Physicians

Portrait of William Smith Tillett, MD (1892-1974). Dr. Tillett taught at New York University School of Medicine from 1938 until his retirement in 1958, after which he became Professor Emeritus. He chaired the Department of Medicine from 1938 to 1958.

Franz Torek, MD, and Nurse Hughes in the treatment room of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital Orthopedic Ward with a patient. The patient is being fitted for an “extension apparatus.” This photograph was published on page 88 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1904.

Dr. Franz Torek (1861-1938) served as surgeon and adjunct professor of surgery at the New York Post Graduate Hospital from 1890 to 1915.

Photograph of two physicians taking a skin graft from a patient using Karl Thiersch’s method, circa 1889. The man with the razor is Dr. Theodore Dunham (right), assisted by Dr. Franz Torek (left). Dr. Torek was the surgeon to the Babies Ward of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, and Dr. Dunham taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in the fields of Clinical Microscopy and Applied Pathology from 1898 to 1903. The photograph was published on page 303 of “The Post Graduate” journal with the caption “Taking the Grafts.”

Franz Torek, MD (1861-1938), served as surgeon and adjunct professor of surgery at the New York Post Graduate Hospital from 1890 to 1915.

A doctor and two nurses attending patients in the Jamie Ward of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. This photograph was published with the caption “The ‘Jamie’ Ward, (Babies’ Wards)” on page 65 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1901.

A doctor and nurse at New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, treating a very young child who is a post-operative mastoid patient.

Several doctors and nurses in an operating room of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital.

Several female patients, a doctor, and a nurse, on the Charles Carroll Lee Memorial Ward of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. This photograph was published with the caption “The Charles Carroll Lee Memorial Ward” on page 66 of the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1904.

View of surgeons, assistants, and nurses working in the operating amphitheater of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, taken from the balcony. Some spectators are watching the operation. This photograph was published in the Annual Report of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1903.

Portrait of Donal Sheehan, MD, seated at a desk. Dr. Sheehan taught at New York University Medical College from 1937 until his death, apart from a 1947-1948 term as general director of the Commonwealth Fund. He served as acting dean of the medical school for three years during World War II, as chairman of the Scientific Committee of the NYU-Bellevue Medical Center, and as director of the Medical Center from 1953-1955.

Portrait of Joseph Goldberger, MD (1874-1929) in military uniform. Dr Goldberger received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1895. He is known for his discovery of the pellagra preventive factor.