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18 unusual facts about doctor of medicine


Ambrose Woodall, 1st Baron Uvedale of North End

Ambrose Edgar Woodall, 1st Baron Uvedale of North End MD, FRCS (24 April 1885 – 28 February 1974), known as Sir Ambrose Woodall between 1931 and 1946, was a British surgeon.

Anand Veeravagu

He was then accepted to Stanford University where he received his Doctor of Medicine and graduated with a concentration in bioengineering.

Beat the Kids

The show is hosted by comedian Graeme Garden, as "Dr G" the parentologist (Garden is actually a qualified MD), and features a different cast of comedians, usually familiar from other Radio 4 comedies, each week.

Charles Mertens de Wilmars

He graduated as a Doctor of Medicine in 1948, and became a licensed psychologist in 1949.

Doctor of Medicine

The Dominicans, under the Spanish Government, established the oldest Medical School in the Philippines in 1871, known as the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (at that time was one with the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Pharmacy, also considered the oldest school of Pharmacy in the Philippines) of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in Intramuros, Manila.

Eriocaulon scariosum

Based on specimen information "communicated from New South Wales in 1792, by John White, M. D.", this species was formally described using this name and in 1819 that was published scientifically by James E. Smith, London, in The Cyclopaedia.

Hans Christian Korting

Korting graduated with an M.D. from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in 1977, and subsequently was trained in medical microbiology at central medical services units of the German Army (Bundeswehr) until 1979.

Herbert Taylor Reade

He became a Doctor of Medicine in 1850, and joined the British Army as an Assistant Surgeon in November of that same year.

Janet Lane-Claypon

A brilliant student, she won various honours, fellowships and degrees, including both an MD and PhD (making her an exceptionally early example of the "Doctor-doctor" phenomenon only now becoming common in modern medicine).

Karl Gegenbaur

In 1858, the physician Ernst Haeckel studied under Carl Gegenbaur at Jena, receiving a doctorate in zoology (after his medical degree), and became a professor at the same institution, the University of Jena (see: Ernst Haeckel).

L. J. Cooke

Cooke came to Minnesota in 1895 to be the director of physical education for the YMCA in Minneapolis after completing his M.D. at the University of Vermont.

Michael Francis Ward

Michael Francis Ward (1845-17 June 1881) was an Irish doctor, surgeon, politician and nationalist MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Home Rule League represented Galway Borough from 1874 until 1880.

Miechów

An important local personality was Maciej of Miechów, Polish Renaissance scholar, doctor of medicine, canon, astrologist, historian, who was elected eight times as Rector of the Academy of Kraków.

Paul Luther

Returning to Wittenburg, Luther completed his medical studies and on 29 July 1557 gained the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

Peter Schoomaker

His brother, Lieutenant General Eric Schoomaker, M.D., PhD, was the 42nd Surgeon General of the United States Army.

Sermo

Open only to licensed M.D.s and D.O.s in the United States, Sermo is a place for physicians to post observations and questions about clinical issues and hear other doctors' opinions.

Studies on intercessory prayer

Daniel Wirth, a.k.a. John Wayne Truelove, is not an M.D. but an M.S. in parapsychology who has since been indicted on felony charges for mail fraud and theft, committed apparently at the time the study was claimed to be conducted, and he pled guilty.

Trevor Stamp, 3rd Baron Stamp

Trevor Charles Stamp, 3rd Baron Stamp MA MD FRCPath (13 February 1907 - 16 November 1987) was a British medical doctor and bacteriologist.


Adam Egede-Nissen

Having qualified as a medical doctor in 1858 and having been active as a military physician in the Italian liberation struggle led by Giuseppe Garibaldi, by 1863 the father was practicing medicine in Tromsø; by 1867 he was a commissioned officer with the rank of major and was a regimental surgeon stationed with the army at Levanger.

American Society of Dental Surgeons

Six years later, at a meeting at the home of Solyman Brown B.A., M.A., M.D., D.D.S. at 17 Park Place in New York City, on August 10, 1840, Chapin A. Harris in a motion that "resolved that a National Society be formed." was instrumental in its creation.

Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée

He later became an instructor at teaching hospitals, firstly in Lille in 1825 then Strasbourg in 1832, when he was promoted to M.D. and professor of botany.

Beverly Crusher

Commander Beverly Crusher, M.D. (born Beverly Cheryl Howard), played by actress Gates McFadden, is a fictional character on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and its subsequent spin-off films.

C.W. Johnston

Clarence Woods Johnston, M.C., M.D. (November 19, 1888 - October 13, 1949) was the fourteenth mayor of the Canadian Village of Elkhorn.

Colin Gregory

Doctor John Colin Gregory (28 July 1903 – 10 January 1959) was an amateur British tennis player, best remembered for winning the Australian Open in 1929.

Constance Stone

She graduated from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, and was awarded her MD from the University of Trinity College, Toronto.

David Satcher

David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. FAAFP, FACPM, FACP (born March 2, 1941) is an American physician, and public health administrator.

