Stanley F. Yolles

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Portrait of Stanley F. Yolles, MD (1919-2001). Dr. Yolles received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1950. He served as the director of the National Institute of Mental Health from 1964 to 1970.

Alexander Solomon Wiener

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Portrait of Alexander Solomon Wiener, MD (1907-1976). Dr. Wiener joined the Department of Forensic Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine in 1938, where he rose to the rank of full professor. In 1938, he also joined the office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York as a serologist.

Joel Williston Wright

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Signed carte de visite portrait of Joel Williston Wright, MD (1840-1912). Dr. Wright taught at University Medical College as a University Lecturer in Surgery (1875-1876) and Obstetrics (1876), Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women (1876-1879), and Professor of Principles, Practice, and Operations of Surgery (1879-1888).

John Henry Wyckoff

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Portrait of John Henry Wyckoff, Jr., MD (1881-1937). Dr. Wyckoff received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1907. His long career at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College spanned from 1910 to 1937. From 1932 to 1937 he served as Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Medical School.

Morris Ziff

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Image of Morris Ziff, MD (1913-2005), at work in a lab. Dr. Ziff received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1948. Ziff made significant breakthroughs in immunopathology and the genetics of rheumatoid arthritis.

Sigmund L. Wilens

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Image of Sigmund L. Wilens, MD, seated at his desk, on p. 40 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Wilens became Professor of Pathology at New York University College of Medicine in 1934. He also held the role of Director of Pathology at Bellevue Hospital from 1949 to 1955.