Physicians, WAT-ḤIS
Explore the physicians whose skill, research, and dedication to healing helped shape medical practice and improve patient care across generations.
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Waterhouse, Benjamin
Benjamin Waterhouse was an American physician and scientist, a pioneer in smallpox vaccination. Upon reading in......
Watson, James
James Watson was an American geneticist and biophysicist who played a crucial role in the discovery of the molecular......
Weil, Andrew
Andrew Weil is an American physician and popularizer of alternative and integrative medicine. Weil was the only......
Weinberg, George
George Weinberg was an American psychotherapist who coined the term homophobia to describe the extreme aversion......
Weiss, Paul Alfred
Paul Alfred Weiss was an Austrian-born American biologist who did pioneering research on the mechanics of nerve......
Weissman, Drew
Drew Weissman is an American immunologist whose groundbreaking research into RNA (ribonucleic acid) opened the......
Welch, William Henry
William Henry Welch was an American pathologist who played a major role in the introduction of modern medical practice......
Weller, Thomas H.
Thomas H. Weller was an American physician and virologist who was the corecipient (with John Enders and Frederick......
Wells, Horace
Horace Wells was an American dentist, a pioneer in the use of surgical anesthesia. While practicing in Hartford,......
Wernicke, Carl
Carl Wernicke was a German neurologist who related nerve diseases to specific areas of the brain. He is best known......
Whipple, George H.
George H. Whipple was an American pathologist whose discovery that raw liver fed to chronically bled dogs will......
Widal, Fernand-Isidore
Fernand-Isidore Widal was a French physician and bacteriologist who made important contributions to the diagnosis,......
Wieschaus, Eric F.
Eric F. Wieschaus is an American developmental biologist who shared the 1995 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine,......
Wiesel, Torsten
Torsten Wiesel is a Swedish neurobiologist, recipient with David Hunter Hubel and Roger Wolcott Sperry of the 1981......
Wilkins, Maurice
Maurice Wilkins was a New Zealand-born British biophysicist whose X-ray diffraction studies of deoxyribonucleic......
Willadsen, Steen
Steen Willadsen is a Danish embryologist who was the first to clone a mammal from embryonic cells in a technique......
Williams, Daniel Hale
Daniel Hale Williams was an American physician and founder of Provident Hospital in Chicago, credited with the......
Willis, Thomas
Thomas Willis was a British physician, leader of the English iatrochemists, who attempted to explain the workings......
Winter, Gregory P.
Gregory P. Winter is a British biochemist known for his development of the first humanized antibodies, his research......
Withering, William
William Withering was an English physician best known for his use of extracts of foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)......
Wittenmyer, Annie Turner
Annie Turner Wittenmyer was an American relief worker and reformer who helped supply medical aid and dietary assistance......
Wolfe, Nathan
Nathan Wolfe is an American virologist and epidemiologist who conducted groundbreaking studies on the transmission......
Wollstein, Martha
Martha Wollstein was an American physician and investigator in pediatric pathology. Wollstein graduated from the......
Wood, Fiona
Fiona Wood is a British-born Australian plastic surgeon who invented “spray-on skin” technology for use in treating......
Woods, Gordon L.
Gordon L. Woods was an American equine reproduction specialist who led research efforts resulting in the generation......
Wright, Sir Almroth Edward
Sir Almroth Edward Wright was a British bacteriologist and immunologist best known for advancing vaccination through......
Wundt, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Wundt was a German physiologist and psychologist who is generally acknowledged as the founder of experimental......
Yalow, Rosalyn S.
Rosalyn S. Yalow was an American medical physicist and joint recipient (with Andrew V. Schally and Roger Guillemin)......
Yegorov, Boris Borisovich
Boris Borisovich Yegorov was a Soviet physician who, with cosmonauts Vladimir M. Komarov and Konstantin P. Feoktistov,......
Young, Michael W.
Michael W. Young is an American geneticist who contributed to the discovery of molecular mechanisms that regulate......
Young, Thomas
Thomas Young was an English physician and physicist who established the principle of interference of light and......
Zakrzewska, Marie Elizabeth
Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska was a German-born American physician who founded the New England Hospital for Women......
Zerhouni, Elias
Elias Zerhouni is an Algerian-born American radiologist who served as the 15th director of the U.S. National Institutes......
Zhang Zhongjing
Zhang Zhongjing was a Chinese physician who wrote in the early 3rd century ce a work titled Shang han za bing lun......
Zinkernagel, Rolf M.
Rolf M. Zinkernagel is a Swiss immunologist and pathologist who, along with Peter C. Doherty of Australia, received......
Zinsser, Hans
Hans Zinsser was an American bacteriologist and epidemiologist. He taught principally at the Columbia (1913–23)......
zur Hausen, Harald
Harald zur Hausen was a German virologist who was a corecipient, with Franƈoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier,......
Ōmura Satoshi
Ōmura Satoshi is a Japanese microbiologist known for his discovery of natural products, particularly from soil......
Ḥisdai ibn Shaprut
Ḥisdai ibn Shaprut was a Jewish physician, translator, and political figure who helped inaugurate the golden age......