Medical colleges -- Alumni and alumnae

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 Harry Most, MD (1907-1994). Dr. Most received his MD from University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1931. He taught at New York University School of Medicine from 1941 to 1993, eventually serving as the Herman M. Biggs Professor of Preventive Medicine and the chair main of the Department of Preventive Medicine from 1953 to 1973. Dr. Most received the NYU Medical Alumni Achievement Award in 1974. He was an original contributor to the study of tropical diseases, trichinosis, malaria, amebiasis, schistomiasis, leishmaniasis, and filariasis.

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.

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.

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 Carlos Frederick MacDonald, MD (1845-1926). Dr. MacDonald received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1869. He taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1889 to 1898 as Professor of Mental Diseases. He then taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, first as Professor of Mental Diseases and Medical Jurisprudence (1898-1907) and then as Emeritus Professor (1907-1909).

Portrait of Solomon A. Berson, MD (1918-1972). Dr. Berson received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1945. With his research partner Rosalyn Yarow, he developed the radioimmunoassay. Berson also researched blood volume measurement with radioisotopes, kinetics of iodine metabolism, and thyroid function. In his honor, the New York University School of Medicine created the Solomon A. Berson Medical Alumni Achievement Awards in 1979.

Photograph of the dedication ceremony for a painted portrait of Richard M. Hyman, MD, taken in the study room of the medical school library. Dr. Hyman received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1941. The inscription on the plaque of the painting reads, “In fond memory of Richard M. Hyman, MD, 1915-1967, President, Centennial Class of 1941. Presented by his classmates.”

Pictured (left to right): Dr. Philip Leif, Eric Hyman, Dr. Hyman's widow Mrs. Patricia Hyman, Jeffrey Hyman, Mr. Gilbert Clausman.

Image of Morris Herman, MD (1906-1987), seated at his desk, from p. 56 of the 1954 NYU Medical Violet yearbook. Dr. Herman received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1930. He taught at the New York University College of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry from 1935 to 1979, eventually holding the title of Menas S. Gregory Professor of Psychiatry (1949-1979) and Acting Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Photograph of Simon Karpatkin, MD, seated beside a microscope in his office. Dr. Karpatkin received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1958. He served on the NYU Grossman School of Medicine faculty for 45 years and as the director of the Division of Hematology. Dr. Karpatkin made notable contributions to the science of blood coagulation and related disorders.