New York University. Medical Archives

Dr. Gerald Weissmann graduated from NYU School of Medicine in 1954. He was Professor Emeritus of Medicine (Rheumatology), Research Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Biotechnology Study Center at NYU School of Medicine. Weissmann co-discovered and named liposomes, phospholipid vesicles that are used to deliver vaccines, enzymes, or drugs to the body. He also presented evidence that identified rheumatoid arthritis as an immune complex disease.

Engraved portrait of Willard Parker, MD (1800-1884). Parker was one of the founders of the New York Academy of Medicine and became president of the Academy in 1856. He taught as Professor of Surgery at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons for more than thirty years, beginning in 1839.

Portrait of George Shimer, MD, inscribed,"To my old friend Emanuel Libman. With best wishes, George Shimer, 1/14/35."

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Signed portrait of Allan Shields, MD.

This image was received as part of a NYU medical collection. The archives are unable to find additional information about the subject of this photograph. If you have information, please contact us.

Signed portrait of Joseph H. Shipard, MD, inscribed, “To Dr. Howard Fox, an inspiring teacher. Joseph H. Shipard.”

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Portrait of Osgoode Sinclair Philpott, MD (1895-1898). Dr. Philpott was a clinical professor at the University of Colorado Medical School and was head of dermatology from 1945 to 1965. He co-founded the Belle Bonfils Memorial Blood Bank in Denver, Colorado..

Signed portrait of Arthur J. Markley, MD, in military uniform. The inscription reads, “A. J. Markley, Denver, Colo.” Dr. Markley was Professor of Dermatology and Head of Dermatology and Syphilis at University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Dr. Thomas M. Rivers discussing the Salk poliomyelitis vaccine with Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Hart Edgar Van Riper. 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.

Mr. Paul Klemtner mentions key contributors during the opening of 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.

The television studio crew tends to a baby klieg light that exploded above Dr. Thomas Francis, Jr. four minutes before 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.