New York University School of Medicine

Portrait of the American dermatologist William Augustus Hardaway, MD (1850-1923).

Printed portrait of Paul Ehrlich, MD (1854-1915). The signature beneath the portrait reads "Prof. P. Ehrlich." The photograph is printed on smooth, glossy paper, with texted printed above and below in German reading: “Gallery of Outstanding Physicians and Naturalists. Paul Ehrlich 1854-1915. Supplement to the Munich Medical Weekly. Page 237, 1909. Request from J. F. Lehmann in Munich.” Dr. Ehrlich was a German biochemist, known for his groundbreaking research on antitoxins and chemotherapy. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1908.

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.

Signed portrait of Thomas Caspar Gilchrist, MD (1862-1927), set in oval frame. Inscribed “to my friend, Howard Fox.” Dr. Gilchrist was an American dermatologist who taught at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is known for his discovery of the fungal infection Gilchrist’s disease, also known as blastomycosis.

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 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 known for his discovery of the pellagra preventive factor.

Portrait of Arpad Geyza Gerster, MD (1848-1923). Dr. Gerster was born in Hungary and received his medical degree from the University of Vienna in 1872. He emigrated to the United States where he eventually became House Surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Gerster published The Rules of Aseptic and Antiseptic Surgery, the first book on antiseptic surgical methods in the United States, in 1888.

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.