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The first reference to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Dalhousie University calendars is in 1923-1924, where Dr. H.B. Atlee is identified as the Head of the Department. In previous calendars, Obstetrics and Gynaecology is listed as a subdivision of courses offered by the Faculty of Medicine, but there was no indication that it was organized as a department. Obstetrics first appears as a series of lectures offered by the Faculty of Medicine in 1868, with William J. Almon and Alexander G. Hattie lecturing.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology currently has seven divisions: Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Gynaecology-Oncology, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Perinatal Epidemiology Research, and Uro-Gynaecology. The department is located in the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia and various Nova Scotia Health Authority sites throughout the province.