Medical colleges -- Alumni and alumnae

Portrait of John Frederick Erdmann, MD (1864-1954). Dr. Erdmann received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1887. He taught as Professor of Practical Anatomy at Bellevue Hospital Medical College and University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1895 to 1899.

Portrait of Emanuel David Friedman, MD (1884-1953). Dr. Friedman received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1907. He taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as an Instructor in Medicine (1914-1920), Instructor in Neuropathology (1920-1922), Lecturer on Neuropathology (1922-1925), Clinical Professor of Neuropathology (1925-1927), and Professor of Neurology (1927-1947). He also served as Director of the Neurological Laboratories (1940-1942), Chairman of the Department of Neurology (1942-1947), and Professor Emeritus of Neurology (1947-1953) at New York University College of Medicine.

Photograph of John Frederick Erdmann, MD (1864-1954), at the dedication ceremony for the Erdmann Surgical Auditorium at the Post-Graduate Medical School. Dr. Erdmann (seated in wheelchair) is shown with Dr. J. William Hinton, Professor and Chairman of Surgery of the Post-Graduate Medical School, and Dr. Edward M. Bernecker, adminstrator. Dr. Erdmann received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1887. He taught as Professor of Practical Anatomy at Bellevue Hospital Medical College and University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1895 to 1899.

Portrait of Jasper Jewett Garmany, MD (1859-1947), inscribed “To Dr. Lusk from his friend, Jasper J. Garmany.” Dr. Garmany received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1882. He taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Clinical Professor of Surgery and Demonstrator of Operative Surgery from (1898-1899), and as Clinical Professor of Surgery (1899-1916).

Portrait of William Goldring, MD (1898-1981). Dr. Goldring received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1922. Het taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as an Assistant in Medicine (1926-1927), Instructor in Medicine (1927-1932), and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (1932-1939). He then taught at the New York University College of Medicine as an Associate Professor of Medicine from 1939 to 1960, and at the School of Medicine as a Professor of Medicine from 1960 to 1981. Dr. Goldring was a leading authority in hypertensive and renal diseases.

Portrait of David Gitlin, MD. Dr. Gitlin received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1947. He became Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In 1976, Dr. Gitlin received the Alumni Achievement Award from the NYU School of Medicine.

Portrait of Joseph Harkavy, MD (1898-1970) inscribed “To Dr. [P] from his friend and pupil, Jos. Harkavy.” Dr. Harkavy received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1928.

Portrait of Robert F. Goldberger, MD (1933-2003). Dr. Goldberger received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1958. He was provost of Columbia University from 1981 to 1989. In 1989 he returned to the New York University School of Medicine, where he taught as an Adjunct Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine until 1993.

Photograph of the death mask of Joseph Goldberger, MD (1874-1929), right profile. Given to Dean Currier McEwan by Mrs. Mary H. Goldberger on October 21, 1952. Dr. Goldberger received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1895. He is known for his discovery of the pellagra preventive factor.

Portrait of William Alexander Hammond, MD (1828-1900). Dr. Hammond received his MD from University Medical College in 1848. He served as Surgeon General of the U.S. Army from 1862 to 1864. He taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as Professor of Diseases of Mind and Nervous System from 1867 to 1874, and Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics from 1872 to 1874. He then taught at University Medical College as Professor of Mind and Nervous System from 1874 to 1882. A pioneer in nervous and mental diseases, Dr. Hammond published A Treatise on Diseases of the Nervous System in 1871, the first textbook of its kind in the English language.