Thomas Jefferson University Thomas Jefferson University is a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Established in its earliest form in 1824, the university officially combined with Philadelphia University in 2017. To signify its heritage, the univer ...

's notable alumni include:

Early years

* Charles Mertz Arbuthnot (class of 1881) (1852-1920), physician and pharmacist in

Republic County, Kansas Republic County (standard abbreviation: RP) is a county located in the state of Kansas, south from the Nebraska state line. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,674. The largest city, and the county seat, is Belleville. History ...

Jacob Mendes Da Costa Jacob Mendes Da Costa, or Jacob Mendez Da Costa (February 7, 1833, Saint Thomas, Danish Virgin Islands, Caribbean – September 12, 1900) was an American physician. He is particularly known for discovering Da Costa's syndrome (also known as ...

(class of 1852) (1833–1900), physician and pioneer in internal medicine *John Chalmers Da Costa (1863–1933), chair of the Jefferson Medical College Department of Surgery *

Fisk Holbrook Day Fisk Holbrook Day was a physician and an amateur geologist in Wisconsin who developed an impressive collection of Silurian-age fossils. The collection is now at Harvard University. Day was born on March 11, 1826 in Richmond, New York. He gradua ...

(1826–1903), doctor and geologist. *

Isaac Newton Evans Isaac Newton Evans (July 29, 1827 – December 3, 1901) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Isaac Newton Evans was born near present-day West Chester, Pennsylvania. He attended the common sc ...

(1827–1901), represented

Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district includes all of Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties; and parts of Monroe County. The district is represented by Democrat Susan Wild. From 2013 through 2018, the district incorporated parts of th ...

in the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

from 1877 to 1879 and 1883 to 1887. *

Carlos Juan Finlay Carlos Juan Finlay (December 3, 1833 – August 20, 1915) was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through mosquitoes ''Aedes aegypti''. Biography Early life and ...

(1833–1915), epidemiologist who discovered mosquitoes as vector of yellow fever * William S. Forbes (1831–1905), physician and anatomist * John H. Gibbon, Jr. (class of 1927) (1903–1973), developed first successful

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Samuel D. Gross Samuel David Gross (July 8, 1805 – May 6, 1884) was an American academic trauma surgeon. Surgeon biographer Isaac Minis Hays called Gross "The Nestor of American Surgery." He is immortalized in Thomas Eakins' ''The Gross Clinic'' (1875), a ...

(class of 1828) (1805–1884), pioneering surgeon *

John Martyn Harlow John Martyn Harlow (November 25, 1819 – May 13, 1907) was an American physician primarily remembered for his attendance on brain-injury survivor Phineas Gage, and for his published reports on Gage's accident and subsequent history. Har ...

(class of 1844) (1819-1907), physician primarily remembered for his attendance on brain-injury survivor Phineas Gage. * Robert H. Hodsden (1806-1864), physician and Tennessee state legislator *

Chevalier Jackson Chevalier Quixote Jackson (November 4, 1865 – August 16, 1958) was an American pioneer in laryngology. He is sometimes known as the "father of endoscopy", although Philipp Bozzini (1773–1809) is also often given this sobriquet. Chevalier Q. Ja ...

(1865–1958), pioneering

laryngologist The larynx (), commonly called the voice box, is an organ in the top of the neck involved in breathing, producing sound and protecting the trachea against food aspiration. The opening of larynx into pharynx known as the laryngeal inlet is about ...

William Williams Keen William Williams Keen Jr. (January 19, 1837June 7, 1932) was an American physician and the first brain surgeon in the United States. During his lifetime, Keen worked with six American presidents. Early life and education Keen was born in Phila ...

(1837–1932), surgeon who assisted in surgery on President Grover Cleveland *

Simon Lord Simon Locke Lord (first name sometimes Simeon; March 8, 1826 – February 17, 1893) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. Biography Lord was born in Limington, Maine, in 1826. After graduating from the Jef ...

(1826–1893), member of the

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and the

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Harry Lott Harry Hunter Lott (January 13, 1880 – February 5, 1949) was an American rower who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal in the men's eight. He was born in Philadelphia. Lott rowed for the Vesper Boat Club while ...

