Physicians

Signed portrait of Allan Shields, 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.

Signed portrait of Henry Granger Piffard, MD (1842-1910) taken in February 1905. Dr. Piffard taught at University Medical College as a Lecturer of Urinary Analysis (1873-1875) and Professor of Dermatology (1875-1898). He then became Professor of Dermatology at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Dermatology from 1898 to 1899, and Emeritus Professor in 1899.

Portrait of Frank H. Netter, MD (1906-1991). Dr. Netter received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1931. He was the foremost medical illustrator of the twentieth century. His works include the Atlas of Human Anatomy and The CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations.

Photograph of a bust of Walter Reed, MD (1851-1902), located at the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on the campus of Bronx Community College. Dr. Reed received his first MD from the University of Virginia and 1869 and his second from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1873. His important work includes his research on the transmission of yellow fever during his time as a physician in the U.S. Army.

Signed portrait of Joseph H. Shipard, MD, inscribed, “To Dr. Howard Fox, an inspiring teacher. Joseph H. Shipard.”

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.

Portrait of Osgoode Sinclair Philpott, MD (1895-1898). Dr. Philpott was a clinical professor at the University of Colorado Medical School and was head of dermatology from 1945 to 1965. He co-founded the Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Bank in Denver, Colorado..

Portrait of Abel Mix Phelps, MD (1851-1902). Dr. Phelps served as Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at University Medical College from 1887 to 1897.

Portrait of Mortimer Gilbert Rosen, MD (1932-1992). Dr. Rosen received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1955. He taught as Professor of Reproductive Biology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and in 1985 joined the faculty of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons as the Willard C. Rappleye Professor and chairman of obstetrics and gynecology. He was also director of Sloane Hospital for Women, the obstetrics and gynecology service of the Presbyterian Hospital.

Photograph of Sol Sherry (1916-1993). Dr. Sherry received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939. He later became professor and co-head of the Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine.

Portrait of Paul Ferdinand Schilder, MD (1886-1940). Dr. Schilder was born in Vienna and received his MD from the Medical University of Vienna in 1909. A prominent Austrian psychiatrist, he emigrated to the United States in 1929. From 1930 to his death in 1940, he served as medical director of the psychiatric division of Bellevue Hospital and research professor of psychiatry at New York University College of Medicine.