Medicine

Discover renowned medical professionals who have made significant contributions to the field of medicine. Explore biographies of famous doctors, surgeons, scientists, and other notable figures who have revolutionized healthcare and inspired generations.

Avgust Wasermann
Avgust Wasermann
Germany
German immunologist. In 1906 he developed a diagnostic reaction for syphilis, which bears his name.
Rudolf Dreikurs
Rudolf Dreikurs
Austria
Austrian-American psychologist and educator
Franc Mesmer
Franc Mesmer
Austria
Austrian physician, forerunner of modern hypnosis techniques.
Leopold Casper
Leopold Casper
Germany
German urologist.
Ernst Bumm
Ernst Bumm
Germany
Prominent German obstetrician-gynecologist
Philip Hench
Philip Hench
USA
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1950, jointly with Edward S. Kendall and Thaddeus Reichstein
Leon Labbe
Leon Labbe
France
French surgeon and politician.
Sandra Lee
Sandra Lee
USA
Female dermatologist posting shocking videos on YouTube
Gabriello Fallopio
Gabriello Fallopio
Italy
Italian anatomist and physician.
Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Italy
Ancient Roman scholar and encyclopedist
Temirbolat Berezov
Temirbolat Berezov
Russia
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Eliphas Levi
Eliphas Levi
France
French occultist, tarot reader and writer.
Leonid Sternik
Leonid Sternik
Israel
Israeli cardiologist
FaIg Jafarov
FaIg Jafarov
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani scientist, doctor of medical sciences, professor
Ibn Zuhr
Ibn Zuhr
Spain
Arab doctor
Pierre Dukan
Pierre Dukan
France
French physician, author of the Dukan Diet
Viktor Kalnberz
Viktor Kalnberz
Latvia
Hero of Socialist Labor, Honored Doctor of Latvia, Honored Scientist of Latvia, USSR State Prize Laureate, Latvian State Prize Laureate, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Doctor
Friedrich Salomon Perls
Friedrich Salomon Perls
Germany
An outstanding German psychiatrist and psychotherapist
Donald O Castell
Donald O Castell
USA
American gastroenterologist, professor of medicine
Lainus Poling
Lainus Poling
USA
American chemist, crystallographer, winner of two Nobel Prizes
Anselme Louis Bernard Brechillet Jourdain
Anselme Louis Bernard Brechillet Jourdain
France
French doctor
Arthur Janov
Arthur Janov
USA
American psychologist and psychotherapist.
Georgius Coopmans
Georgius Coopmans
Netherlands
Dutch doctor
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk
USA
American scientist, virologist and immunologist
John Martin
John Martin
USA
Vascular surgeon who discovered squamous cell carcinoma using innovative Butterfly iQ device
Leonid Timoshenko
Leonid Timoshenko
Ukraine
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
George Critchett
George Critchett
Great Britain
English ophthalmologist
Joseph Abadie
Joseph Abadie
France
French neurologist, famous for his description of Abadie's symptom
John Snow
John Snow
Great Britain
English physician who first used ether as an anesthetic
Mir-Mamed Dzhavad-Zade
Mir-Mamed Dzhavad-Zade
Azerbaijan
Laureate of the State Prize of the USSR, laureate of the Prize of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Honored Scientist of the USSR
Nathaniel Kleitman
Nathaniel Kleitman
USA
American neurophysiologist, pioneer of the scientific study of sleep
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Oz
USA
American doctor and famous TV presenter
John Gregory
John Gregory
Great Britain
18th century Scottish physician, medical author and moralist
Ilia Gruzinov
Ilia Gruzinov
Professor of Anatomy, Physiology and Forensic Medicine
Bassiano Carminati
Bassiano Carminati
Italy
Italian physician and physiologist
Rudzhero Oddy
Rudzhero Oddy
Italy
Italian physiologist and anatomist.
Veniamin Teplits
Veniamin Teplits
Soviet military doctor, surgeon
Uwe-Christian Arnold
Uwe-Christian Arnold
Germany
German doctor practicing euthanasia
Jean Cruveilhier
Jean Cruveilhier
France
French pathologist
Milton Erickson
Milton Erickson
USA
American psychiatrist, master of medical hypnosis
Archibald Hill
Archibald Hill
Great Britain
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1922, jointly with Otto Meyerhof
Werner Forssmann
Werner Forssmann
Germany
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1956, jointly with Andre Cournan and Dickinson W. Richards
Ernest Henry Starling
Ernest Henry Starling
Great Britain
English physiologist, founder of the English school of physiologists
Rebecca Allison
Rebecca Allison
USA
American cardiologist and trans activist
Adilya Namazova
Adilya Namazova
Azerbaijan
Laureate of the USSR State Prize, Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Full Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Semen Dulickiy
Semen Dulickiy
Russia
Russian and Soviet pediatrician
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
Great Britain
Nurse, organizer of the Nurses Award
Bobby Qureshi
Bobby Qureshi
Great Britain
British ophthalmologist-surgeon
Philip Zimbardo
Philip Zimbardo
USA
Social psychologist, organizer of the famous Stanford prison experiment
Charles Davenport
Charles Davenport
USA
American zoologist, geneticist