(1880–1949), Olympic gold medalist rower, graduated M.D. at Jefferson Medical College, returned as Professor * S. Weir Mitchell, (1829–1914), experimental physiologist and neurologist *

Ninian Pinkney Ninian Pinkney (17 June 1811 – 15 December 1877), also spelled Pinckney, born in the Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland. He graduated from St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, in 1829, and from Jefferson Medical College, Phila ...

, (1811–1877),

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...

medical director, active during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

. *

Orlando Plummer Orlando Pleasant Shields Plummer (April 13, 1836 – December 7, 1913) was an American physician and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Pennsylvania, he started practicing medicine in Illinois before moving to Portland, Oregon. In ...

, (1836–1913) doctor and politician in

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

.Corning, Howard M. (1989) ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 199. * George R. Robbins (1814–1875), represented

New Jersey's 2nd congressional district New Jersey's 2nd congressional district, based in Southern New Jersey, is represented by Republican Jeff Van Drew. He was first elected as a Democrat in 2018, but announced on December 19, 2019, that he would be switching parties. The distric ...

in the

from 1855 to 1859. *

J. Marion Sims James Marion Sims (January 25, 1813November 13, 1883) was an American physician in the field of surgery. His most famous work was the development of a surgical technique for the repair of vesicovaginal fistula, a severe complication of obstruc ...

(1813–1883), pioneering

gynecologist Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined area ...

* Charles Skelton (1806–1879), represented

in the

from 1851 to 1855. * Edward Robinson Squibb (1819–1900), developed process to produce pure

ether In organic chemistry, ethers are a class of compounds that contain an ether group—an oxygen atom connected to two alkyl or aryl groups. They have the general formula , where R and R′ represent the alkyl or aryl groups. Ethers can again be c ...

and established E.R. Squibb & Sons, predecessor to

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Modern era

Jose F. Caro José F. Caro, M.D. (born Granada, Spain, 1948) is an American physician, scientist, and educator most notable for his research in obesity and diabetes. The Institute for Scientific Information listed him the third most cited investigator in the wo ...

(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. *

Robert Gallo Robert Charles Gallo (; born March 23, 1937) is an American biomedical researcher. He is best known for his role in establishing the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the infectious agent responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome ...

(class of 1963), (1937- ), co-discoverer of HIV * Joseph Giordano (class of 1967), led trauma team at

George Washington University Hospital The George Washington University Hospital is a for-profit hospital, located in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is affiliated with the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. The current facility opened on ...

following

attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan On March 30, 1981, President of the United States Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C. as he was returning to his limousine after a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton. Hinckley believed the attac ...

Marty Makary Martin Adel Makary is a British-American surgeon, professor, author and medical reporter, medical commentator. He practices surgical oncology and gastrointestinal laparoscopic surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, is Mark Ravitch Chair in Gas ...

(class of 1998), physician, author,

health policy Health policy can be defined as the "decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific healthcare goals within a society".World Health Organization''Health Policy'' accessed 22 March 2011(Web archive)/ref> According to the ...

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. *

Janice Nevin Janice E. Nevin is an executive who in 2014 became President and CEO of ChristianaCare Health System. She is the first woman to be the head of Delaware's largest hospital system. Early life and education Nevin was raised in Delaware after and m ...

(class of 1987) (1959- ), President, CEO of Christiana Care Health System *

David L. Reich David L. Reich (born February 7, 1960) is an American academic anesthesiologist, who has been President & Chief Operating Officer of Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan), The Mount Sinai Hospital, and President of Mount Sinai Queens (both part of the ...

(class of 1982), academic

anesthesiologist Anesthesiology, anaesthesiology, or anaesthesia is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, ...

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 record An electronic health record (EHR) is the systematized collection of patient and population electronically stored health information in a digital format. These records can be shared across different health care settings. Records are shared throu ...

s for large-scale retrospective investigations demonstrating the association of intraoperative

hemodynamic Hemodynamics or haemodynamics are the dynamics of blood flow. The circulatory system is controlled by homeostatic mechanisms of autoregulation, just as hydraulic circuits are controlled by control systems. The hemodynamic response continuously mo ...

abnormalities with adverse postoperative outcomes. * Arye Rosen (Masters 1980), Academy Professor of Biomedical and Electrical Engineering in the School of Biomedical Engineering * 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 WashingtonAmerican Thoracic Society - Distinguished Achievement and Excellence Awards
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