Physicians

Signed portrait of Ignatz Leo Nascher, MD (1863-1944). Dr. Nascher received his MD from University Medical College in 1885. He coined the term “geriatrics.”

Portrait of Norton Nelson, MD (1910-1990). Dr. Nelson joined the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine in 1947. From 1954 to 1979, he served as the first director of the Institute of Environmental Medicine at New York University.

Photograph of W. Ross McCarthy, at work in lab coat, Faculty. Photo taken from the 1954 Violet, page 49.

Portrait of Julian Richard Krevans, MD (1924-2015). Dr. Krevans received his MD from the New York University School of Medicine in 1946. He was named Alumnus of the Year in 1978.

Dr. Krevans was an acclaimed internist, hematologist, teacher, and administrator. From 1971 to 1982, he served as Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. As Physician-in-Chief of Baltimore City Hospital from 1963 to 1969, he was responsible for transforming Baltimore City Hospital into one of the leading teaching hospitals in the United States.

Signed portrait of Louis Neham, MD.

This image was received as part of a NYU medical collection. The archives are unable to find additional information about the subject of this photograph. If you have information, please contact us.

Photograph of Yale R. Nemerson, MD (1931-2009). Dr. Nemerson received his MD from the New York University School of Medicine in 1960. He taught as the Philip J. and Harriet L. Goodhart Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Nemerson received the Alumni Achievement Award from New York University School of Medicine in 1983.

Signed portrait of Henry Edmund Meleney, MD (1887-1970), inscribed, “To my loyal friend and colleague, Henry Most, Henry E. Meleney.” Dr. Meleney taught as the Hermann M. Biggs Professor of Medicine at New York University College of Medicine from 1941 to 1953.

Portrait of Robert Timmons McCluskey, MD. Dr. McCluskey received his MD from the New York University School of Medicine in 1947. He later became the Chief of the Department of Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Portrait of Jerome Kingsbury, MD (1871-1907), inscribed “To Howard Fox, with best wishes of Jerome Kingsbury.” Dr. Kingsbury received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1897.

Portrait of Dr. Hyde, first name not available.

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