Henry Norman Bethune was a Canadian thoracic surgeon,early advocate of socialized medicine,and member of the Communist Party of Canada. Bethune came to international prominence first for his service as a frontline trauma surgeon supporting the Republican government during the Spanish Civil War,and later supporting the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Bethune helped bring modern medicine to rural China,treating both sick villagers and wounded soldiers.
Charles Everett Koop was an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator who served as the 13th surgeon general of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989. According to the Associated Press,"Koop was the only surgeon general to become a household name" due to his frequent public presence around the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s.
Virginia Apgar was an American physician,obstetrical anesthesiologist and medical researcher,best known as the inventor of the Apgar score,a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth in order to combat infant mortality. In 1952,she developed the 10-point Apgar score to assist physicians and nurses in assessing the status of newborns. Given at one minute and five minutes after birth,the Apgar test measures a child's breathing,skin color,reflexes,motion,and heart rate. A friend said,"She probably did more than any other physician to bring the problem of birth defects out of back rooms." She was a leader in the fields of anesthesiology and teratology,and introduced obstetrical considerations to the established field of neonatology.
Elliot Lee Richardson was an American lawyer and Republican politician. As a member of the cabinets of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford between 1970 and 1977,Richardson is one of two men in United States history to hold four cabinet positions. As United States Attorney General,Richardson played a prominent role in the Watergate scandal when he resigned in protest against President Nixon's order to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox. His resignation precipitated a crisis of confidence in Nixon which ultimately led to the president's resignation.
Helene Valerie Hayman,Baroness Hayman,is a British politician who was Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. As a member of the Labour Party she was a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979. When she became an MP at age 25,she was the youngest MP of the 1974–79 Parliament. Hayman became a life peer in 1996.
Dick Taverne,Baron Taverne,is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1962 to 1974. A member of the Liberal Democrats,he was a Labour MP until his deselection in 1972,following which he resigned his seat and won the subsequent by-election in 1973 as a Democratic Labour candidate.
Christopher Addison,1st Viscount Addison,,was a British medical doctor and politician. A member of the Liberal and Labour parties,he served as Minister of Munitions during the First World War and was later Minister of Health under David Lloyd George and Leader of the House of Lords under Clement Attlee.
Rush Medical College is the medical school of Rush University,located in the Illinois Medical District,about 3 km west of the Loop in Chicago. Offering a full-time Doctor of Medicine program,the school was chartered in 1837,and today is affiliated primarily with Rush University Medical Center,and nearby John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. In 2021,Rush Medical College was ranked 64th among research institutions in the U.S. by U.S. News &World Report.
David William Rabe is an American playwright and screenwriter. He won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1972 and also received Tony Award nominations for Best Play in 1974,1977 (Streamers) and 1985 (Hurlyburly).
Edmond Augustus Edmondson was an American World War II veteran,lawyer,and politician from Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party,he served ten terms in the U.S. House of Representatives,representing Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district from 1953 to 1973.
Eugene Braunwald is an Austrian-born American cardiologist.
Ara Warkes Darzi,Baron Darzi of Denham is an Armenian-British surgeon,academic,and politician.
Emmanuel Amey Ojara,MBChB,MMed Surgery,was a medical doctor,surgeon,and oncologist in East Africa. At the time of his death,he was a senior lecturer at the University of Nairobi,School of Medicine.
Anjali Devi was an Indian actress,model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in Lava Kusa as well as for the title roles in movies like Chenchu Lakshmi,Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali.
Max Leonard Rosenheim,Baron Rosenheim, KBE,PRCP,FRS was a British physician and academic.
Stacey B. Day is a British educator and physician. He was educated at the Davenant Foundation Grammar School and was evacuated to Chatteris,Cambridgeshire,during World War II.
Emmanuel Evans-AnfomFRCSEd FICS FAAS FWACS was a Ghanaian physician,scholar,university administrator,and public servant who served as the second Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology from 1967 to 1973.
Sir John Arthur Stallworthy was a New Zealand-born British obstetrician who was Nuffield Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Oxford from 1967 to 1973.
Sir Terence Alexander Hawthorne English is a South African-born British retired cardiac surgeon. He was consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Papworth Hospital and Addenbrooke's Hospital,Cambridge,1973–1995. After starting a career in mining engineering,English switched to medicine and went on to lead the team that performed Britain's first successful heart transplant in August 1979 at Papworth,and soon established it as one of Europe's leading heart–lung transplant programmes.
Narendra Kumar Pandey is an Indian surgeon,and founder of the Asian Institute of Medical Sciences. He was bestowed the Padma Shri,the fourth highest civilian award,in 2014..
