Physicians

Photograph of a 1937 painting of George Barclay Wallace, MD (1874-1948). Dr. Wallace served as Professor of Pharmacology and head of the Department of Pharmacology at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York University.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of David Wechsler, MD (1896-1981). Dr. Weschler served as Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical and Clinical Psychology at New York University College of Medicine from 1941 to 1947 and Associate Clinical Professor of Medical and Clinical Psychology from 1947 to 1955. He later served as Clinical Professor of Clinical Psychology (1955-1971), Professor of Psychology (1971-1975), and Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology (1975-1981) at the New York University School of Medicine.

Portrait of John Elmer Weeks, MD (1853-1949). Dr. Weeks taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York University as a Lecturer and later Clinical Professor of Professor of Ophthalmology and Otology. He served as the head of the Department of Ophthalmology from 1901 to 1921.

Portrait of John Hinchman Stokes, MD (1885-1961). The photograph is inscribed, “To my friend Howard Fox, with high esteem, John H. Stokes.”

A major figure in the fields of dermatology and syphilology, Dr. Stokes directed the United States Public Health Services’ Institute for the Study of Venereal Diseases (1937-1953), chaired the Committee on Research in Syphilis (1928), served as a consultant to the Surgeon General of the Army and the Secretary of War during World War II, and served as the American representative to the League of Nations as an expert in syphilis (1928-1955).

Signed portrait of [T. B. W. Stelwajar], MD, at age fifty.

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.

Image of Alfred Vogl, MD (1895-1973) from p. 47 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Vogel joined the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine in 1941 as a clinical instructor in medicine, becoming a full professor in 1960.

Portrait of Robert Ward, MD (1908-1972). Dr. Ward held the role of Professor of Pediatrics from 1949 to 1958 at the NYU School of Medicine.

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.

Image of David Wechsler, MD (1896-1891), seated at a table, conducting a test on a patient. Dr. Weschler served as Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical and Clinical Psychology at New York University College of Medicine from 1941 to 1947 and Associate Clinical Professor of Medical and Clinical Psychology from 1947 to 1955. He later served as Clinical Professor of Clinical Psychology (1955-1971), Professor of Psychology (1971-1975), and Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology (1975-1981) at the New York University School of Medicine.

Portrait of Cornelius Travers Stepita, MD (1897-1982). Dr. Stepita held the role of Professor of Clinical Urology at New York University School of Medicine.

Portrait of Nathaniel Bristol Van Etten, MD (1866-1954). Dr. Van Etten received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1890. The printed caption beneath the photograph read, “DR. NATHAN B. VAN ETTEN, chairman, Bronx Committee, Medical Alumni Division of New York University-Bellevue Medical Center Fund.” A handwritten pencil note below reads, “Class of B. 1890.”