Fund established in memory of Burnhill
November 1, 2000 2 minutes read
Fund established in memory of Burnhill
A memorial fund has been established at the New York City-based Planned Parenthood Federation of America for family planning pioneer, innovator, and advocate Michael Burnhill, MD. Burnhill, who died unexpectedly of natural causes Aug. 4, served as the federation’s vice president of medical affairs.
Burnhill wrote more than 110 scientific publications, books, chapters, and monographs and was a prolific inventor who held several U.S. patents, including one for the "Birnberg Bow," an early intrauterine device.
Burnhill began his career at Planned Parenthood as medical director of Planned Parenthood of New York City in 1972, when that agency became the second Planned Parenthood affiliate in the nation to offer abortion services. In 1991, Burnhill received the Christopher Tietze Humanitarian Award from the Washington, DC-based National Abortion Federation, and he was awarded the Alan Guttmacher Lectureship in 1995. From 1977 until 1999, Burnhill was a faculty member at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in New Brunswick.
"During his long productive career, Michael Burnhill was at the forefront of caring for the health and well-being of women, both here in the United States and abroad," said Allan Rosenfield, MD, dean of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City and a former chair of the board of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. "He will be sorely missed by his many patients, colleagues, family, and friends."
Donations to the memorial fund may be sent to Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc., 810 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10019. To post a special memory of the physician, visit the Web site of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals: www.arhp.org.
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