Portraits

Portrait of Emanuel M. Papper, MD (1915-2002). Dr. Papper received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1938. At the time of this photograph, he was serving as Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Miami. He was the 1974 recipient of the Medical Alumni Achievement Award from the New York University School of Medicine. Papper important work as an anesthesiologist included: leading investigator of hemodynamic effects of intravenous morphine and sodium pentathol; circulatory adjustments during spinal anesthesia; the use of human plasma in spinal anesthesia and nerve block therapy.

Portrait of Jack Orloff, MD. Dr. Orloff received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1943. From 1974 to 1988, he was the scientific director of the Division of Intramural Research at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health. Orloff was a leader in advancing the discipline of physiology. His work included investigations in acidification of the urine, hypokalemic alkalosis, the metabolism and excretion of ammonia and the endocrine control of sodium excretion.

Portrait of Charles Norris, MD (1867-1935), with signature on back. Dr. Norris was the first Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York, a role he held from 1918 until his death in 1935.

Signed portrait of Lido J. Nils, MD, in military uniform, inscribed, “To Lt. Col. Howard Fox, with [finest esteem], Lido J. Nils.”

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Signed portrait of Reuben Ottenberg, MD. Dr. Ottenberg was a hematologist known for his breakthrough research on blood transfusions. In 1907, he performed the first the blood transfusion using blood typing and crossmatching at Lenox Hill Hospital. Dr. Ottenberg also discovered that group O blood donors could serve as universal donors.

Portrait of Sir William Osler, MD (1849-1919). Osler was the first physician-in-chief of Johns Hopkins Hospital and one of the Big Four founding professors of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Among his many accomplishments, he established medical residencies as the training standard, taught medical students through bedside instruction on the wards rather than lectures, and founded medical library associations in both Great Britain and North America.

Portrait of Jack Orloff, MD. Dr. Orloff received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1943. From 1974 to 1988, he was the scientific director of the Division of Intramural Research at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health. Orloff was a leader in advancing the discipline of physiology. His work included investigations in acidification of the urine, hypokalemic alkalosis, the metabolism and excretion of ammonia and the endocrine control of sodium excretion.

Portrait of Carroll Vincent Newsom (1904-1990). Newsom was President of New York University from 1956 to 1962.

Photograph of Carroll Vincent Newsom (1904-1990) standing at a podium. Newsom was President of New York University from 1956 to 1962.

Portrait of Meyer J. Kutisker, MD. Dr. Kutisker received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1917. He taught as Professor of Clinical Surgery at the New York University College of Medicine.