Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Leaders in Medicine

Inspired by the late Drs. Beatrice C. and David E. Seegal, who were distinguished members of the faculty at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and made possible by their generous benefaction, in 1970 the society launched a program to record on videotape interviews with leading figures in American medicine.

Interviewed by physicians, who themselves have achieved distinction in their fields, renowned men and women of American medicine reflect on their formative years, the persons and events that influenced them, the circumstances surrounding their major contributions to medical education and medical science, and the ebb and flow that occurred in their disciplines during their careers. They are a unique resource for men and women embarking on medical careers, as well as a permanent record of many of the people who helped to shape medicine in the United States in this century.

The recordings are now owned by the National Library of Medicine. To purchase them, contact:
Rebecca Warlow
Head, Images, films, and archives
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
T: (301) 594-0975
F: (301) 402-7034
E: rebecca.warlow@mail.nih.gov



List of Videotapes

Interview of: University: Interviewed by:
Raymond Adams, M.D.
Bullard Professor of Neuropathology Emeritus		 Harvard Medical School Arthur Asbury, M.D.
Mary Ellen Avery, M.D.
Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics		 Harvard Medical School Marcia Angell, M.D.
Benjamin M. Baker, M.D.
Professor of Medicine Emeritus		 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Carol J. Johns, M.D.
Jeremiah A. Barondess, M.D.
President, The New York Academy of Medicine, Psaty Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine		 Cornell University Medical College David E. Rogers, M.D.
Paul B. Beeson, M.D. Distinguished Physician, VA, Seattle;
John A. Benson, Jr., M.D.
President Emeritus, American Board of Internal Medicine, and Dean and Professor of Medicine Emeritus		 Oregon Health Sciences University Daniel D. Federman, M.D.
F. Tremaine Billings, Jr.
Clinical Professor Medicine		 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Harvie Branscomb
Baruch S. Blumberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Advisor to the President and Fox Chase Distinguished Scientist		 Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia Jemes Sherley, M.D., Ph.D.
Stuart Bondurant, M.D.
Interim Dean		 University of North Carolina School of Medicine Jeremiah A. Barondess, M.D.
John Z. Bowers, M.D.
President		 Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Robert J. Glaser, M.D.
Eugene Braunwald, M.D.
Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine		 Harvard Medical School Lee Goldman, M.D.
George F. Cahill, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Medicine, emeritus		 Harvard Medical School Ronald H. Arky, M.D.
Benjamin Castleman, M.D.
Professor of Pathology		 Harvard Medical School Ronald S. Weinstein, M.D.
Robert A . Chase, M.D.
Emile Holman Professor of Surgery and Professor of Anatomy		 Stanford University School of Medicine Robert J. Glaser, M.D.
Purnell W. Choppin, M.D.
President		 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Richard M. Krause, M.D.
W. Montague Cobb, M.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus		 Howard University College of Medicine LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D.
Lowell T. Coggeshall, M.D.
Frederick H. Rawson Professor of Medicine Emeritus		 University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine John Z. Bowers, M.D.
C. Lockard Conley, M.D.
Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine Emeritus		 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Benjamin M. Baker, M.D.
Denton A. Cooley, M.D.
Surgeon-in-Chief		 Texas Heart Institute Ron Stone
George W. Corner, M.D.
Executive Officer		 American Philosophical Society John Z. Bowers, M.D.
Martin M. Cummings, M.D.
Director		 National Library of Medicine Peter D. Olch, M.D.
James E. Darnell, Jr., M.D.
Vincent Astor Professor, and Head, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology		 Rockefeller University Jeff Friedman
Michael E. DeBakey, M.D.
President and Professor of Surgery		 Baylor College of Medicine Claude H. Organ, Jr., M.D.
Lester R. Dragstedt, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery Emeritus		 University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine John Landor, M.D.
Harriet P. Dustan, M.D.
Professor of Medicine Emerita		 University of Alabama School of Medicine Edward Frohlich, M.D.
Richard V. Ebert, M.D.
Distinguished Professor of Medicine		 University of Arkansas School of Medicine William W. Stead, M.D.
Robert H. Ebert, M.D.
Caroline Shields Walker Professor of Medicine Emeritus		 Harvard Medical School Richard V. Ebert, M.D.
John Eckstein, M.D.
Dean Emeritus		 University of Iowa College of Medicine Francois M. Abboud, M.D.
Gertrude B. Elion, D.Sc.
Scientist Emeritus		 Glaxo Wellcome Inc. Mary Ellen Avery, M.D.
John F. Enders, Ph.D.
University Professor Emeritus		 Harvard University, and Chief, Virology Research Division, Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center Frederick C. Robbins, M.D.
George L. Engel, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry		 Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Stanford Meyerowitz
Maxwell Finland, M.D.
George R. Minot Professor of Medicine Emeritus		 Harvard Medical School Edward H. Kass, M.D.
Jacques Genest, M.D.
C.C., Director		 Clinical Research Institute of Montreal Vincent D. Dole, M.D.
Robert J. Glaser, M.D.
Director for Medical Science		 Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust, Editor, The Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha, Consulting Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine Robert A. Chase, M.D.
Grace A. Goldsmith, M.D.
Dean Emerita		 School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University William J. Darby, M.D.
Richard W. Hanson, Ph.D.
Leonard and Jean Skeggs Professor and Chairman, Department of Biochemistry		 Case Western Reserve University Oliver E. Owen, M.D.
George T. Harrell, M.D., Part 1

