Medical colleges -- Alumni and alumnae

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.

Photograph of Joseph Goldberger, MD (1874-1929), with gray and white line drawing on surface. Dr. Goldberger received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1895. He is best known for his discovery of the pellagra preventive factor.

Photograph of Harry Halprin, MD. Dr. Halprin received his MD from University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1923. He served as the vice-chairman of the New Jersey Committee of New York University College of Medicine Alumni.

Portrait of Herman N. Eisen, MD (1918-2014). Dr. Eisen received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1943. He taught at New York University College of Medicine as a Fellow in Medicine (1947-1948), Assistant in Medicine (1948-1949), Assistant Professor of Industrial Medicine (1949-1953), and Associate Professor of Industrial Medicine (1953-1955). In 1968, Dr. Eisen received the Medical Alumni Scientific Award on Alumni Day. An important researcher in the field of immunology, he was influential in establishing the usefulness of equilibrium dialysis with purified antibodies and the affinity of combining sites.

Portrait of Jerome Gross, MD. Dr. Gross received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1943. He later became Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and received the Medical Alumni Achievement Award on Alumni Day, March 1, 1975.

Carte de visite 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.

Carte de visite portrait of Gasper Griswold, MD. Dr. Griswold received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1879. He taught in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College Third Division as Assistant to the Chair of Diseases of the Nervous System (1880-1884) and Demonstrator of Anatomy (1884-1886).

Portrait of Charles Gottlieb, MD (1886-1960). Dr. Gottlieb received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1907. He was on the faculty of the New York University College of Medicine from 1933 to 1952, teaching in the Department of Radiology. From 1947 to 1949, he was Acting Chairman of the Department of Radiology, and from 1948 until his retirement in 1953, he served as Chair. He held the title of Professor Emeritus of Radiology from his retirement in 1952 to his death in 1960.

Portrait of Clarence E. de la Chapelle, MD (1898-1987). Dr. De la Chapelle received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1922. He joined the faculty of the medical school in 1925, where he remained for the duration of his career as a leading cardiologist. Dr. De la Chapelle held various leadership roles at the medical school, including serving as Assistant Dean and Associate Dean from 1943-1948, and as Associate Dean of the Post-Graduate Medical School from 1948-1963. On February 18, 1971, the Bellevue Hospital Medical library was named for, and dedicated, to Dr. Clarence E. de la Chapelle. In 1983, he endowed the NYU Medical Library Archives in memory of his late wife of 51 years, the former Lillian Buckmann.