This list includes deans, notable alumni and faculty of NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

List of deans

John W. Draper, president of the faculty (1850–1873) Alfred C. Post, president of the faculty (1873–1877) Charles Inslee Pardee, dean (1877–1897) Egbert Le Fevre, acting dean (1897–1898) Edward G. Janeway, dean (1898–1905) Egbert Le Fevre, dean (1905–1914) William H. Park, acting dean (1914–1915) Samuel A. Brown, dean (1915–1932) John H. Wyckoff, dean (1932–1937) Currier McEwen, dean (1937–1955) Donal Sheehan, acting dean (1943–1954), dean (1955–1960) S. Bernard Wortis, dean (1960–1963) Saul J. Farber, acting dean (1963–1966) Lewis Thomas, dean (1966–1969) Ivan L. Bennett Jr., director-dean (1970–1982) Saul J. Farber, acting dean (1979–1987), dean (1987–1997) Noel L. Cohen, interim provost & interim dean (1997–1998) Robert M. Glickman, dean (1998–2007) Robert I. Grossman, dean & chief executive officer (2007–2025) Alec C. Kimmelman, dean & chief executive officer (2025–present)

Notable people

Alumni Arthur Agatston, cardiologist, MD, 1973, author of The South Beach Diet Naomi Amir, pediatric neurologist, MD 1952, established first pediatric neurology clinic in Israel Mercy Amua-Quarshie, obstetrician-gynecologist Glover Crane Arnold, 1873, instructor of anatomy and surgery at Bellevue Hospital Medical College and New York University's Medical College Michael Baden, anatomic and forensic pathologist Solomona A. Berson, alumnus class of 1945 Hermann M. Biggs, alumnus class of 1883 Martin J. Blaser, professor, MD, 1973, established the Foundation for Bacteria Simon R. Blatteis (1876–1968), MD 1898, New York pathologist and head of the city's public health efforts; also a faculty member of the schoolJewish Biographical Bureau, Who's Who in American Jewry (1926), p. 61. Richard A. Cash, global health researcher Patricia Charache, MD 1957, microbiologist and infectious disease specialist Samuel Charache, hematologist, discoverer of the first effective treatment for sickle cell disease Stella Chess, alumna class of 1939 May Edward Chinn (1896–1980), first Black woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College James Cimino (1928–2010), internal medicine and palliative care, co-inventor of the Cimino fistula"Dr. James Ernest Cimino, 1928 – 2010". Calvary HospitalGupta, Nelly Edmundson. "A Milestone in Hemodialysis: James E. Cimino, MD, and the Development of the AV Fistula". Renal and Urology News. Douglas Cines, MD, 1972, hematologist and professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Samuel Cochran (1871–1952), medical missionary who worked in Eastern China for over 20 years Barry S. Coller, MD, 1970, vice president of Rockefeller University Charles Rea Dickson, 1881, radiologist, electrotherapist, co-founder of the CNIB Foundation Edward C. Franklin, MD, pioneering immunologist Joseph Goldberger, discovered pellagra killing thousands of southerners in the 1920s, saved millions of lives figuring out a lack of vitamin B12 caused the disease William C. Gorgas, 22nd Surgeon General of the US Army, discovered vector of yellow fever in Panama Arthur Gottlieb, immunologist, AIDS researcher, professor at Tulane Medical School Daniel O. Griffin, MD, infectious disease specialist George Grunberger, MD, FACP, 1977 Sidney V. Haas, MD, pioneer in celiac disease research William A. Hammond, alumnus class of 1848 Frederick W. Hatch, MD, medical pioneer in Sacramento, California, former secretary of the California Board of Health (precursor to the California Department of Public Health) Henry Drury Hatfield, MD, 1904, United States Senate (1929–1935) William Howard Hay, 1891, founded the East Aurora Sun and Diet Sanatorium Kurt Hirschhorn, Austrian-born American pediatrician, medical geneticist, and cytogeneticist John Howland, pediatrician, MD, 1897 Elizabeth Jonas, MD 1986, physician, neuroscientist and professor, Yale School of Medicine Eric R. Kandel, psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, MD 1955, 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Augustus C. Kinney (1871), noted expert on tuberculosis at the turn of the 20th centuryCorning, Howard M. (1989) Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 135. Gerald Klerman, psychiatrist and researcher Linda Laubenstein, HIV/AIDS researcher Andrew Caldwell Mailer, member of the Wisconsin State Senate 1897–1901 Valentino Mazzia (1922–1999), forensic anesthesiologistSevero, Richard. "Valentino Mazzia, 77, Student Of Deaths Under Anesthesia", The New York Times, March 21, 1999. Accessed October 21, 2009. Aaron E. Miller, neurologist, first chairman of the Multiple Sclerosis section of the American Academy of Neurology Matthew Mirones, former member of the New York State Assembly Raymond Rocco Monto, orthopedic surgeon, researcher, writer Frank Netter, medical artist and author, MD, 1931 Norman Orentreich, MD, dermatologist, father of modern hair transplantation, creator of Clinique, and the first president of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Louis A. Perrotta, surgeon, medical researcher, academic, and hospital founder Walter Reed, discoverer of the vector for yellow fever Nicholas P. Restifo, immunologist researcher Walton T. Roth, psychiatrist researcher Albert Sabin, medical researcher, MD, 1931, developer of the oral vaccine for polio and President of the Weizmann Institute of Science Arthur Sackler, MD, former executive of Purdue Pharma Richard Sackler, MD, former chairman and president of Purdue Pharma, widely implicated in US opioid epidemic Jonas Salk, medical researcher, MD, 1938, discoverer of the Salk vaccine (the first polio vaccine) Rosalyn Scott, first African-American woman to become a thoracic surgeon Sam Switzer, MD, medical researcher, class of 1956 William James Wanless, MD (F.A.C.S.) 1889 Gerald Weissmann, cell biologist, liposome discovery, rheumatologist, 1954 Ruth White (born 1951), Olympic fencer

