Deans (Education)

A portrait of Dean Donal Sheehan, seated.

Portrait of Edward Gamaliel Janeway, MD (1841-1911). Dr. Janeway served as Professor of Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Pathology and Practical Anatomy during his time at Bellevue Hospital Medical College and University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College (1881-1907). He served as the first dean of University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College when it merged in 1898. In 1878, Dr. Janeway hired the famous pathologist Dr. William Welch upon his return to the United States. From 1875 to 1881, Dr. Janeway served as the New York City Health Commissioner.

Portrait of Lewis Thomas, MD (1913-1993). Dr. Thomas served as the Dean of the New York University School of Medicine from 1966 to 1969.