Fred Weidman

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Signed portrait of Fred D. Weidman, MD (1881-1956). Dr. Weidman was a dermatologist, spending his career as a teacher and researcher in Philadelphia. In 1926-27, he designed an important survey and public health report on the treatment of ringworm and other fungal diseases in the United States and abroad.

Leopold Stieglitz

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Leopold Stieglitz, 1867-1956, was honored by his patients when they established the Leopold Stieglitz Visiting Professorship at the NYU College of Medicine. This photo is of a portrait done in 1930 by W.G. de Glehn.

Elaine Pandia Ralli

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Image of Elaine Pandia Ralli, MD (1894-1968). Dr. Ralli received her MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1925. She taught at New York University College of Medicine as an Associate Professor of Medicine. Ralli was an authority on diseases of metabolism and nutrition and a recipient of the Elizabeth Blackwell Citation for outstanding achievement as a woman in medicine.

James A. Shannon

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Portrait of James A. Shannon, MD (1904-1994). Dr. Shannon received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1929. He taught as an Instructor in Otorhinolaryngology at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1933 to 1940, and then as Assistant Clinical Professor (1941-1947), Clinical Professor (1948-1950), and Professor (1951-1960) of Otorhinolaryngology at New York University College of Medicine. From 1955 to 1968, he served as Director of the National Institutes of Health.

Irving L. Schwartz

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Portrait of Irving Schwartz, MD (1918-2011). Dr. Schwartz received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1943. Dr. Schwartz was the first Dean of the Graduate School of Biological Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, holding the role from 1965 to 1980, when he became Dean Emeritus. He was also the first Chair of the Department of Structural and Chemical Biology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Director of the Mount Sinai Center for Polypeptide Research. In 1973, he was the recipient of the Medical Alumni Achievement Award from the New York University School of Medicine.