Thomas Jefferson University alumni

Thomas Jefferson University's notable alumni include:

Early years

Modern era

  • Jose F. Caro (post-graduate training class of 1977) (1948- ), formerly Magee Professor of Medicine and the 16th Chairman of the Department, best known for his research in obesity
  • Cora LeEthel Christian (class of 1971), first woman from the U.S. Virgin Islands to become a physician, former assistant commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health and member of the national AARP Board of Directors.[9]
  • Robert Gallo (class of 1963), (1937- ), co-discoverer of HIV
  • Joseph Giordano (class of 1967), led trauma team[10] at George Washington University Hospital following attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
  • Marty Makary (class of 1998[11]), physician, author, health policy educator, and television medical commentator
  • Kenneth Margulies (class of 1986), cardiologist and Research Director of Heart Failure & Transplantation, University of Pennsylvania
  • Thomas J. Nasca (class of 1975), Chief Executive Director of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education which Accredits Residency Training Programs in the United States.[12]
  • Janice Nevin (class of 1987) (1959- ), President, CEO of Christiana Care Health System[13]
  • David L. Reich (class of 1982), academic anesthesiologist and professor; President & Chief Operating Officer of the Mount Sinai Hospital, and President of Mount Sinai Queens; among the first to demonstrate the utility of electronic medical records for large-scale retrospective investigations demonstrating the association of intraoperative hemodynamic abnormalities with adverse postoperative outcomes.[14]
  • Arye Rosen (Masters 1980),[15] Academy Professor of Biomedical and Electrical Engineering in the School of Biomedical Engineering[16]
  • Gordon Rubenfeld (class of 1987), (1961- ), 2007 American Thoracic Society recipient of John W. Walsh PAR Award for Excellence and Inaugural Chief of the Program in Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and Affiliate Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington[17]

References

  1. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/97001268_text
  2. ^ George Robbins Robbins, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 25, 2007.
  3. ^ "Harlow has taken up his residence in Woburn" . Middlesex Journal. November 9, 1861.
  4. ^ John Barnard Swett. "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum".
  5. ^ Corning, Howard M. (1989) Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 199.
  6. ^ George Robbins Robbins, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 25, 2007.
  7. ^ Charles Skelton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 25, 2007.
  8. ^ Frederick B. Wagner and J. Woodrow Savacool, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University: Legend & Lore (Devon, PA: W.T. Cooke Pub., 1996), 169-173.
  9. ^ "Cora LeEthel Christian, MD '71, MPH" (PDF). www.jefferson.edu.
  10. ^ "Joseph M. Giordano, MD '67 revolutionizing trauma Care — and saving an american President" (PDF). www.jefferson.edu.
  11. ^ "Dr. Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH - Baltimore, MD - General Surgery, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery - Schedule an Appointment".
  12. ^ "ACGME Home". www.acgme.org.
  13. ^ "Janice e. Nevin - Biography".
  14. ^ Anesthesiology.org – Development of a Module for Point-of-care Charge Capture and Submission Using an Anesthesia Information Management System.
  15. ^ Arye Rosen - IEEE Life Sciences
  16. ^ "Biomed Faculty Active in Translational Research".
  17. ^ "American Thoracic Society | Meet Our 2024 Awardees". American Thoracic Society.