Joseph Price Orations (1927-present)
The Joseph Price Orations were established (1927) under the auspices of the American Association of Obstetricians, Gynecologists and Abdominal Surgeons, by a student and admirer of the late Dr. Joseph price, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Joseph Price Orator is selected annually by the President of the Association to present the oration at the annual meeting of the Association. Each orator, a person distinguished in a field of special interest to the Association, is from outside the United States.
The first Joseph Price Oration was given in September, 1928, by Professor Aldred Scott Warthin, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on "Sex Differences in the Pathologic Picture of Syphilis."The second Joseph Price Oration was given in September, 1929, by Professor R. W. Johnstone, Edinburgh, Scotland, on "The New Physiology of Menstruation and Its Practical Implications in Obstetrics and Gynecology."
The third Joseph Price Oration was given in September, 1930, by Professor Jean Louis Faure, Paris, France, on "Abdominal Hysterectomy for Uterine Cancer."
The fourth Joseph Price Oration was given in September, 1931, by Professor Ludwig Adler, Vienna, Austria, on "Vaginal Hysterectomy for Uterine Cancer."
The fifth Joseph Price Oration was given in September, 1932, by Dr. Bethel Solomons, Master, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, on "The Toxemias of Pregnancy."
The sixth Joseph Price Oration was given in September, 1933, by Dr. Walter W. Chipman, Montreal, Quebec, on "John Hunter, the Founder of Scientific Surgery."
The seventh Joseph Price Oration was given in September, 1934, by Professor Erwin Zweifel, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, on "The Diagnosis of Carcinoma of the Uterus in Its Earliest Stages."
The eighth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 16, 1935, by Dr. James Young, Hammersmith Hospital, L. C. C. Ducane Road, Hammersmith, London, W. 12, England, on "Maternal Mortality and Maternal Mortality Rates."
The ninth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 14, 1936, by Professor Miles Phillips, Sheffield, England, on "The Rational Use of the Obstetric Binder With an Historical Retrospect."
The tenth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 20, 1937, by Dr. Daniel Dougal, Manchester, England, on "The Problem of Endometriosis."
The eleventh Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 22, 1938, by Professor Charles Burger, University of Budapest, Hungary, on "The Biological Significance of the Fetal Membranes."
The twelfth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 7, 1939, by Dr. James B. Collip, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, on "The Physiology of the Anterior Pituitary Gland."
Because of the European war situation, it was not possible for Dr. James Heyman of Stockholm, Sweden, to come to the meeting to deliver the oration for 1940.
The thirteenth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 11, 1941, by Dr. Delfin Arcila, Caracas, Venezuela, South America, on "The Management of Abdominal Hernia."
No oration was given in 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, or 1946.
The fourteenth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 4, 1947, by Dr. W. F. T. Haultain, Edinburgh, Scotland, on "Now and Then."
The fifteenth Joseph Price Oration was given September 9, 1948, by Dr. O’Donel Browne, Master, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, on "A Survey of 113 Cases of Primary Dysmenorrhea Treated by Neurectomy."
The sixteenth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 8, 1949, by Mr. Charles D. Read, F.R.C.O.G., London, W. 1, England, on "Stress Incontinence of Urine With Special Reference to Failure of Cure Following Vaginal Operative Procedure."
The seventeenth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 7, 1950, by Mr. John Stallworthy, 85 Banbury Road, Oxford, England, on "The Dangerous Placenta."
The eighteenth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 6, 1951, by Dr. Robert J. Kellar, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, on "The Circulation in Pregnancy."
The nineteenth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 4, 1952, by Mr. C. McIntosh Marshall, 84 Rodney Street, Liverpool, England, on "The Newer Gynecology: Some of Its Surgical and Anatomical Implications."
The twentieth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 11, 1953, by Dr. Gordon King, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, on "Advanced Extra-uterine Pregnancy."
The twenty-first Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 9, 1954, by Dr. John I. Brewer for Professor James Heyman, Director of the Radium-hemmet, Stockholm, Sweden, who was unable to attend because of illness. The title was, "Some Problems of Current Interest Relating to Classification and Treatment of Uterine Carcinoma."
