Notable Alumni of SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

John Fremont Hill 1855–1912

45th Governor of Maine

Also attended: Bowdoin College

Laura Herrera Scott

Former Maryland Secretary of Health, physician

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

Henry Waldo Coe 1857–1927

Frontier physician and politician

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Alexander Skene 1837–1900

Gynecologist who first described Skene's glands

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Alexander S. Wiener 1907–1976

Hematologist who helped discover the Rh factor

Also attended: Cornell University

Allen Frances 1942–

Psychiatrist and professor emeritus at Duke University

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Richard Gardner 1931–2003

Child psychiatrist who introduced parental alienation syndrome

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Stanley Plotkin 1932–

Vaccine developer who helped create rubella vaccine

William Alanson White 1870–1937

Neurologist and psychiatrist

Also attended: Cornell University

Susan Love 1948–2023

Surgeon and breast cancer research advocate

Doctor of Medicine

Also attended: Notre Dame of Maryland University, Fordham University

Helene Mambu 1948–

Congolese public health expert and WHO official

Also attended: Howard University, Tulane University of Louisiana

Margaret Cuomo 1959–

Radiologist and author on health issues

Doctor of Medicine · Class of 1981

Also attended: St John's University (NY)

Father: Mario Cuomo (St John's University (NY))

Mother: Matilda Cuomo (St John's University (NY))

Adrian Kantrowitz 1918–2008

Cardiac surgeon who performed second heart transplant attempt

Also attended: New York University

Sibling: Arthur Kantrowitz (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Chris Beyrer 1959–

Director of Duke Global Health Institute

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Robert Latou Dickinson 1861–1950

Obstetrician, gynecologist and medical illustrator

William E. Paul 1936–2015

Immunologist; co-discoverer of interleukin 4

Also attended: CUNY Brooklyn College

George A. Sheehan 1918–1993

Cardiologist and writer on running

Also attended: Manhattan University

Jeremiah Stamler 1919–2022

Preventive cardiologist who introduced the term risk factors

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Barbara Starfield 1932–2011

Pediatrician and primary health care advocate

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Ralph Pomeroy 1867–1925

Gynecologist who developed the Pomeroy tubal ligation

Also attended: Wesleyan University

Orlando Williams Wight 1824–1888

American physician and translator

Gary Wright 1943–2023

Musician known for Dream Weaver

Also attended: New York University, College of William and Mary

Phillipe Nover 1984–

Retired mixed martial artist

Also attended: CUNY Kingsborough Community College

Robert Contiguglia 1941–

Former president of US Soccer Federation

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York