15 Notable alumni of
Upstate Medical University
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Upstate Medical University is 2698th in the world, 945th in North America, and 893rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from Upstate Medical University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Elizabeth Blackwell
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- women's rights activistwriterhuman rights activistmedical writerphysician
- Biography
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Elizabeth Blackwell was a British and American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council for the United Kingdom. Blackwell played an important role in both the United States and the United Kingdom as a social reformer, and was a pioneer in promoting education for women in medicine. Her contributions remain celebrated with the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal, awarded annually to a woman who has made a significant contribution to the promotion of women in medicine.
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Thomas Szasz
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- writerpsychiatristuniversity teacheracademichuman rights activist
- Biography
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Thomas Stephen Szasz was a Hungarian-American academic and psychiatrist. He served for most of his career as professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. A distinguished lifetime fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a life member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, he was best known as a social critic of the moral and scientific foundations of psychiatry, as what he saw as the social control aims of medicine in modern society, as well as scientism.
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Sid Watkins
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- physiciansurgeonneurologistneurosurgeon
- Biography
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Eric Sidney Watkins, commonly known within the Formula One fraternity as Professor Sid or simply Prof, was an English neurosurgeon. Born in Liverpool, Watkins enrolled at the University of Liverpool where he graduated in 1952. He later served four years in the Royal Army Medical Corps before specialising in neurosurgery in Oxford and later, in London. Watkins also acted as a race track doctor at weekends which he continued at Watkins Glen International when he was appointed a Professor of Neurosurgery at State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse.
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Peter Breggin
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- 1936-.. (age 88)
- Occupations
- psychiatrist
- Biography
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Peter Roger Breggin is an American psychiatrist and critic of shock treatment and psychiatric medication and COVID-19 response. In his books, he advocates replacing psychiatry's use of drugs and electroconvulsive therapy with psychotherapy, education, empathy, love, and broader human services.
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Frederick Ballantyne
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- 1936-2020 (aged 84)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir Frederick Nathaniel Ballantyne, was the Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 2002–2019. A trained cardiologist and former chief medical officer of the country, he was appointed governor-general on 22 June 2002. He succeeded Dame Monica Dacon, who had been acting in the position after the death of Charles Antrobus.
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Sarah Loguen Fraser
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Sarah Marinda Loguen Fraser, née Loguen, was an American physician and pediatrician. She was the fourth female African-American physician in the United States, and the first female doctor in the Dominican Republic.
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Robert Stone
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- scientist
- Biography
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Robert S. Stone was an American physician. He served as the Director of The National Institutes of Health from May 29, 1973, to January 31, 1975. Stone also served as the vice president for health services and dean of the school of medicine at the University of New Mexico, dean of the School of Medicine of the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center and vice president of the Health Sciences Center, and dean of the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine.
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Frank Edward Young
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Frank Edward Young was an American physician who served as Commissioner of Food and Drugs from 1984 to 1989 and later as a deputy assistant secretary in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. In 2013 he joined Braeburn Pharmaceuticals as executive vice president, clinical and regulatory affairs. In 2018, he became the executive vice president of clinical and regulatory affairs at TissueTech Inc.
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George W. Cole
- Occupations
- physicianmilitary personnel
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George W. Cole was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. His wartime commands included the 2nd United States Colored Cavalry, and he attained the rank of major general by brevet. In 1867 Cole was accused of murder after he killed L. Harris Hiscock, a member of the New York State Assembly. Cole accused Hiscock of an affair with Mrs. Cole; his first trial ended with a hung jury, and he was acquitted at the second on the grounds of "momentary insanity".
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David B. Levine, M.D
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- 1932-.. (age 92)
- Occupations
- physiciansurgeon
- Biography
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David B. Levine is an orthopaedic surgeon, hospital administrator, professor and historian of medicine who has held positions since 1961 at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, New York.
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Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier
- Occupations
- physiciansuffragettegynaecologist
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Clemence Sophia Lozier was an American physician who founded the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women. Dr. Lozier was also a noted feminist and activist, and served as president of the New York City Suffrage League and the National Women's Suffrage Association.
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Charles Antzelevitch
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- 20th Century
- Occupations
- researcherpharmacologist
- Biography
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Charles Antzelevitch is an American cardiovascular research scientist in the fields of cardiac electrophysiology and cardiac arrhythmia syndromes.
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Michael Weitzman
- Occupations
- pediatrician
- Biography
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Michael Weitzman is an American pediatrician specializing in public health and policy. He is known for his research focusing on the social and environmental determinants of child health. He has published over 150 articles in medical and scientific journals on the damaging effects of second-hand smoke, lead exposure, and countless other determinants of children's health and behavior. From 1999-2005 he served as the executive director of the Center for Child Health Research, a national research institute created by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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James B. Preston
- Biography
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James B. Preston was an American neurophysiologist at State University of New York Upstate Medical University whose research was fundamental to discovering how our brains control movement. Over the course of his career, he published over forty research based articles in his field. Preston was the chairman of numerous national committees and former President of the Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology.
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John O'Shea
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- 20th Century
- Occupations
- immunologist
- Biography
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John J. O'Shea is an American physician and immunologist.
