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.

Fred Wise

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Portrait of Fred Wise, MD (1881-1950). Dr. Wise served as the clinical chief of the Skin and Cancer Unit of New York Post-Graduate Hospital until his retirement in 1947.

Arthur Zitrin

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View of an older Dr. Zitrin, '45, seated and holding a copy of the Bellevue Platter, an early 19th century "Blue China" artifact owned by the Archives of the NYU School of Medicine. Dimensions are for image only.

William E. Smith

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Portrait of William E. Smith, MD, looking up from a microscope. While serving as an associate professor of industrial medicine at New York University College of Medicine, he led research on the presence of carcinogens in refining petroleum.

Marion B. Sulzberger

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Photograph of Marion Baldur Sulzberger, MD (1895-1984), seated, with a patient and three medical students. The image was published in the 1952-53 Bulletin of the Post-Graduate Medical School.

Dr. Sulzberger became director of the New York Skin and Cancer Unit in 1947. From 1949 to 1960, he served as Professor of Dermatology and chairman of the Department of Dermatology at New York University Medical School. Dr. Sulzberger was named professor emeritus in 1960.

William Henry Welch

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Portrait of William Henry Welch, MD (1850-1934) in military officer’s uniform. Dr. Welch taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Pathology from 1878 to 1884. Welch served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War I, eventually rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the Reserve Corps and earning a Distinguished Service Medal for his wartime service.