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Throughout its long history, the NYU Department of Pathology has been fortunate to have been home to a great many illustrious and notable scientists, clinicians, and researchers. Here is a selection of some of our notable alumni associated with the Department. For updated information on these alumni, please contact the website editor at wildd01@med.nyu.edu

Professors of Pathology and Chairs of the Department

Valentine Mott (1785 – 1865), Professor of Surgery and Surgical and Pathological Anatomy and member of the founding faculty of the NYU School of Medicine.
William H. Welch (1850 – 1934) and Edward G. Janeway (1841 – 1911), Founders of what is now the NYU Department of Pathology.
Alfred Lebbeus Loomis (1831 – 1895), Professor of Pathology and Practical Medicine from 1866 to 1895.
Henry P. Loomis (1859 – 1907), Professor of Pathology from 1887 to 1895.
Edward Kellog Dunham (1860 – 1922), Professor of Pathology from 1898 to 1908.
Richard Mills Pearce (1874 – 1930) Professor of Pathology from 1908 to 1910.
Douglas Symmers (1879 – 1952), Professor of Pathology and Chair from 1910 to 1941.
William C. Von Glahn (b. 1889), Chair from 1942 to 1954.
Lewis Thomas (1913 – 1993), Chair from 1954 to 1958.
Chandler A. Stetson (1921 – 1977), Chair from 1958 to 1972.
Frederick F. Becker, Acting Chair from 1972 to 1974.
Vittorio Defendi, Chair from 1974 to 2002.
George W. Teebor, Acting Chair from 2002 to 2004.
David B. Roth, Chair since 2004.

Notable Scientists associated with the NYU Department of Pathology