Paul Farmer

Paul Farmer

male, 50 years old
Mountains Beyond Mountains, Harvard University, From Boston, Brigham and Women's Hospital, macarthur foundation, Partners in Health…physician
Dr. Paul Farmer (born October 26, 1959) is an American professor and physician, currently the Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard...
Jonas Salk

Jonas Salk

male, deceased (1995)
New York University School of Medicine alumni, poliomyelitis, Russian-American Jew, American, Biologist, Jewish American…physician
Jonas Edward Salk (October 28 1914 - June 23, 1995) was an American physician and researcher best known for the development of the first successful...
David Satcher

David Satcher

male, 68 years old
David M. Satcher, Assistant Secretary for Health, admiral, PHSCC, Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Case Western Reserve University alumni…American Academy of Family Physician, physician
David Satcher , MD, Ph.D., Founding Chair Director, Center of Excellence on Health Disparities Poussaint-Satcher-Cosby Chair in Mental Health...
Julie Gerberding

Julie Gerberding

female, 54 years old
The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, University of California, San Francisco faculty, Estelline, Julie Louise Gerberding, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, University of California, San Francisco…physician
Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H. (born August 22, 1955, Estelline, South Dakota), an infectious disease expert, is the current director of the...
Sanjay Gupta

Sanjay Gupta

male, 40 years old (Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
CNN, CNN Special Investigations Unit, House Call, grady memorial hospital, White House Fellow, Indian-American…physician
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is a first generation Indian-American physician and a contributing CNN senior health correspondent based in Atlanta, Georgia. An...
James McAvoy

James McAvoy

male, 30 years old
film actor, atonement, Narnia film cast member, James Andrew McAvoy, bafta, BAFTA winner…physician
James Andrew McAvoy (April 21, 1979) is a BAFTA-nominated Scottish actor.

John Russell

male, deceased (1842)
Republican, from New York, United States presidential elector, from Connecticut, physician, American
John Russell (September 7, 1772 - August 2, 1842) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Branford, Connecticut, he attended the...
Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell

female, deceased (1910)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges alumni, activist, abolition, Geneva College, From bristol, women's rights…physician
Elizabeth Blackwell (February 3, 1821 - May 31, 1910) was an abolitionist, women's rights activist, and the first female doctor in the United...
Jerome Groopman

Jerome Groopman

male
immunodeficient, dana-farber cancer institute, beth israel deaconess medical center, cancer, Massachusetts General Hospital, Doctor of Medicine…physician
Jerome Groopman has been a staff writer in medicine and biology for "The New Yorker" since 1998. He is also the Dina and Raphael Recanati Chair of...

Martin Hirsch

male, 46 years old
Alumni of the École Normale Supérieure, Neuroscientist, French, physician, Alumni of the École Nationale d'Administration, poverty
Martin Hirsch is the former head of Emmaüs France and the High Commissioner for Active Solidarities against Poverty in the government of François Fi...