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6 unusual facts about Tufts University School of Medicine


John J. Paris, S.J.

Before coming to the Boston College faculty, he held the positions of Professor of Religious Studies College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA from 1972-1990, then Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School from 1982-1994, and then Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at Tufts University School of Medicine (1985-1998).

John P. A. Ioannidis

John P. A. Ioannidis (born 1965 in New York City) is a professor and chairman at the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine as well as adjunct professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and Professor of Medicine and Director of the Stanford Prevention Research Center at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Michael Jaharis

He has made charitable contributions to the DePaul University College of Law, Columbia University Medical Center, the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, the Tufts University School of Medicine, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Metropolitan Opera.

Rahul Parikh

After graduating, he took a year off from college, attended Tufts University School of Medicine, and completed his residency in pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Victor Prather

He graduated from Tufts in 1945 and then attended Tufts University School of Medicine, graduating there in 1952.

Walter G. Alexander

He graduated in 1899 and then attended the Boston College of Physicians and Surgeons (now Tufts University School of Medicine), receiving his M.D. in 1903.


Tufts University in popular culture

Jordan Cavanaugh, title character from Crossing Jordan, played by Jill Hennessy, graduated from Tufts' medical school.


see also

David Kantor

After Harvard, Kantor was an Assistant Professor of Clinical psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine from 1965–1975, during which time he also served as first Director of Psychological Research (1966–1969), Director, Center for Training in Family Therapy (1968–1975), and Chief Psychologist (1969–1975) at Boston State Hospital.