November 19, 2025

By Michelle Madden 

In 1920, women got the vote—but it  wasn’t until nearly 75 years later, in 1993, that lawmakers mandated that women be represented in clinical medical trials. 

Women’s health care has also been woefully underfunded: Ovarian cancer ranks fifth for lethality, but 12th in terms of funding-to-lethality ratio.

The gender gap is real. New Milford Hospital is changing this.

Generous community supporters such as Margery Feldberg and Jeremy Levin, Julie and Bob Bailey and Diane von Furstenberg have contributed to the more than $3 million dollars raised.  

The aim of the center is to aggregate care at all stages of a woman’s life. “We want to offer one-stop health care, making it easy to access providers specifically trained in women’s health,” says Miriam Levy, vice president of Women & Children’s Health for Nuvance. 

The center will be finished in 2027, but the “doors” are open already, with practitioners offering: primary care, gynecology, breast surgery, cardiology, and behavioral health. This is in addition to existing hospital services such as mammograms, bone density testing, pulmonary care, and gastroenterology. Future hires at the center will include: family medicine, urogynecology, nutrition, and osteoporosis care. Menopause support—an often-overlooked area—will be woven into all specialties.To make an appointment, call 860-210-5535. —Nuvancehealth.org