lawrence cabell professor of anatomy and surgery. published "the testimony of modern science to the unity of mankind" in 1859, advancing the idea of evolution one year before publication of darwin's "origin of species." cabell founded the national board of health which in 1880 became the u.s. public health service. cabell was a full professor at the school of medicine for 52 years (1842–1889) and was an early pioneer of the sanitary preparation of the surgical patient following lister's principles. steven t. dekosky, m.d. known for his research in neurology and alzheimer's disease. in the 2015 movie concussion he is played by eddie marsan. fritz e. dreifuss professor of neurology. was instrumental in the classification of epileptic seizures and epilepsy syndromes. was one of the leaders in promotion of child neurology as a specific subspecialty. was president of the american epilepsy society. robley dunglison, m.d. personal physician to thomas jefferson and considered the "father of american physiology." richard f. edlich, m.d., phd recipient of the distinguished public service award for contributions to emergency medicine by the us public health service, and inventor of several minor surgical tools. alfred g. gilman, m.d., phd professor of pharmacology. he discovered g-proteins, cellular mediators of hormone action, for which he received the 1989 albert lasker award and the 1994 nobel prize in physiology or medicine. theodore hough, phd physician who first described delayed onset muscle soreness (doms) in 1902. thomas h. hunter, m.d. hunter established international outreach programs in medical education. he also demonstrated synergism between penicillin and streptomycin in the treatment of subacute bacterial endocarditis and, together with joseph fletcher, developed the discipline of clinical ethics. janine jagger, phd epidemiologist and director of the international health care worker safety center, awarded a macarthur fellowship in 2002 for her groundbreaking research on how to protect health care workers from the transmission of blood-borne diseases john a. jane, m.d neurosurgeon and cushing medalist, operated on actor christopher reeve after a horse-riding accident resulted in cervical vertebral fracture and spinal cord injury. harvey e. jordan, phd, d.sc. a distinguished histologist and embryologist, jordan was the first to suggest that intercalated discs are contraction bands of cardiac muscle and that vascular smooth muscle does not differentiate into striated muscle. a research building on campus bears his name. eugene m. landis, m.d performed the first direct measurements of capillary pressure and permeability, was professor and head of the department of internal medicine. editor in chief of circulation research. the microcirculatory society awards the eugene m. landis award for. edward w. hook jr., m.d. professor and chair of the department of medicine, received the thomas jefferson award of the university in 1996. hook performed pioneering research in infectious disease and initiated the humanities in medicine program. he was president of the american college of physicians and the american clinical and climatological association. jonathan kipnis, phd chair of the department of neuroscience, and discoverer of meningeal lymphatic vessels. thomas p. loughran jr., m.d. discoverer and international expert in large granular lymphocytic leukemia. barry marshall, m.b.b.s. recipient of the 1995 lasker award and the 2005 nobel prize in physiology or medicine for his "discovery of the bacterium helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease." james q. miller, m.d. neurologist and eponymous miller–dieker syndrome. uva named the james q. miller multiple sclerosis clinic for him. william h. muller jr., m.d. professor and chair of the department of surgery. he pioneered the surgical treatment of pulmonary hypertension and invented one of the first artificial aortic valves. muller was president of the american college of surgeons and received the thomas jefferson award of the university in 1982. ferid murad, m.d., phd professor of medicine, discovered that endothelium-derived relaxing factor is nitric oxide, which acts as a vasodilator by stimulating guanylyl cyclase. murad received the albert lasker award in 1996 and the 1998 nobel prize in physiology or medicine for this discovery. william a. petri, m.d., phd infectious disease physician scientist notable for developing the first fda-approved human assay and vaccine for entamoeba histolytica. he leads the bill & melinda gates foundation's provide study in bangladesh and india exploring new solutions for the problem of oral poliovirus and rotavirus vaccine failures in the developing world. thomas platts-mills, m.d., phd allergist and fellow of the royal society. john lawrence smith, phd professor of chemistry and material medica, invented the inverted microscope in 1850. he was president of the american association for the advancement of science (1872) and of the american chemical society (1877). the j. lawrence smith medal is named for him. homer william smith, m.d. commonly acknowledged as the founder of modern renal physiology, joined the faculty of physiology in 1925. smith developed the concepts of clearance methodology for measurement of renal plasma flow and glomerular filtration rate. ian stevenson, m.d. controversial expert on the academic study of reincarnation and the remembrance of past lives. michael o. thorner, m.b.b.s., d.sc. professor of medicine, discovered a new hypothalamic hormone, growth hormone releasing hormone in 1976. thorner received the 1995 nih general clinical research centers award for his work in clinical neuroendocrinology. jim b. tucker, m.d. noted researcher in paranormal activities robert r. wagner, m.d. early virologist, studied interferons. notable alumni vivian pinn, former associate director for research on women's health at the national institutes of health (nih) travis stork, american television personality from the bachelor and as the host of the syndicated daytime talk show the doctors. walter reed, u.s. army physician who deduced mosquitos were the vector for yellow fever paul brandon barringer, the sixth president of virginia tech thelma brumfield dunn, nih pathologist known as "the first lady of cancer research" due to her work on murine tumorigenesis robert c. green, director the genomes2people research program at brigham and women's hospital and harvard medical school namegraduatednotable for john f. anderson1895third director of the national institutes of health. gerald d. aurbach1954aurbach isolated and purified parathyroid hormone, determined that parathyroid hormone acts through cyclic amp, and demonstrated that pseudohypoparathyroidism is a disorder of the parathyroid hormone receptor complex. aurbach was a member of the national academy of sciences and the chief of the metabolic diseases branch