of medicine; seth berkley (ba 1977, md 1981), founder and former president and ceo of the international aids vaccine initiative; philip kantoff (1976, md 1979), former chairman of medicine at memorial sloan kettering cancer center; erica schwartz (bsc 1994, md 1998), deputy surgeon general of united states; atul butte (ba 1991, md 1995) priscilla chan and mark zuckerberg distinguished professor at the university of california, san francisco. other alumni include christopher g. chute (ab 1977, md 1982) and peter calabresi (md 1988) of johns hopkins university, jay loeffler (md 1982) and neel shah (bsc 2004, md 2009) of harvard university, sally satel (md 1984) of yale university, mark s. blumenkranz (ab 1972, md 1975, mmsc 1976) and mark musen (sc.b. 1977, md 1980) of stanford university, and michael shadlen (ab 1981, md 1988) of columbia university. arthur l. horwich ('72, md '75), renowned biologist and sterling professor at yale school of medicine seth berkley ('77, md '81), adjunct prof. of medicine and founder of the intl. aids vaccine initiative lloyd b. minor ('79, md '82), dean of stanford university school of medicine michael shadlen ('81, md '88), columbia neuroscientist and hhmi investigator atul butte ('91, md '95) priscilla chan and mark zuckerberg distinguished professor at ucsf erica schwartz ('94, md '98), deputy surgeon general of united states teaching affiliates teaching affiliatesrhode island hospital, hasbro children's hospital, women & infants hospital, butler hospital rhode island hospital hasbro children's hospital the miriam hospital kent hospital women & infants hospital of rhode island providence va medical center butler hospital emma pendelton bradley hospital hope hospice & palliative care of rhode island notes while yale chartered a medical school in 1810, instruction did not begin for another three years.