Caspar Bartholin The Elder

Caspar Bartholin The Elder

male, deceased (1629)
Caspar Bartholin "the Elder" was for many years a standard textbook on the subject of anatomy. He was the first to describe the workings of the...

Gunning S. Bedford

male, deceased (1870)
Gunning S. Bedford (1806 - 5 September 1870) was a Medical writer, teacher and founder of the United States' first obstetrical clinic for those too...

Joseph Pancoast

male, deceased (1882)
Joseph Pancoast (November 23, 1805- March 6, 1882) was a renowned American surgeon. His name is eponymic to the practice of surgery, in general,...

Leopold Saverio Vaccaro

male
Leopold Saverio Vaccaro was a noted surgeon and scientist who was decorated for assisting with the reconstruction of Italy in the aftermath of...

Kathie-Ann Joseph

female
Kathie-Ann P. Joseph, MD is the Director of Research in General Surgery and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Columbia University College of...
Rasmus Bartholin

Rasmus Bartholin

male, deceased (1698)
Rasmus Bartholin (Latinized "Erasmus Bartholinus"; August 13, 1625 - November 4, 1698) was a Danish scientist and physician. As part of his...
Bernard Lown

Bernard Lown

male
Bernard Lown, M.D. was the original developer of the defibrillator and is an internationally known peace activist. Born in Lithuania, he emigrated...
Marc Bessler

Marc Bessler

male
Marc Bessler, MD is a bariatric surgeon in New York City. He is currently the Director of the New York Presbyterian Center for Obesity Surgery, the...
Rakesh Jain

Rakesh Jain

male
Dr. Rakesh K. Jain is the Andrew Werk Cook Professor of Tumor Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital in the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Jain...
Realdo Colombo

Realdo Colombo

male, deceased (1559)
Matteo Realdo Colombo or Renaldus Columbus (c. 1516 - 1559) was an Italian professor of anatomy and a surgeon at the University of Padua between...