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William Osler

William Osler (1849–1919) was a Canadian physician who became one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospi...

Education 19TH Century Founder Johns Hopkins

9.2 Excellent

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John Enders

John Enders (1897–1985) was an American virologist at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital. In 1949, wi...

20TH Century Harvard Virology Nobel

8.8 Great

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Jack Szostak

Jack Szostak is a Canadian-American biologist whose foundational research illuminated the mechanisms of cellular aging a...

21ST Century Genetics Harvard Nobel

8.6 Great

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Gary Ruvkun

Gary Ruvkun is an American molecular biologist and professor at Harvard Medical School whose research focuses on the gen...

21ST Century Genetics Harvard Nobel

8.5 Great

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William Crawford Gorgas

William Crawford Gorgas was an American military physician and public-health officer who applied mosquito-control measur...

Military 19TH Century Public Health Panama

8.4 Great

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Thomas Weller

American virologist Thomas H. Weller shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with John Enders and Frederic...

20TH Century Harvard Virology Nobel

8.4 Great

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William Kaelin

American physician-scientist William G. Kaelin Jr. is a professor at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at the D...

21ST Century Harvard Oncology Nobel

8.4 Great

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Fritz Lipmann

Fritz Lipmann was a German-American biochemist who was awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared wi...

20TH Century Biochemistry Harvard Nobel

8.3 Great

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Thomas Sydenham

Thomas Sydenham (1624–1689) was an English physician recognized as a founder of clinical medicine and epidemiology. He e...

Pioneer Clinical 17TH Century Epidemiology

8.2 Great

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Baruj Benacerraf

Baruj Benacerraf was a Venezuelan-American immunologist whose research significantly advanced the understanding of the h...

20TH Century Harvard Immunology Nobel

8.2 Great

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Anthony Fauci

Anthony Fauci is an American physician and immunologist who directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Di...

Modern Public Health Infectious Disease Immunology

7.9 Good

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Richard Bright

Richard Bright (1789–1858) was an English physician associated with Guy's Hospital in London, where he worked alongside...

19TH Century Pioneer Kidney Internal Medicine

7.7 Good

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Tom Frieden

Tom Frieden is an American physician and epidemiologist who served as the Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Contr...

Modern Public Health Infectious Disease Epidemiology

7.7 Good

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Halfdan Mahler

Halfdan Mahler was a Danish physician who served as the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) from 197...

20TH Century Denmark Public Health Who

7.7 Good

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Francis Moore

Francis Daniels Moore was an American surgeon and a prominent professor at Harvard Medical School, where he served as su...

20TH Century Harvard Surgery Metabolic Surgery

7.6 Good

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Jim Yong Kim

Jim Yong Kim is a Korean-American physician and medical anthropologist known for work in global health and development....

Modern Public Health Global Health Who

7.6 Good

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Lee Jong-wook

Lee Jong-wook was a South Korean physician and public health expert who served as the Director-General of the World Heal...

20TH Century Korea Public Health Who

7.4 Good

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Julie Gerberding

Julie Gerberding is an American infectious disease physician who served as the Director of the Centers for Disease Contr...

Modern Public Health Infectious Disease Cdc

7.1 Good

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Joseph Vacanti

Joseph P. Vacanti is an American pediatric surgeon and researcher associated with Massachusetts General Hospital and Har...

Modern Harvard Pediatric Surgery

6.9 Fair

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Jerome Adams

Jerome M. Adams is an American anesthesiologist and public-health official who served as the 20th Surgeon General of the...

Modern Public Health Indiana Surgeon General

6.2 Fair