University of Michigan Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital

08/08/2025

The rising popularity of weight loss medications like Wegovy and Zepbound has sparked new conversations — not just about side effects, but about their potential impact on fertility.

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While weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound become more popular, experts are seeing an increased chance of fertility in some people.

06/28/2025

06/04/2025

REMEMBERING DR. TIMOTHY R.B. JOHNSON — former chair of Michigan Medicine Ob-Gyn and tireless advocate for global women’s health.

Dr. Johnson, who passed away May 27, transformed maternal care in Ghana and Ethiopia, where he worked to lower maternal mortality by training local Ob-Gyns and strengthening health systems.

As Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization; and Senait Fisseha, M.D., J.D., an adjunct professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan, wrote in the Chicago Tribune:

"Generations of people in Ghana and Ethiopia owe their health and well-being today to (Dr. Johnson) ... whose medical excellence and dedication to the health of women was matched only by his devotion to helping young health workers grow to provide the care that any mother needs, no matter their postal code or wallet size."

Read more about his legacy: michmed.org/jVj5y

05/14/2025

Join us TOMORROW (May 15) at 12 p.m. for our FREE webinar on "Exploring Women’s Health: From Heartbeats to Hormones.”

Our panel of experts will share the latest insights on heart disease, family planning and aging. Register now for this free session by clicking the link: michmed.org/YW3z8

05/11/2025

💐 💕 Wishing you sweet butterfly kisses and Mother's Day wishes from all of us at University of Michigan Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital. Happy Mother’s Day!

05/07/2025

Join us at 12 p.m. on Thursday, May 15 for our FREE webinar on "Exploring Women’s Health: From Heartbeats to Hormones.”

Our panel of experts will share the latest insights on heart disease, family planning and aging. Register now for this free session by clicking the link: michmed.org/YW3z8

05/06/2025

This Mother's Day, a mom of four shares her journey with a life-threatening pregnancy complication called placenta accreta.

Andrea Calvaneso's case was "one of the worst" the U-M Health Placenta Accreta Spectrum team had seen. While pregnant with son Nico, her placenta had grown through her uterus and invaded the walls of her bladder, cervix and surrounding pelvic structures.

The condition was so severe that she needed blood transfusions to replace twice her body’s blood volume after childbirth.

But today, she's soaking up all of the little moments with her family, including Nico, now 2, whose name means "Victor" in Greek.

“He really is a little victor," she says. "There's so much to be grateful for."

Her story:

A rare pregnancy complication, known as placenta accreta, put both a mom and her baby at risk.

04/21/2025

Revolutionizing prenatal care: A collaboration between the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and U-M Obgyn teams leads to new guidelines that would significantly change pregnancy care in the U.S. for the first time in nearly a century.

"Prenatal care delivery hasn't changed since World War II, and it doesn't always line up with what many patients both want and need during their pregnancy journey." - Alex Peahl, M.D., MS.c., an obstetrician-gynecologist at U-M Health Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital.

More on the new recommendations: michmed.org/Q9RJA

02/22/2025

Stigma, privacy and inconvenience are among the many barriers that may prevent some adolescents and young adults from addressing sexual health with a traditional health provider.

But many young people prefer testing for sexually transmitted infections in the comfort of their own home, a new study suggests.

“There is an urgent need to prioritize and increase the accessibility of sexually transmitted infection testing among youth,” says senior author Okeoma Mmeje, M.D., M.P.H.

More on the findings:

For STI testing, research finds self-collected kits could reduce reproductive health barriers among young adults.

02/05/2025

They were four words Joyvina Evans wasn’t expecting to hear as she sat in an examination room: Just get a hysterectomy.

But a second opinion with Erica Marsh, M.D., chief of the division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at U-M Health Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital, reaffirmed her instincts: less life changing options were available.

“Dr. Marsh is one of the phenomenal female physicians who I credit for why I still have my uterus,” she said. “Whether I have children or not, it is still my choice and one I want to make with all of the information available.”

Now, the public health professor is sharing her personal journey with uterine fibroids and her advice for others:

After a recommendation to get a hysterectomy for uterine fibroids, Joyvina Evans persistently sought a second opinion for the condition known to disproportionately affect Black people.

01/30/2025

Michigan Medicine is part of a multi-center team awarded a $5.7 million federal grant to investigate how the body’s immune system interacts with trillions of healthy viruses and bacteria during pregnancy and postpartum.

Learn more: michmed.org/z4kGw

12/11/2024

Congratulations to the incredible teams who helped Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital again receive the highest maternity care recognition a hospital can earn from U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals for Maternity Care!

“Being recognized as a leader in maternity care reflects our hospital’s commitment to exceptional care for expectant parents and newborns,” said Luanne Thomas Ewald, M.H.A., FACHE, chief operating officer of both U-M Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital.

“Our nurses, midwives, doctors and team members are dedicated to the highest level of expertise, compassion, and support during one of the most pivotal moments in a family’s life.”

Hail!

University of Michigan Health Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital has again received the highest maternity care recognition a hospital can earn from U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals for Maternity Care.