The twenty-second Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 9, 1955, by Mr. J. Chassar Moir, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, England, on "Vesicovaginal Fistula."
The twenty-third Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 6, 1956, by Professor P. Hubert de Watteville, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, on "The Use of Obstetrical Analgesia at the Maternity Hospital of Geneva."
The twenty-fourth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 5, 1957, by Mr. Magnus Haines, London, England, on Tuberculous Salpingitis as Seen by the Pathologist and the Surgeon."
The twenty-fifth Joseph price Oration was delivered September 4, 1958, by Dr. Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia, University of Uruguay, School of Medicine, Montevideo, Uruguay, on "Hormonal Control of the Contractility of the Pregnant Human Uterus."
The twenty-sixth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 10, 1959, by Mr. Stanley Way, Newcastle on Tyne, England, on "Carcinoma of the Vulva."
The twenty-seventh Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 8, 1960, by H. L. Sheehan, Liverpool, England, on "Jaundice in Pregnancy."
The twenty-eighth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 7, 1961, by Sir John Peel, London, England, on "Progress in the Knowledge and Management of the Pregnant Diabetic Patient."
The twenty-ninth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 6, 1962, by J. C. McClure Browne, London, England, on "Postmaturity."
The thirtieth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 5, 1963, by Hands Kottmeier, Stockholm, Sweden, on "Complications Following Radiation Therapy in Carcinoma of the Cervix and Their Treatment."
The thirty-first Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 9, 1964, by J. B. Blaikley, London, England, on "The Treatment of Difficult Fistulas With Particular Reference to Colpocleisis."
The thirty-second Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 9, 1965, by Professor T. N. A. Jeffcoate, Liverpool, England, on "Urgency Incontinence in the Female."
The thirty-third Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 8, 1966, by Sir Hector MacLennan, Glasgow, Scotland, on "The Art of Gynecology in a Computer Age."
The thirty-fourth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 7, 1967, by Professor Eamonn de Valera, Dublin, Ireland, on "Abruptio Placentae."
The thirty-fifth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 5, 1968, by Professor Ian Donald, Glasgow, Scotland, on "Launching a New Diagnostic Science."
The thirty-sixth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 4, 1969, by Professor J. S. Scott, Leeds, England, on "Obstetric Analgesia."
The thirty-seventh Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 10, 1970, by Professor C. J. Dewhurst, London, England, on "The XY Female."
The thirty-eighth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 9, 1971, by Professor Arnold Klopper on "Estriol in Anmiotic Fluid."
The thirty-ninth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 7, 1972, by Professor Per Kolstad, Oslo, Norway, on "Gynecologic Oncology, Present Status and Future Aspects."
The fortieth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 6, 1973, by Dr. E. A. J. Alment, Northampton, England, on "Obstetrics and Gynecology in the New Society."
The forty-first Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 5, 1974, by Sir Stanley G. Clayton, London, England, on "Publication in Obstetrics and Gynecology."
The forty-second Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 4, 1975, by Sir Lance Townsend, Victoria, Australia, on "Launch Out Into the Deep."
The forty-third Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 9, 1976, by Dr. Frans Geldenhuys, South Africa, on "Chromosomes and the Gynecologist."
The forty-fourth Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 8, 1977, by Dr. Willem van Niekerk, South Africa, on "Chromosomes and the Gynecologist."
The forty-fifth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 7, 1978, by Professor J. M. Beazley, Liverpool, England, on "An Approach to Controlled Parturition."
The forty-sixth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 5, 1979, by Professor A. C. Turnbull, Oxford, England, on "Obstetric Care and Perinatal Outcome."
The forty-seventh Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 3, 1980, by Professor Joseph Zander, Munich, Germany, on "Carcinoma of the Cervix–An Attempt to Individualize Treatment: Results of a Twenty-Year Cooperative Study."
The forty-eighth Joseph Price Oration was delivered May 20, 1981, by Professor Otto Kaser, Basel, Switzerland, on "Function-Retaining or Restoring Surgery in Gynecology."
The forty-ninth Joseph Price Oration was delivered September 8, 1982, by Samuel Solomon, Ph.D., F.R.C.S., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on "The Pituitary Control of the Fetal Adrenal."