Current faculty Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and chief scientific officer Jef D. Boeke, PhD, National Academy of Sciences Maurice Brodie, polio researcher György Buzsáki, MD, PhD, National Academy of Sciences Aravinda Chakravarti, professor, Department of Medicine Claude Desplan, PhD, National Academy of Sciences Orrin Devinsky, MD Steven Flanagan, professor and chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine William L. Goldberg, assistant professor and assistant director of Emergency Medicine, and published author Avram Hershko, adjunct professor, 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Dan Littman, professor of Microbiology and Pathology; HHMI investigator Rodolfo Llinas, professor of Physiology & Neuroscience Kathryn J Moore, PhD, National Academy of Sciences and director of the Cardiovascular Research Center Evgeny Nudler, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology; HHMI investigator Michele Pagano, professor and chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology; HHMI investigator William N. Rom, Sol and Judith Bergstein Professor of Medicine and Environmental Medicine, emeritus David D. Sabatini, MD, PhD, Frederick L. Ehrman Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology and research professor, Department of Cell Biology Regina Sullivan, PhD, professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Richard Tsien, DPhil Frank J. Veith, MD, professor of Surgery, pioneer in both open and minimally invasive vascular surgery Jan T. Vilcek, MD, PhD Joseph D. Zuckerman, surgeon-in-chief of NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital

Former faculty

Gunning S. Bedford (1806–1870) Baruj Benacerraf, immunologist, professor (1956–1968), 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Joseph Dancis, former chairman, Department of Pediatrics Thomas Francis Jr., first person to isolate influenza virus in the United States; discovered influenza B; mentored Jonas Salk Charles S. Hirsch (1937–2016) William Holme Van Buren (1819–1883) L. Emmett Holt Jr., former director of Pediatrics Saul Krugman (1911–1995) Edith M. Lincoln (1891–1977) Otto Loewi, professor of Pharmacology, 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Alfred Lebbeus Loomis (1831–1895) William Thompson Lusk, president of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College Colin Munro Macleod (1909–1972) Valentine Mott (1785–1865) Charles Norris (1867–1935) Ruth S. Nussenzweig (1928–2018) Severo Ochoa, professor (1942–1974), 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Granville Sharp Pattison (1791–1851) Joseph P. Ransohoff, MD Howard A. Rusk (1901–1989) Oliver Sacks, professor of Neurology and author John E. Sarno, professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine Lewis A. Sayre, first professor of Orthopedic Surgery in America Joseph Schlessinger, professor of Pharmacology (1990–2001) Homer Smith (1895–1962), professor and director of the Physiology Laboratories at NYU Stephen Smith, physician, MD, founder of American Public Health Association William Smith Tillet (1892–1974) William Welch, pathologist whose curriculum started Johns Hopkins Medical School

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