Faculty, medical

Portrait of Joseph William Howe, MD (1843-1890). Dr. Howe received his MD from University Medical College in 1866. He taught as a Lecturer (1868-1872) and Professor of Clinical Surgery (1872-1879) at University Medical College. He was Clinical Professor of Surgery at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1879 to 1883.

Portrait of Christian Archibald Herter, MD (1865-1910). Dr. Herter taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Pathological Chemistry from 1898 to 1903.

Text on back of photograph reads: “Born September 3, 1865; M.D. from P&S in 1885; Columbia University; Professor of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at P&S, 1903-1910; Professor of Pathological Chemistry at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1898-1903; Died in NYC on December 5, 1910.”

Portrait of George Hughes Kirby, MD (1875-1935). Dr. Kirby taught in the Department of Psychiatry at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1914-1918.

Portrait of J. William Hinton, MD (1894-1973). Dr. Hinton taught as an Instructor in Surgery at University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1932 to 1941. He then taught at the New York University College of Medicine as Clinical Instructor in Surgery (1941-1944), Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery (1944-1948), Professor of Clinical Surgery (1948-1949), and Professor of Surgery and Chairman of the Department (1949-1959). He also served as the director of the 4th Surgical Division, Bellevue Hospital.

Photograph of Albert Sol Keston, MD (1911-1992), seated in his office, from p. 34 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook.

Carte de visite portrait of Edward Lawrence Keyes, MD (1843-1924). Dr. Keyes received his MD from University Medical College in 1866. He became a Lecturer and then Professor of Syphilology and Genito-Urinary Surgery at Bellevue Hospital Medical College (1871-1889).

Portrait of Abraham Jacobi, MD (1830-1919), signed “Yours cordially, A. Jacobi.” Dr. Jacobi taught at University Medical College as Professor of Diseases of Children from 1867 to 1870. The first director of this specialty at Bellevue, Dr. Jacobi is known today as the “father of American pediatrics.” He served twice as president of the American Pediatrics Association.

Portrait of Kurt Hirschhorn, MD (1926-2022) with a microscope. Dr. Hirschhorn received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1954. Dr. Hirschhorn taught as an Instructor in Medicine (1956-1958), Assistant Professor of Medicine (1958-1964), and Associate Professor of Medicine (1964-1966) at New York University School of Medicine. He went on to become Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, Genetics and Genomic Sciences at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Hirschhorn was a seminal thinker in human genetics and immunology research.

Portrait of Abraham Jacobi, MD (1830-1919), in profile. Dr. Jacobi taught at University Medical College as Professor of Diseases of Children from 1867 to 1870. The first director of this specialty at Bellevue, Dr. Jacobi is known today as the “father of American pediatrics.” He served twice as president of the American Pediatrics Association.

Photograph of a painted portrait of Frederick Clark Holden, MD, dressed in regalia. Dr. Holden received his MD from University Medical College in 1892. He taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Gynecology (1919-1932), Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Administrative Department Chair (1932-1934), and Professor Emeritus Obstetrics and Gynecology (1934-1944).