New York University: Medicine

by Sylviastel | created - 19 Sep 2014 | updated - 19 Sep 2014 | Public

Julius Axelrod: MSc. 1941; 1970 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine.

Peter B. Berger MD 1983; cardiologist and Director of Clinical Research and Geisinger Clinic.

Frederick Cook MD 1890: explorer.

Fred Epstein WSC BA 1959; pediatric neurosurgeon.

William Alexander Hammond MD 1848; surgeon general, pioneer in neurology.

Maclyn McCarty 1940-1941 research fellow; demonstrated that DNA transmits genetic traits.

Walter Reed: discovered the mosquito transmission of yellow fever.

Albert Sabin MD 1931; developer of the oral vaccine for polio.

Arthur M. Sackler MD; founder of the Creedmore Institute of Psychobiological Studies.

Stephen Smith MD; founder of the American Public Health Association.

MD 1973; author of the "South Beach Diet."

2. Henry C. Lee

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Henry C. Lee was born on November 22, 1938 in Rugao, Jiangsu, China.

MS Ph.D 1974-1975; forensic scientist.

3. Jonas Salk

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Jonas Salk was born on October 28, 1914 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (2019), Louis Kahn: Silence and Light (1996) and The Levin Interviews (1980). He was married to Françoise Gilot and Donna Lindsay. He died on June 23, 1995 in La ...

MD 1938; discoverer of the Salk vaccine (first polio vaccine).



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