Vice-President for Medical Sciences Emeritus		 Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine C. Max Lang, M.D.
Tinsley R. Harrison, M.D.
Distinguished Physician, VA, Distinguished Professor		 University of Alabama A. J. Merrill, M.D.
A. McGehee Harvey, M.D.
Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine		 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Richard J. Johns, M.D.
Albert Baird Hastings, Sc.D., Ph.D.
Hamilton Kuhn Professor Biological Chemistry Emeritus		 Harvard Medical School Peter D. Olch, M.D.
Donald A. Henderson, M.D.
Dean		 Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Edith Schoenrich, M.D.
Emile Holman, M.D.
Professor of Surgery Emeritus		 Stanford University School of Medicine Peter D. Olch, M.D.
Dorothy M. Horstman, M.D.
John R. Paul Professor of Epidemiology, Professor of Pediatrics		 Yale University School of Medicine Robert W. McCollum, M.D.
John P. Hubbard, M.D.
President Emeritus		 National Board of Medical Examiners Edithe J. Levit, M.D.
Charles Huggins, M.D.
Wm. D. Ogden Distinguished Professor of Surgery Emeritus		 University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Leon O. Jacobson, M.D.
Thomas H. Hunter, M.D.
Dean and Professor of Medicine Emeritus		 University of Virginia School of Medicine Robert J. Glaser, M.D.
J. Willis Hurst, M.D.
Consultant, Division of Cardiology		 Emory University School of Medicine Mark E. Silverman, M.D.
Franz J. Ingelfinger, M.D.
Editor		 New England Journal of Medicine Thomas C. Chalmers, M.D.
Carol J. Johns, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, and
Richard J. Johns, M.D.
Distinguished Service Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University; joint interview
William N. Kelley, M.D.
CEO for the Medical Center & Health System, Executive Vice President
Dean, School of Medicine		 University of Pennsylvania Edward W. Holmes, M.D.
David M. Kipnis, M.D.
Distinguished University Professor of Medicine		 Washington University School of Medicine William A. Peck, M.D.
Joseph B. Kirsner, M.D., Ph.D.
Louis Block Distinguished Professor of Medicine		 University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Arthur Rubenstein, M.D.
C. Everett Koop, M.D.
Elizabeth DeCamp McInerny Professor of Surgery		 Dartmouth Medical School Robert W. Crichlow, M.D.
Arthur Kornberg, M.D.
Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus		 Stanford University School of Medicine I. Robert Lehman, Ph.D.
Alexander D. Langmuir, M.D., M.P.H.
Formerly Chief Epidemiologist		 Centers for Disease Control Donald A. Henderson, M.D., M.P.H.
John K. Lattimer, M.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Urology		 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons James F. Glenn, M.D.
Alexander Leaf, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology		 Harvard Medical School Arnold S. Relman, M.D.
Russel V. Lee, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Medicine Emeritus		 Stanford University School of Medicine James Day
LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Surgery and Chairman, Department of Surgery		 Howard University School of Medicine Clive O. Callender, M.D.
Wiliam P. Longmire, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine;
joint interview with Francis D. Moore, M.D., Elliott Carr Cutler Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Oliver H. Lowry, Ph.D., M.D.
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology Emeritus		 Washington University School of Medicine Janet Passonneau, Ph.D.
H.W. Magoun, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus		 UCLA Brain Research Institute self interview
Making of a Clinician: Teaching the Medical Student to Teach
David E. Seegal, M.D.
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Daniel J. McCarty, M.D.
Will and Cava Ross Professor of Medicine, Director, Arthritis Institute		 Medical College of Wisconsin Lawrence M. Ryan, M.D.
Maclyn McCarty, M.D. The Rockefeller University Richard Krause, M.D.
