John Hugh Mulholland teaching in the amphitheater

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Photograph of John Hugh Mulholland, MD (1900-1974) instructing in the amphitheater at the NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Mulholland received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1925. He later became Professor of Surgery at NYU Medical College. Dr. Mulholland is noted for his research in the metabolic aspects of surgery and diseases of the pancreaticoduodenal area.

John Hugh Mulholland

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Portrait of John Hugh Mulholland, MD (1900-1974). Dr. Mulholland received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1925. He later became Professor of Surgery at NYU Medical College. Dr. Mulholland is noted for his research in the metabolic aspects of surgery and diseases of the pancreaticoduodenal area.

Alexander E. MacDonald

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Portrait of Alexander E. MacDonald, MD (1845-1906). Dr. MacDonald received his MD from University Medical College in 1870. He taught at University Medical College as University Lecturer of Medical Jurisprudence (1874-1882), Professor of Psychological Medicine & Medical Jurisprudence (1882-1891), and Emeritus Professor (1891-1898). He was then Emeritus Professor at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1898 until his death.

William Thompson Lusk

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Carte de visite portrait of William Thompson Lusk, MD (1838-1897). Dr. Lusk received his MD from University Medical College in 1864. He taught at Bellevue Hospital and Medical College as Professor of Obstetrics from 1871 to 1897. Lusk’s famous obstetrics textbook, The Science and Art of Midwifery, was published in 1882.

Marvin Kuschner

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Portrait of Martin Kuschner, MD (1919-2002). Dr. Kuschner received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1943. He taught pathology at NYU School of Medicine before leaving for the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he became the founding dean of the medical school in 1972. Kuschner served as dean until his retirement in 1987. A distinguished lung cancer researcher, Kuschner made outstanding contributions in pathology and environmental medicine. His research defined the hazards to the lungs of exposure to ionizing radiation, polynuclear hydrocarbons, metallocarcinogens and irritant gases.

Colin Munro MacLeod

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Photograph of Colin M. MacLeod, M.D., 1909-1972, Professor and Chairman of Department. Dr. MacLeod, along with coworkers Avery and McCarthy, in 1944 showed that DNA was the one and only material in the chromosomes which carries genetic information. Pictured sitting in laboratory, photo from the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook, page 51.