n' Health" i a nationally known
nd r peel d chief of obstetrics and gyne- .
co ogy t the King/Drew Medical Center in
Los Ang I . H i the ne president of
The American College of Obstetricians and
. Gynecologi t , th largest profes ional
org niz tion in orth America concerned
ith th major i su s of women's health.
. ince 1971, Dr. Davidson has be n pro-
f rand chairm n of. th ob/gyn depart-
ment at the Ch rl R. Dr w Univ rsity of
edicin nd Sci nee. He i also vice
ch irman nd prof or of ob/gyn at the
Center for He Ith Sci nce t UCLA.
Dr. 0 vidson i r cognized as one- of the
country' I ading experts in the fields of .
dolescent health car and infant mortality,
nd car of high ris pregnanci . He
rved chairman of the first Surg on
G ner I' Work hop on Maternal and Infant
He lth nd ha rv d on expert panels for
the pr tigiou Institute of Medicine in .
Wa hington, D.C.
He has en on a number of task forces'
on dole c nt pregnancy, medically under­
rved women, nd regional health pi nning
for The Am rican College of Obstetrician
nd Gynecologists and was a member of its
important Health Care Commission which
r comm nds st ndards and policy in the
fi Id of obstetrics nd gynecology. He is
pa t president of the Association of Profes­
or of Gyn cology and' Obstetrics.
He is a graduat of Mor house College in
tl nt , GA, and received hi medical
d r from Meh rry Medical College in
hvill , T . H did his ob/gyn residency
at Har m Hospit I and a fellowship in
blood coagulation at the College of Physi­
ci ns nd Surgeon of Columbia University,
both in ew Yor City. He also served on
Congr ion I taff as a Robert Wood
Johnson F flow.