Walsh McDermott, M.D.
Livingston Farrand Professor of Public Health		 Cornell University Medical College David E. Rogers, M.D.
Victor A. McKusick, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Medical Genetics		 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine David L. Rimoin, M.D., Ph.D.
Gordon Meiklejohn, M.D.
Professor of Medicine		 University of Colorado School of Medicine Robert J. Glaser, M.D.
Sherman M. Mellinkoff, M.D.
Dean		 UCLA School of Medicine William P. Longmire, M.D.
Karl F. Meyer, M.D.
Director Emeritus, The George W. Hooper Foundation		 University of California, San Diego Edward B. Shaw, M.D.
Francis D. Moore, M.D.
Elliott Carr Cutler Professor of Surgery		 Harvard Medical School
Joseph E. Murray, M.D.
Professor of Surgery Emeritus		 Harvard Medical School Francis D. Moore, M.D.
David G. Nathan, M.D.
President		 Dana Farbar Cancer Institute Samuel E. Lux, M.D.
Daniel Nathans, M.D.
Professor		 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Daniel DiMaio, M.D.
Waldo E. Nelson, M.D.
Professor and Chariman Emeritus, Pediatrics		 Temple University School of Medicine Angelo M. DiGeorge, M.D.
Irving H. Page, M.D.
Director Emeritus, Research Division		 Cleveland Clinic Edward D. Frohlich, M.D.
William H. Parson, M.D.
Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Medicine		 University of Virginia School of Medicine Thomas H. Hunter, M.D.
Robert G. Petersdorf, M.D. David S. Greer, M.D.
James A. Pittman, Jr., M.D.
Distinguished Professor and Dean Emeritus		 University of Alabama School of Medicine Suzanne Oparil, M.D.
Hans Popper, M.D.
Gustave L. Levy Distinguished Service Professor of Pathology		 Mount Sinai School of Medicine Thomas C. Chalmers, M.D.
Helen M. Ranney, M.D.
Professor of Medicine		 University of California, San Diego School of Medicine Samuel I. Rappaport, M.D.
Arnold S. Relman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and of Social Medicine		 Harvard Medical School Alexander Leaf, M.D.
Jonathan E. Rhoads, M.D.
Professor of Surgery		 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Jonathan E. Rhoads, Jr., M.D.
Leo G. Rigler, M.D.
Professor of Radiology, Director of Resident Training		 UCLA School of Medicine Harry Z. Mellins, M.D.
David E. Rogers, M.D.
Walsh McDermott University Professor of Medicine		 Cornell University Medical College William Schaffner, M.D.
Richard S. Ross, M.D.
Vice-President for Medical Affairs and Dean		 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Richard J. Johns, M.D.
David C. Sabiston, Jr., M.D.
James B. Duke Professor of Surgery and Chairman, Department of Surgery		 Duke University School of Medicine Paul A. Ebert, M.D.
Stuart A. Schneck, M.D.
Emeritus Professor of Neuropathology		 University of Colorado Steven P. Ringel, M.D.
Steven A. Schroeder, M.D.
President		 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Stephen J. McPhee, M.D.
Henry G. Schwartz, M.D.
Professor of Neurological Surgery		 Washington University School of Medicine Sidney Goldring, M.D.
David E. Seegal, M.D.
Professor of Medicine Emeritus		 Columbus University College of Physicians and Surgeons interview with comments of four of Dr. Seegal's students, and material taped shortly before his death
Donald W. Seldin, M.D.
Professor of Medicine Emeritus		 University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Daniel Foster, M.D.
Lawrence E. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D.
Director Emeritus		 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Frank C. Arnett, Jr., M.D. and William J. Koopman, M.D.
Lloyd H. Smith, Jr., M.D.
Associate Dean		 University of California, San Francisco Marvin H. Sleisenger, M.D.
Eugene A. Stead, M.D.
Professor of Medicine		 Duke University School of Medicine
David Talmage, M.D.
Distinguished Professor (Microbiology and Immunology)		 University of Colorado Henry N. Claman, MD
