23 Notable alumni of Albany Medical College
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Albany Medical College is ranked #1,367 in the world and #336 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from Albany Medical College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Albany Medical College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Frank M. Boyce
1851-1931 (aged 80)
politician
Frank Marcellus Boyce was an American physician and Senator from New York.
2. Albert Vander Veer
1841-1929 (aged 88)
military physician
surgeon
Albert Vander Veer was a pioneering American surgeon, credited with performing the first thyroidectomy.
3. John Swinburne
1820-1889 (aged 69)
politician
John Swinburne was an American physician and Republican congressman from New York who served as a medical officer from 1861 to 1864, during the Civil War and as a member of American Ambulance Corps at the Siege of Paris in 1870–71. In his last decade, 1880s, he was briefly mayor of Albany and represented New York's 19th congressional district for...
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4. William Elting Johnson
1837-1912 (aged 75)
politician
William Elting Johnson was an American physician and politician from New York.
5. Michael S. Lauer
cardiologist
physician-scientist
Michael S. Lauer is an American cardiologist and physician-scientist. He was the deputy director for extramural research at the National Institutes of Health.
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6. Adrian John Ebell
1840-1877 (aged 37)
teacher
Adrian John Ebell was a doctor, photographer, and proponent of women's education in the United States.
7. Chester Bidwell Darrall
1842-1908 (aged 66)
surgeon
politician
Chester Bidwell Darrall was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative for Louisiana from 1869 to 1878 and from 1881 to 1883.
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8. Henry Palmer
1827-. (aged 199)
surgeon
politician
Henry Palmer was an American physician and educator. He served as a Union Army surgeon in the American Civil War, and later became Surgeon General of the state of Wisconsin. He was also the 12th mayor of Janesville, Wisconsin, and was professor of surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago.
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9. Howard Townsend
1823-1867 (aged 44)
physician
Howard Townsend was a physician practicing in Albany, New York. He was a professor at the Albany Medical College and a member of the staff at the Albany Hospital.
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10. Thomas William Salmon
1876-1927 (aged 51)
psychiatrist
Thomas William Salmon, M.D. was a leader of the mental hygiene movement in the United States in early twentieth century.
11. Jef Valkeniers
1932-. (aged 94)
politician
physician
Jozef Maria Zacharias "Jef" Valkeniers is a Belgian physician-neuropsychiatrist and a politician for Anders (formerly Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats).
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12. John A. Sampson
1873-1946 (aged 73)
gynecologist
university teacher
John Albertson Sampson was a gynecologist who studied endometriosis.
13. George Frederick Barker
1835-1910 (aged 75)
acting professor
chemist
editor
physicist
head of department
George Frederick Barker was an American physician and scientist.
14. Russell Trall
1812-1877 (aged 65)
writer
physician
Russell Thacher Trall was an American physician and proponent of hydrotherapy, natural hygiene and vegetarianism. He authored the first American vegan cookbook in 1874.
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15. Jeffrey M. Friedman
1954-. (aged 72)
geneticist
university teacher
Jeffrey M. Friedman is a molecular geneticist at New York City's Rockefeller University and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His discovery of the hormone leptin and its role in regulating body weight has had a major role in the area of human obesity. Friedman is a physician scientist studying the genetic mechanisms that regulate body weight. His...
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16. Walter M. Fleming
1838-1913 (aged 75)
surgeon
physician
Walter Millard Fleming was an American physician and surgeon. Fleming was the founder, with Billy Florence, of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in 1872.
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17. Ebenezer Emmons
1799-1863 (aged 64)
scientific collector
botanist
geologist
university teacher
Ebenezer Emmons, was an American geologist whose work includes the naming of the Adirondack Mountains in New York as well as a first ascent of Mount Marcy.
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18. James H. Salisbury
1823-1905 (aged 82)
botanist
military physician
inventor
James Henry Salisbury was an American physician and the inventor of the Salisbury steak. He was an early proponent of the germ theory of disease.
19. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden
1829-1887 (aged 58)
explorer
botanical collector
researcher
geologist
surgeon
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden was an American geologist noted for his pioneering surveying expeditions of the Rocky Mountains in the late 19th century. He was also a physician who served with the Union Army during the Civil War.
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20. Theobald Smith
1859-1934 (aged 75)
university teacher
pathologist
veterinarian
Theobald Smith FRS HFRSE (July 31, 1859 – December 10, 1934) was a pioneering epidemiologist, bacteriologist, pathologist and professor. Smith is widely considered to be America's first internationally-significant medical research scientist.
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21. Thomas C. Durant
1820-1885 (aged 65)
businessperson
physician
Thomas Clark Durant was an American physician, businessman, and financier. He was vice-president of the Union Pacific Rail Road (UP) in 1869 when it met with the Central Pacific Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. He created the financial structure that led to the Crédit Mobilier scandal. He was interested in hotels in the Adirondacks and once owned the schooner-yacht...
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22. Jacob M. Appel
1973-. (aged 53)
university teacher
psychiatrist
journalist
medical writer
writer
Jacob M. Appel is an American polymath, author, bioethicist, physician, lawyer, and social critic. He is best known for his short stories, his work as a playwright, and his writing in the fields of reproductive ethics, organ donation, neuroethics, and euthanasia. He is also an authority on the health of United States Presidents.
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23. Jonathan Edwards
1817-1891 (aged 74)
educator
David Jonathan Edwards is a Welsh politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr from 2010 to 2024. Initially elected as a Plaid Cymru MP. He sat as an Independent MP after the party's disciplinary panel suspended him in 2020. His membership of Plaid was restored in July 2022, and the whip was returned...
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