The fiftieth Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 8, 1983, by Frederick C. Battaglia, M.D., University of Colorado Medical Center, on "Comparative Physiology of Fetal Nutrition."
The fifty-first Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 6, 1984, by Kenneth J. Ryan, M.D., Harvard Medical School, on "Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology."
The fifty-second Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 5, 1985, by Pentti K. Siiteri, Ph.D., on "Twenty-five Years in Pursuit of Estrogens."
The fifty-third Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 5, 1986, by Christopher Widnell, Ph.D., on "Cell Biology and Its Relationship to Reproductive Endocrinology."
The fifty-fourth Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 11, 1987, by Professor E. M. Symonds, M.D., University of Nottingham, England, on "Renin and Reproduction."
The fifty-fifth Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 8, 1988, by Everett Anderson, M.D., Harvard University Medical School, on "The Effects of Androgens on Ovarian Granulosa Cells In Vitro and In Vivo."
The fifty-sixth Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 7, 1989, by Professor Sir Malcolm Macnaughton, Muirhead Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Glasgow, on "Ethics and Reproduction."
The fifty-seventh Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 6, 1990, by Bruce A. Cunningham, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology and Developmental Biology, Rockefeller University, on "Cell Adhesion Molecules and the Regulation of Development."
The fifty-eighth Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 5, 1991, by Egon Diczfalusy, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Reproduction and Endocrinology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, on "Contraceptive Prevalence, Reproductive Health and International Morality."
The fifty-ninth Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 10, 1992, by James Merrill, M.D., Executive Director, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seattle, Washington, on "Specialization in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Changing Standards" and by Warren Pearse, M.D., Executive Direction of American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington, D.C., on "Bright Seashells on the Sand."
The sixtieth Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 9, 1993, by Thomas B. Clarkson, D.V.M., Professor and Chairman of Comparative Medicine, Bowman-Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on "Monkeys and Understanding Coronary Heart Disease of Women."
The sixty-first Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 8, 1994, by J. V. Van Der Merwe, M.D., Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, on "Doctor-Patient communication Using Ancestral Spirits to Achieve Holistic Healing."
The sixty-second Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 8, 1995, by Kenneth I. Shine, M.D., President, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Medicine, Washington, D.C., on "Who Will Decide About Health and Health Care?"
The sixty-third Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 5, 1996, by Michael J. Turner, M.D., Master, Coombe Women's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, on "Delivery After One Previous Cesarean Section."
The sixty-fourth Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 1, 1997, by James Owen Drife, M.D., University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, on "Evidence-Based Medicine–-Is It the Answer?"
The sixty-fifth Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 3, 1998, by John Bonnar, M.D., Dublin, Ireland, on "Can More be Done in Obstetric and Gynecologic Practice to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality from Venous Thromboembolism."
The sixty-sixth Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 16, 1999, by Michael de Swiet, M.D., FRCP, London, United Kingdom, on "Maternal Mortality: Lessons from the UK Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths."
The sixty-seventh Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 7, 2000, by John M. Monaghan, M.B., FRCS (Ed), FRCOG, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom, on "The Impact of Changing Social Demands on Gynecological Surgery: The Biology Does Not Change."2001 - MEETING CANCELLED.
The sixty-eighth Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 12, 2002, by Alastair J.J. Wood, M.B., Ch.B., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, on "Will We Prescribe by Genotype?"
The sixty-ninth Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 18, 2003, by Allan Templeton, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, on "The Multiple Gestation Epidemic: The Role of Assisted Reproductive Technologies."
The seventieth Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 11, 2004, by Gro Harlem Brundtland, M.D., M.P.H., Immediate Past Director-General, World Health Organization, on "Women's Health: An International Perspective."
The seventy-first Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 29, 2005, by Giorgio Pardi, MD, Director of the School of Specialization in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Milan, Italy on "History of Fetal Growth and Development Over the Past Fifty Years."
The seventy-second Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 14, 2006, by Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Holzgreve, M.S., Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from the University of Basel, Switzerland. His topic was “Genetic Communication between Fetus and Mother: Short and Long-Term Consequences.”
The seventy-third Joseph Price Oration was delivered on September 27, 2007, by Gautam Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pharmacology from the University of California, Los Angeles, on "Hormone therapy in cardiovascular disease: the estrogen paradox.