George David Stewart

George David Stewart
Portrait of George David Stewart, MD (1862-1907), reproduced from an illustration in the National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Dr. Stewart received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1889. He taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Adjunct Lecturer of Anatomy (1895-1896), Adjunct Professor of Anatomy (1896-1897), and Professor of Anatomy (1897-1898). He became Professor of Anatomy at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York University in 1898 and Professor of Clinical Surgery in 1899.

Walter Reed

Walter Reed
Photograph of a bust of Walter Reed, MD (1851-1902), located at the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on the campus of Bronx Community College. Dr. Reed received his first MD from the University of Virginia and 1869 and his second from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1873. His important work includes his research on the transmission of yellow fever during his time as a physician in the U.S. Army.

Bertha Rader

Bertha Rader
Photograph of Bertha Rader, MD (1911-2011). Dr. Rader began her medical career as an EKG technician at Bellevue Hospital. After graduating from the New York University School of Medicine in 1945, Dr. Rader became Chief of the Cardiac Clinic, and ran the electrocardiography service at Bellevue Hospital for decades. She held the title of Associate Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine until 2000.

Maxwell H. Poppel

Maxwell H. Poppel
Image of Maxwell Herbert Poppel, MD (1903-1994) from p. 60 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Poppel received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1927. He was a celebrated radiologist, serving as chairman of the American Institute of Radiology, and the author of a classic textbook on diseases of the pancreas. Poppel was also an outstanding contributor to knowledge of iodine metabolism and insulin antibodies.