Helen B. Taussig, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics Emerita		 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Helen Sinclair Pittman, M.D.
Howard C. Taylor, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Emeritus		 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Alan C. Barnes, M.D.
Owsei Temkin, M.D.
William H. Welsh Professor of the History of Medicine Emeritus		 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Lloyd G. Stevenson, M.D., Ph.D.
Edward Donnall Thomas, M.D.
Professor Surgery Emeritus		 University of Washington School of Medicine Robert W. Day, M.D., Ph.D.
George W. Thorn, M.D.
Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic Emeritus		 Harvard Medical School John P. Merrill, M.D.
Phillip A. Tumulty, M.D.
Director Emeritus, Division of Internal Medicine		 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Norman D. Anderson, M.D.
Thomas B. Turner, M.D.
Dean Emeritus, Professor Emeritus		 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Samuel P. Asper, M.D.
Matthew Walker, M.D.
Professor of Surgery, Provost for External Affairs		 Meharry Medical College L.J. Bernard, M.D.
Patrick C. Walsh, M.D.
Urologist-in-Chief, James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute		 Johns Hopkins University Jacek Mostwin, M.D., D. Phil.
Owen H. Wangensteen, M.D.
Regents' Professor of Surgery		 University of Minnesota Medical School K. Alvin Merendino, M.D.
James V. Warren, M.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine		 Ohio State University College of Medicine Arnold M. Weissler, M.D.
Shields Warren, M.D.
Professor of Pathology Emeritus		 Harvard Medical School John Z. Bowers, M.D.
Cecil J. Watson, M.D., Ph.D.
Regents' Professor of Medicine		 University of Minnesota Medical School Robert B. Howard, M.D., Ph.D.
Joseph T. Wearn, M.D.
Dean Emeritus, Professor of Medicine Emeritus		 Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Thomas Hale Ham, M.D.
Louis Weinstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine Emeritus		 Tufts University School of Medicine Bernard N. Fields, M.D.
Soma Weiss, M.D.
posthumously Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine		 Harvard Medical School; interview with Drs. Paul B. Beeson, Richard V. Ebert, Jack D. Myers and Eugene A. Stead by Robert J. Glaser, M.D.
Samuel A. Wells, Jr., M.D.
Bixby Professor of Surgery and Chairman, Department of Surgery		 Washington University School of Medicine Thomas B. Ferguson, Sr., M.D.
Abraham White, Ph.D., Sc.D.,L.H.D.
Consulting Professor of Biochemistry		 Stanford University School of Medicine Philip Handel, Ph.D. Sc.D.,L.L.D.
Dwight L. Wilbur, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Medicine Emeritus		 Stanford University School of Medicine Hugh R. Butt, M.D.
Robert H. Williams, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Director, Diabetes Center		 University of Washington School of Medicine William D. Odell, M.D., Ph.D.
Maxwell M. Wintrobe, M.D., Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine		 University of Utah College of Medicine Alexander M. Schmidt, M.D.
Stewart G. Wolfe, Jr., M.D.
Director, Totts Gap Medical Research Laboratories, Inc.,
Professor of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine,
Regent's Professor of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center		 F. Tremaine Billings, Jr., M.D.
Francis C. Wood, M.D.
Professor of Medicine Emeritus		 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Edward J. Stemmler, M.D.
W. D. Barry Wood, Jr., M.D.
Boury Professor and Director, Department of Microbiology		 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Robert J. Glaser, M.D.
James B. Wyngaarden, M.D.
Foreign Secretary		 The National Academy of Sciences William N. Kelley, M.D.
Frederick C. Zuspan, M.D.
Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology		 Ohio State University College of Medicine Edward J. Quilligan, M.D.

Updated on January 9, 2018.


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