Nobel laureates As of 2024, 29 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Johns Hopkins University as faculty, fellows, residents, or graduates, with 17 out of the 29 being associated with the School of Medicine specifically, including 15 out of the university's 18 laureates for the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and 2 out of the university's 6 laureates for the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Two laureates,
Peter Agre and
Gregg Semenza, are current faculty at the School of Medicine. The 1985 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). Two of the six founding members of the organization,
Bernard Lown (M.D. 1945) and James E. Muller (M.D. 1969) were graduates of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. •
Gregg L. Semenza – Professor of Genetic Medicine (1990–present),
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2019 •
William Kaelin Jr. –
Resident, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2019 •
Carol Greider –
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor (2014–2020), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2009 •
Richard Axel – M.D. 1971, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2004 •
Peter Agre – Bloomberg Distinguished Professor (2014–present), M.D. 1974,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2003 •
David H. Hubel – Neuroscience Fellow (1958–59), former resident, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1981 •
Torsten Wiesel – Assistant Professor (1958–59), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1981 •
Hamilton O. Smith – Professor of Microbiology (1973–1998), M.D. 1956, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1978 •
Daniel Nathans – Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics (1967–1999), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1978 •
Haldan Keffer Hartline – M.D. 1927, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1967 •
Francis Peyton Rous – M.D. 1905, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1966 •
Vincent du Vigneaud –
National Research Council Fellow (1927-28) Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1955 •
Joseph Erlanger – Associate Professor of Physiology (1904–06), M.D. 1899, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1944 •
Herbert Spencer Gasser – M.D. 1915, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1944 •
George Minot – Resident, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1934 •
George Whipple – Associate Professor in Pathology (1910–14), M.D. 1905, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1934
Notable faculty •
John Jacob Abel, pharmacologist, founder and chair of the first department of
pharmacology in the U.S. •
Alfred Blalock, developed field of
cardiac surgery, including the
Blalock–Taussig shunt •
Max Brödel, medical illustrator who illustrated for
Harvey Cushing,
William Halsted, and
Howard Atwood Kelly •
William R. Brody, former radiologist-in-chief, former president of
Johns Hopkins University (1996–2009), former president of the
Salk Institute (2009–2015) •
Ben Carson, pediatric neurosurgeon, presidential candidate, former
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was a faculty member at the School of Medicine from 1984 to his retirement in 2013. He later went on to run as a candidate in the
2016 Republican Party presidential primaries and serve as
United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. •
Harvey Cushing, considered the "father of modern neurosurgery" who identified
Cushing's syndrome and the
Cushing ulcer •
Walter Dandy, neurosurgeon and the namesake of the
Dandy–Walker syndrome •
William Halsted, considered the "father of modern surgery" and one of four founders of Johns Hopkins Medicine •
Howard A. Howe,
polio researcher •
Kay Redfield Jamison, psychologist and psychiatry professor and author of
An Unquiet Mind •
Leo Kanner, "father of
child psychiatry" who first described
autism in
Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact, published in 1943 •
Howard Kelly, physician credited with establishing
gynecology as a specialty •
William B. Kouwenhoven, electrical engineer who developed the external
defibrillator and helped develop
cardiopulmonary resuscitation •
Marty Makary, Commissioner of the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) •
Paul R. McHugh, former psychiatrist-in-chief at Johns Hopkins •
Victor A. McKusick, developed the field of
medical genetics, namesake of McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, and founder of
OMIM,
Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award •
Adolf Meyer, first psychiatrist-in-chief at Johns Hopkins •
John Money, psychologist and sexologist who pioneered gender identity research, coining the terms
gender role and
sexual orientation •
Vernon Mountcastle, neuroscientist and Lasker Award winner •
William Osler, considered the "father of modern medicine", discovered
Osler–Weber–Rendu syndrome, a
hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia •
Solomon H. Snyder, neuroscientist,
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for his research on the
opioid receptor •
Vivien Thomas, the surgical technician and one of the namesakes of the
Blalock-Taussig-Thomas shunt. Thomas, an African-American, did not initially receive credit due to
racial discrimination. His story was detailed in the 2004
HBO documentary
Something the Lord Made •
Bert Vogelstein, oncologist and pioneer in
cancer genetics, first explained the role of
p53 in cancer •
William H. Welch, pathologist known as the dean of American Medicine, and the first Dean of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine •
Elias Zerhouni, radiologist and former director of the
National Institutes of Health •
Anita Gupta, anesthesiologist and pharmacist, known for contributions to opioid policy, pain medicine, drugs, and public education during the
COVID-19 pandemic Notable alumni attended but did not graduate from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. •
Fuller Albright, endocrinologist who discovered
Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy and
McCune–Albright syndrome •
Dorothy Hansine Andersen, identified
cystic fibrosis and
Andersen's disease •
John Auer, physiologist and pharmacologist, namesake of the
Auer rod in
acute myeloid leukemia •
Denton Cooley, cardiovascular surgeon •
Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr., described
Li–Fraumeni syndrome •
Ernest William Goodpasture, pathologist who described
Goodpasture syndrome •
Andy Harris, U.S. Congressman •
Tinsley R. Harrison, cardiologist and editor of the first five editions of ''
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine'' •
Harry Klinefelter, rheumatologist, endocrinologist, and namesake of
Klinefelter syndrome •
Leroy Hood, invented automated DNA and protein sequencing,
Lasker Award winner •
Maclyn McCarty, his
1944 experiment helped demonstrate that
genes were made of
DNA, rather than
protein, first recipient of the
Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award •
Wilder Penfield, pioneer of epilepsy neurosurgery who developed the
cortical homunculus •
Peter Pronovost, former anesthesiology faculty,
Time 100 in 2008, authored over 800 articles and book chapters on patient safety, advisor to the
World Health Organization's World Alliance for Patient Safety •
Mark M. Ravitch, surgeon who pioneered modern
surgical staples •
Dorothy Reed Mendenhall, pathologist and namesake of
Reed–Sternberg cell in
Hodgkin's lymphoma •
David Sabatini, former Howard Hughes Investigator and molecular biologist who discovered mTOR, the mammalian target of rapamycin •
Florence Sabin, first woman to hold a full professorship at a medical school,
Albert Lasker Public Service Award for public health activism in her home state
Colorado •
Mark Schlissel, president emeritus of the
University of Michigan •
Gertrude Stein, novelist, poet, and playwright •
Rochelle Walensky, Director of the United States
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