16 Notable alumni of Upstate Medical University
Updated: June 17, 2026 EliteDegrees
Upstate Medical University is 905st in the world, 1st in North America, and 244st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from Upstate Medical University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Upstate Medical University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. John O'Shea
immunologist
John J. O'Shea is an American physician and immunologist.
2. Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier
1813-1888 (aged 75)
physician
gynecologist
suffragette
Clemence Sophia Lozier was an American physician who founded the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women. Dr. Lozier was also a noted feminist and activist, and served as president of the New York City Suffrage League and the National Women's Suffrage Association.
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3. Robert Stone
1922-2016 (aged 94)
scientist
Robert S. Stone was an American physician. He served as the Director of The National Institutes of Health from May 29, 1973, to January 31, 1975. Stone also served as the vice president for health services and dean of the school of medicine at the University of New Mexico, dean of the School of Medicine of the University of Oregon...
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4. David B. Levine, M.D
1932-. (aged 94)
surgeon
physician
David B. Levine is an orthopaedic surgeon, hospital administrator, professor and historian of medicine who has held positions since 1961 at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, New York.
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5. Charles Antzelevitch
pharmacologist
researcher
Charles Antzelevitch is an American cardiovascular research scientist in the fields of cardiac electrophysiology and cardiac arrhythmia syndromes.
6. Michael Weitzman
1948-. (aged 78)
university teacher
pediatrician
physician
Michael Weitzman is an American pediatrician specializing in public health and policy. He is known for his research focusing on the social and environmental determinants of child health. He has published over 150 articles in medical and scientific journals on the damaging effects of second-hand smoke, lead exposure, and countless other determinants of children's health and behavior. From 1999-2005 he...
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7. James B. Preston
1926-2004 (aged 78)
James B. Preston was an American neurophysiologist at State University of New York Upstate Medical University whose research was fundamental to discovering how our brains control movement. Over the course of his career, he published over forty research based articles in his field. Preston was the chairman of numerous national committees and former President of the Association of Chairs of...
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8. Sarah Loguen Fraser
1850-1933 (aged 83)
physician
Sarah Marinda Loguen Fraser, née Loguen, was an American physician and pediatrician. She was the fourth female African-American physician in the United States, and the first female doctor in the Dominican Republic.
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9. Frank Edward Young
1931-2019 (aged 88)
scientist
Frank Edward Young was an American physician who served as Commissioner of Food and Drugs from 1984 to 1989 and later as a deputy assistant secretary in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. In 2013 he joined Braeburn Pharmaceuticals as executive vice president, clinical and regulatory affairs. In 2018, he became the executive vice president of clinical...
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10. George W. Cole
1827-1875 (aged 48)
military personnel
physician
George W. Cole was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. His wartime commands included the 2nd United States Colored Cavalry Regiment, and he attained the rank of major general by brevet. In 1867 Cole was accused of murder after he killed L. Harris Hiscock, a member of the New York State Assembly. Cole accused Hiscock...
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11. Frederick Ballantyne
1936-2020 (aged 84)
politician
Sir Frederick Nathaniel Ballantyne, GCMG was the Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 2002–2019. A trained cardiologist and former chief medical officer of the country, he was appointed governor-general on 22 June 2002. He succeeded Dame Monica Dacon, who had been acting in the position after the death of Charles Antrobus.
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12. Paul Parkman
1932-2024 (aged 92)
physician
virologist
scientist
pediatrician
Paul Douglas Parkman was an American physician-scientist and virologist. He was one of the developers of the rubella vaccine.
13. Peter Breggin
1936-. (aged 90)
psychiatrist
Peter Roger Breggin is an American psychiatrist and critic of shock treatment and psychiatric medication. In his books, he advocates replacing psychiatry's use of drugs and electroconvulsive therapy with psychotherapy, education, empathy, love, and broader human services.
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14. Thomas Szasz
1920-2012 (aged 92)
writer
psychiatrist
human rights defender
university teacher
Thomas Stephen Szasz was a Hungarian-American academic and psychiatrist. He served for most of his career as professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. A distinguished lifetime fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a life member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, he was best known as a social critic of the moral and...
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15. Sid Watkins
1928-2012 (aged 84)
physician
neurosurgeon
neurologist
surgeon
Eric Sidney Watkins, also known as Professor Sid or simply Prof, was an English neurosurgeon. From 1978 to 2004, Watkins served as Safety and Medical Delegate in Formula One.
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16. Elizabeth Blackwell
1821-1910 (aged 89)
human rights defender
writer
women physician
women's rights activist
essayist
Elizabeth Blackwell was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council for the United Kingdom. Blackwell played an important role in both the United States and the United Kingdom as a social reformer, and was a pioneer in...
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