of the national institutes of health until his death in 1991. paul brandon barringer1877sixth president of virginia tech. returned to uva as a professor of therapeutics and pharmacology, and chair of physiology. barringer was president of the university from 1895 to 1903. a residence hall at virginia tech and a wing of the university of virginia west hospital are named after him. his barringer mansion is on the national register of historic places. john britton1949physician murdered by anti-abortion extremists, after the murder of his predecessor by anti-abortion extremists. toby cosgrove1966bronze star veteran of the vietnam war, cardiovascular surgeon, and former ceo and president of cleveland clinic hugh s. cumming18935th surgeon general of the united states in 1922–1936, and vice president of the health section of the league of nations. he was a member of the national academy of sciences and an honorary fellow of the american college of surgeons. david m. eddy1968mathematician and healthcare analyst who has done seminal work in mathematical modeling of diseases, clinical practice guidelines, and evidence-based medicine. mike fisher2003two-time hermann trophy winner and former uva soccer midfielder. fisher was chosen second overall in the 1997 mls college draft, but instead decided to enroll in the school of medicine. wade hampton frost1903frost established epidemiology as a science. he introduced the cohort theory of tuberculosis and was the founding dean of the johns hopkins school of public health. pam galloway1980former member of the wisconsin senate. robert c. green1982neurologist and geneticist. professor of medicine at harvard medical school. board member of the council for responsible genetics, co-chair of the steering committee of the nih consortium on clinical sequencing exploratory research and the steering committee of the nih consortium in newborn sequencing in genomic medicine and public health, member of the consortium on electronic medical records and genomics. kevin guskiewicz1995macarthur fellow; awarded a genius grant for the study of sports medicine. sherita hill golden1994vice president and chief diversity officer at johns hopkins medicine; endocrinologist specializing in diabetes j. hartwell harrison1932harrison carried out the first human organ transplant from a living donor in 1954. he won several awards for his role in kidney transplantation surgery. kenneth heilman1963a leader in the field of behavioral neurology who founded a dedicated fellowship at the university of florida responsible for training physicians, psychologists, and others. gavin p. jones2018scion of the perry family; great-grandson of philanthropist and former gulf oil executive willard f. jones charles taylor pepper1855the original inspiration for the dr pepper brand, according to the dr pepper/seven up company. vivian pinn1967past president of the national medical association, the nation's oldest and organization representing african-american physicians and health professionals in the united states. michael potter1949awarded the albert lasker award for basic medical research in 1984 for "his fundamental research in the genetics of immunoglobulin molecules and for paving the way for the development of hybridomas and monoclonal antibodies". horace smithy1938american cardiac surgeon who performed the first successful mitral valve repair in 1948 travis lane stork2003american emergency physician and television personality, best known for appearing on the bachelor, and as the host of the syndicated daytime talk show, the doctors. robert l. sufit1976a neurologist who specializes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. walter reed1869the youngest student to graduate (age 18) at uva, he was credited with the discovery of the mosquito as a vector in transmission of yellow fever. w. rice warren1916the head football coach first at the university of south carolina and then at the university of virginia in intermittent years during the 1920s. james w. watts1928neurosurgeon and prominent proponent of the frontal lobotomy, he operated on rosemary kennedy. hugh h. young1894young graduated with a bs, ma, and md in just 4 years. five years later after graduating, young was made head of the department of urological surgery at johns hopkins. his operation for excision of the prostate stands as one of the milestones of modern surgery and urology deans of the school of medicine nametenure melina kibbe md2021–present david s. wilkes md2015–2021 randolph j. canterbury, md*2014–2015 nancy e. dunlap, md, phd, m.b.a.2013–2014 steven t. dekosky, md2008–2013 sharon l. hostler, md*2007–2008 arthur garson jr., md2002–2007 robert munson carey, md1986–2002 norman john knorr, md1977–1986 william richard drucker, md1972–1977 kenneth raymond crispell, md1964–1971 thomas harrison hunter, md1953–1964 vernon william lippard, md1949–1952 harvey ernest jordan, phd1939–1949 james carroll flippin, md1924–1938 theodore hough, phd1916–1924 richard henry whitehead, md1905–1916 indicates interim dean. medical scientist training program the university of virginia school of medicine is one of only 43 nih funded md/phd programs in the country. the program director is dr. dean h. kedes. history according to the handbook provided to all entering students: the university of virginia undertook significant expansion of research and training programs in the basic biomedical sciences during the late 1960s and early 1970s. all chairmen of the basic science departments of the school of medicine were newly appointed during this time, a major new research building was constructed, and individual departments grew several-fold in size and quality. similar but less dramatic growth followed in the clinical departments. interest in the training of medical scientists flourished rapidly in this environment, in part because many of the new faculty either had experience with mstps or were recent graduates of such programs. accordingly, an mstp committee was appointed in 1971 under the leadership of dr. robert c. haynes jr., and funds were provided by the university to initiate such training. an application for training funds was submitted to the national institute of general medical sciences (nigms) in 1972, just prior to the time when the appropriation for such training programs was withdrawn. the application was resubmitted in 1975, and nih support was first received in 1977 under the future nobel laureate, dr. alfred g. gilman.— history, mstp handbook, university of virginia as such the program claims two founding dates: 1971 when the mstp committee was first formed and 1977 when the first students matriculated. program directors nametenure robert c. haynes jr.1971–1978 alfred g. gilman, md, phd1978–1981 thomas e. thompson, phd1981–1984 rodney l. biltonen, phd1984–1993 steven gonias, md, phd1993–1998 gary k. owens, phd1998–2014 dean h. kedes, md, phd2014–present