Personal Portraits

Susan Davidson, M.D., Director of Perinatology at St. Marys Hospital Medical Center in Madison, has shared her expertise with the Wisconsin Stillbirth Service Program in many ways including as an active member of our Advisory Council.

Dr. Davidson received her medical degree and completed her residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she was awarded Outstanding Resident Teacher in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1985. Her teaching ability was further recognized when in 1993 she was named Clinical Teacher of the year at St. Marys Hospital in the U.W. Department of Family Medicine.

In addition to her professional responsibilities at St. Marys Hospital, Dr. Davidson serves on the Board of Directors for the Wisconsin Association of Perinatal Care, the External Advisory Committee for the Wisconsin Teratogen Project and the Scientific Review Committee for both the Perinatal Foundation and the Dean Foundation.

Dr. Davidson is married to Richard Davidson, Ph.D., who is a researcher in the psychobiology of emotion at the University of Wisconsin, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry. They have two children, Amelie, age 13, and Seth, age 8.

Dr. Davidson enjoys playing the piano and bicycling with her children. She is also an avid reader of female mystery writers.

A woman who truly loves what she does, Dr. Davidson describes her work with families as "incredibly personally gratifying," and says that she finds great satisfaction in knowing she has helped a family during a very difficult time in their lives.