Physicians

Portrait of Richard Charles de Bodo, MD, (1896-1965). Dr. De Bodo was born and educated in Hungary. He is known for his studies of the pharmacology of morphine, cardiac drugs, hormonal regulation of carbohydrate metabolism, and the effects of insulin and growth hormone on carbohydrate and fat metabolism.

Dr. De Bodo taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Assistant Professor of Pharmacology (1929-1934) and Associate Professor of Pharmacology (1934-1953). He then served as Professor of Pharmacology at the New York University College of Medicine from 1953 to 1965, and also served as Acting Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology in 1952 and from 1961 to 1963.

Portrait of Bernard N. Fields, MD (1938-1995). Dr. Fields received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1962. He was the recipient of the 1982 NYU Medical Alumni Achievement Award.

Portrait of J. Corwin [Habey], MD, signed in lower right corner.

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Portrait of Professor [Baron], signed and inscribed to Dr. Howard Fox.

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.

Candid photograph of Arthur Christian DeGraff, MD (1899-1983), from p. 45 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. DeGraff received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1921. He taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as an Instructor in Medicine (1923-1925), Instructor in Physiology (1925-1927), Instructor in Medicine (1927-1929), Assistant Professor of Therapeutics (1929-1933), and Samuel A. Brown Professor of Therapeutics (1933-1980).

Photograph of an illustrated portrait of Gunning Samuel Bedford, MD (1806-1870). Dr. Bedford taught at University Medical College as Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women from 1841 to 1864.

Photograph of Amedeo Aristedes de Poto, MD. Dr. de Poto received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1921.

Photograph of L. Royal Christensen, MD, seated at desk, from p. 43 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Christensen taught at the New York University College of Medicine from 1941 to 1967 as a Fellow in Medicine (1941-1943), Instructor in Bacteriology (1943-1946), Assistant Professor of Microbiology (1946-1955), Associate Professor of Microbiology (1955-1959), and Associate Professor of Pathology (1959-1967). In 1953, he was named the director of the Berg Institute for Experimental Physiology, Surgery and Pathology. In 1962, he was appointed the Patent Officer for the NYU Medical Center.

Photograph of a painted portrait of Rowland Godfrey Freeman, Sr., MD, (1859-1945) dressed in regalia. Dr. Freeman taught in the Pediatrics department of University Hospital and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1898 to 1930 and was then Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics from 1930 to 1945. From 1898 to 1911, he served as Chief of the Pediatric Clinic.

Signed portrait of Louis Adolphis Duhring, MD (1845-1913), circa 1898. Inscription reads, “Louis A. Duhring, Philadelphia.” Dr. Duhring was a founding member of the American Dermatological Association and the founder of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School’s department of dermatology. He authored two major works on dermatology, Atlas of Skin Diseases (1876) and A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin (1877).