Earl Wood

Shortly after receiving an M.D. and PhD in physiology from the University of Minnesota medical school, Wood became a key member of a team at the Mayo Clinic that was tasked with helping military pilots and flight crew survive and function in high G-force environments.

English honorifics

Dr: (Doctor) for a person who has obtained any doctoral-level academic degree, such as the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.), or Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), but most often refers to a degree-holder in a medically related field, specifically a Physician or Surgeon (a.k.a. a medical 'doctor').

Erich Lindemann

Lindemann was a graduate of the University hospital Gießen und Marburg and the Academy of Medicine in Düsseldorf, earning his doctorate in psychology in 1922 and his doctorate in medicine in 1927.

Graeme Hammond

Hammond graduated from the Columbia School of Mines in 1877 and earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from New York University School of Medicine in 1881.

Helene Mambu

Born in Bas-Congo, Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Helene Mambu received her Bachelor of Science degree in bio-chemistry in 1972 from Western College (now part of Miami University) in Oxford, Ohio, and went on to pursue and earn a medical degree in 1976, from Howard University in Washington, DC.

John Heysham Gibbon

Gibbon received his AB from Princeton University in 1923 and his MD from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1927.

José Antonio Dávila

In 1918, he enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico and later transferred to Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia where he studied medicine, earning his medical degree in 1924; after graduating he established a medical practice there.

Jules Tinel

He received his M.D. in 1910 with a thesis on nerve involvement of tabes which came from work done with Dejerine, Landouzy and Laennec.

Len Lacy

There were six Lacy grandchildren, residing as of 1998 in five states: J. Russell Barnes, M.D. (born 1952), of Vicksburg, Mississippi, David Lacy Barnes, M.D. (born November 11, 1954), of Monroe; Terry Ainsworth Evans of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Martha Ainsworth Healey of Edmond, Oklahoma, Stephen C. Carrow of Tulsa, and T. Scott Carrow of Jacksonville, Florida.

Livingston Farrand

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Farrand received an undergraduate degree from Princeton in 1888, and went on to the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons where he earned his M.D. in 1891.

Nasser Zahedi

Nasser Zahedi (born 20 May 1961, in Qom, Iran) is a German Doctor of Medicine, Author, Translator, and Photographer from Iran.

Neurologist

Medical school provides a general medical education and grants students a Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), or Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, MBChB) upon successful completion.

Nicholas Attygalle

Holding the post until 1953, Departments of Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Paediatrics, Parasitology and Pharmacology were established in the Colombo Medical Faculty and postgraduate examinations in Medicine (MD, MS and MOG) also commenced during this period.

Page Cortez

Ernie Alexander and U.S. Representative Charles Boustany, M.D., also of Lafayette, endorsed LeBlanc.

R. A. Young

Her son, however, was educated at Westminster City School and King's College, London, graduating Bachelor of Science (BSc) in physiology with first-class honours in 1891, and then trained as a doctor at Middlesex Hospital, graduating Bachelor of Medicine (MB) in 1894 and Doctor of Medicine (MD) with gold medal in 1895.

R. Sanders Williams

He then earned an M.D. from Duke University's Medical School in 1974, later completing a residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and a cardiology fellowship at Duke.

Robert Lewis Morgan

Morgan received an A.B. from Cornell University, an M.A. from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, an M.P.H. from the Columbia University School of Public Health, was awarded an M.D. from the St. George's University School of Medicine and is a Doctoral Candidate at Columbia University in Epidemiology.

Robert Roland Hughes

Robert Roland Hughes MB ChB MD FRCP (1911 - 1991) was a British neurologist and pioneer of Electroencephalography and neurology.

Sho Yano

He then entered the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago in the MSTP (Medical Scientist Training Program), which is designed for those seeking to earn an MD and PhD.

Susan Perlman

Dr. Perlman received her B.S. in Biochemistry in 1971 from Cornell University and her MD in 1975 from S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook.

Syed Ziaur Rahman

He earned his matriculation in 1987 from Minto Circle, graduation (MBBS) in 1995 and postgraduation (MD) in 2000 from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, a part of Aligarh Muslim University, India.

The Wrong Way Home: Uncovering the Patterns of Cult Behavior in American Society

The Wrong Way Home: Uncovering the Patterns of Cult Behavior in American Society, is a book on cult culture within the United States, written by Arthur J. Deikman, M.D..

Theodore J. Bauer

Despite his family having lost both its broom factory and farm during the Great Depression, Bauer was able to work his way through school to earn both his B.S. (1934) and M.D. (1933) degrees from the University of Iowa.

Thomas C. Butler

Butler received his MD degree from Vanderbilt University in 1967 and served in the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit studying infectious disease, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander.

University of the Philippines College of Medicine

The U.P. College of Medicine has a seven-year medical curriculum, the Integrated Liberal Arts and Medicine (INTARMED) Program, ultimately leading to the degree of doctor of medicine (M.D.).

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.

William Henry Brouse

Born in Matilda Township, Dundas County, Upper Canada of German ancestry, he attended Upper Canada Academy in Cobourg, Canada West in 1839, Victoria College until 1845, and received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1847 from McGill College.