List of NYU School of Medicine people

This list includes deans, notable alumni and faculty of the New York University School of Medicine.

List of deans

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• John W. Draper, President of the Faculty (1850–1873)
• Alfred C. Post, President of the Faculty (1873–1877)
• Charles Inslee Pardee, Dean (1877–1897)
• Egbert Le Fevre, Acting Dean (1897–1898)
• Edward G. Janeway, Dean (1898–1905)
• Egbert Le Fevre, Dean (1905–1914)
• William H. Park, Acting Dean (1914–1915)
• Samuel A. Brown, Dean (1915–1932)
• John H. Wyckoff, Dean (1932–1937)
• Currier McEwen, Dean (1937–1955)
• Donal Sheehan, Acting Dean (1943–1954), Dean (1955–1960)
• S. Bernard Wortis, Dean (1960–1963)
• Saul J. Farber, Acting Dean (1963–1966)
• Lewis Thomas, Dean (1966–1969)
• Ivan L. Bennet Jr., Director-Dean (1970–1982)
• Saul J. Farber, Acting Dean (1979–1987), Dean (1987–1997)
• Noel L. Cohen, Interim Provost & Interim Dean (1997–1998)
• Robert M. Glickman, Dean (1998–2007)
• Robert I. Grossman, Dean (2007-)

Notable people

Alumni

• Arthur Agatston, Cardiologist, M.D., 1973, author of "The South Beach Diet"
• Edward Ahn, M.D., 2000, pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Michael Baden, Anatomic and forensic pathologist
• Baruj Benacerraf, Immunologist, Professor 1956-1968, 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Martin J. Blaser, Professor, M.D., 1973, established the Foundation for Bacteria
• Eric R. Braverman, researcher, author, and medical director of PATH Medical in New York City
• Richard A. Cash, global health researcher
• May Edward Chinn (1896–1980), first Black woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College.^[1]
• James Cimino (1928-2010), Internal medicine and palliative care, co-Inventor of the Cimino fistula^[2][3]
• Sidney V. Haas, M.D., pioneer in celiac disease research
• Henry Drury Hatfield, M.D., 1904, United States Senate (1929–1935)
• William Howard Hay, 1891, Founded The East Aurora Sun and Diet Sanatorium
• Avram Hershko, Adjunct Professor 1998-, 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Arthur L. Jenkins, neurosurgeon and co-director of the Neurosurgical Spine Program at the Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan)
• Eric R. Kandel, Psychoanalyst, Psychiatrist, M.D. 1955, 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Augustus C. Kinney (1871), noted expert on tuberculosis at the turn of the 20th century^[4][5]
• Gerald Klerman, psychiatrist and researcher
• Andrew Caldwell Mailer, member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1897 to 1901
• Valentino Mazzia (1922–1999), forensic anesthesiologist.^[6]
• Aaron E. Miller, neurologist, first Chairman of the Multiple Sclerosis section of the American Academy of Neurology
• Matthew Mirones, former member of the New York State Assembly
• Frank Netter, Medical artist and author, MD, 1931
• Severo Ochoa, Professor 1942-1974, 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Norman Orentreich MD, Dermatologist, father of modern hair transplantation, creator of Clinique, and the first president of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
• Walton T. Roth, psychiatrist researcher
• Albert Sabin, Medical researcher, M.D., 1931, developer of the oral vaccine for polio
• Jonas Salk, Medical researcher, M.D., 1938, discoverer of the Salk vaccine (the first polio vaccine)
• Rosalyn Scott, the first African-American woman to become a thoracic surgeon.
• Lawrence G. Smith, vice president and physician-in-chief of the North Shore-LIJ Health System
• Stephen Smith, Physician, M.D., Founder, American Public Health Association
• William James Wanless MD (F.A.C.S.) 1889.
• Brian Weiss, psychiatrist, researcher
• Arthur Lewis Piper, medical missionary in the Belgian Congo

Faculty

• Martin J. Blaser, Frederick H. King Professor of Internal Medicine, Chairman, Department of Medicine, and Professor of Microbiology
• Jason Walter Brown, neurologist and medical writer
• Matthew Chervenak, President and CEO of General Biologic company
• John Converse, Chief Plastic Surgeon
• Enrico Fazzini, D.O., Professor of Neurology and expert on Parkinson's disease
• Steven Flanagan, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
• William L. Goldberg, Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of Emergency Medicine, and published author
• Ruben Kuzniecky, Professor of Neurology
• Rodolfo Llinas, Professor of Physiology & Neuroscience
• Oliver Sacks, Professor of Neurology and author
• John E. Sarno, Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine
• Homer Smith (1895–1962), Professor and director of the Physiology Laboratories at NYU
• Joseph D. Zuckerman, surgeon-in-chief of the Hospital for Joint Diseases of NYU Langone Medical Center

References

1. Davis, George. "A HEALING HAND IN HARLEM", The New York Times, April 22, 1979. Accessed June 3, 2010.
2. "Dr. James Ernest Cimino, 1928 - 2010". Calvary Hospital
3. Gupta, Nelly Edmundson. "A Milestone in Hemodialysis: James E. Cimino, MD, and the Development of the AV Fistula". Renal and Urology News.
4. "Obituary", Medical sentinel 16, 1908: 196.
5. Corning, Howard M. (1989) Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 135.
6. Severo, Richard. "Valentino Mazzia, 77, Student Of Deaths Under Anesthesia", The New York Times, March 21, 1999. Accessed October 21, 2009.