Lisa Ross Birth & Women’s Center
Women Caring for Women Since 1991
(865) 524-4422
The Lisa Ross Birth and Women’s
Center was started in 1990 as the Maternity Center of East
Tennessee by a group of local citizens who recognized the need
for lower cost obstetrical services. They believed the
primary people to be served by the Center would be the
uninsured and the under-insured.
The Center became a non-profit organization
in 1992, with local doctors and community leaders sitting on
the Board of Directors. The Center was managed by the
Fort Sanders Alliance from 1992 until July of 2001. The
Center averaged three certified nurse midwives on staff and
caught an average of 100 babies per year.
In 2001, the Board decided to become
independent from Fort Sanders, which had then changed to
Covenant Health. On August 18, 2001, the Center
celebrated 10 years in operation and renamed the Center the
Lisa Ross Birth & Women’s Center in honor of Lisa
Ross who was the Director of Midwifery Services at the Center
from 1994-1998.
