New York University School of Medicine

A group of doctors and others discuss the live telecast on the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine after the show. The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk (not pictured), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Portrait of Samuel Albertus Brown, MD (1874-1952). Dr. Brown received his MD from University Medical College in 1894. He taught at University Medical College as an Instructor in Physical Diagnosis from 1897 to 1903, and then at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1903 to 1932, serving as the Dean of the Medical School from 1915-1932 and Professor of Therapeutics from 1918-1932. He held the position of Professor Emeritus from 1932 to 1952.

Portrait of Frederick Fenimore Becker, MD. Dr. Becker received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1956. He taught in the Pathology Department at the New York University School of Medicine from 1957 to 1976. Dr. Becker later became Vice President for Research at the University of Texas System’s Cancer Center.

Portrait of Theresa Bischoff, MD. Dr. Bischoff served as Clinical Professor of Health Care Management at New York University School of Medicine from 1993 to 2004.

Photograph of Dr. V. F. Bazilauskas (of Medical Communications, Inc.) working with Michigan personnel to prepare charts and other visual aid materials for the live telecast on the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine. The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk (not pictured), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

A lot of favorable chit chat between Paul Klemtner and others. The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk (not pictured), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Dr. Jonas Salk giving the essentials of the evaluation report during the telecast of the poliomyelitis vaccine. The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Portrait of Claude Edwin Heaton, MD. Dr. Heaton received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1921. He taught at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College as an Instructor in Gynecology (1926-1932) and Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1932-1941). Dr. Heaton then taught at New York University College of Medicine as Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1941-1957), Lecturer in the History of Medicine (1957-1958), and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1957-1967).

Portrait of Theodor Billroth, MD (1829-1894). Dr. Billroth was a German surgeon, known as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery. He was an early adopter of antiseptic surgical techniques. Billroth also influenced European and American surgical training with his advocacy for a model in which post-graduate medical students took on surgical assistantships to develop their practical skills.

Dr. David Bodian, a polio researcher at Johns Hopkins, presents on factors that led to the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine. The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk (not pictured), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.