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Dr. James Cross, a Hero for Women in Cherokee County
In 1993 Dr. James Cross came out of retirement to deliver babies in the facility that would become Northside Hospital Cherokee.
What was it like to have a baby before epidurals?
Dr. James Cross, founder of Cherokee Women’s Health Specialists, was the first OB-GYN in Georgia to offer epidurals to women in labor. He was among the original 17 obstetricians who opened Atlanta’s Northside Hospital. In 1993, he came out of retirement to single-handedly provide OB services for metro Atlanta’s Cherokee County, delivering babies in the facility that is now Northside Hospital-Cherokee.
His presence was credited for cutting in half the perinatal morbidity and mortality rate for the county’s babies, a rate which before his arrival had been among the highest in the state. Read more about this real life hero who continued to deliver babies for Cherokee County's women, even while enduring a bout with cancer... a true hero for women in our community.