Douglas Symmers

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Portrait of Douglas Symmers, MD (1879-1952), with the inscription “To Chubby and Clarence-Douglas Symmers.” Dr. Symmers served as Professor of Gross Pathology at New York University College of Medicine from 1934 to 1945. He also served as the Director of Laboratories at Bellevue Hospital.

Faneuil Dunkin Weisse

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Head-and-shoulders portrait of Faneuil Dunkin Weisse, MD (1842-1915). Weisse received his MD from University Medical College in 1864. He taught at University Medical College from 1861 to 1890 as Professor of Dermatology (1867-1875), Professor of Practical and Surgical Anatomy (1876-1889), and Professor of Surgical Pathology (1874-1876). He later taught at the New York College of Dentistry.

Gerald Weissmann

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Portrait of Gerald Weissmann, MD (1930-2019). Weissmann received his MD from New York University in 1954. Weissmann became Professor of Medicine at New York University in 1970, and from 1973 to 1999 he served as director of the NYU Division of Rheumatology. He later served as Professor Emeritus of Medicine.

Leon Sokoloff

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Portrait of Leon Sokoloff, MD (1919-2019). Dr. Sokoloff received his MD from New York University in 1944. He served as Chief of the Section on Rheumatic Diseases at the Laboratory of Experimental Pathology of the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Disease. He also as Professor of Pathology and Professor Emeritus at SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine.