Science and Medicine
- John O. Agwunobi (MBA 2000) - Assistant Secretary for Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services; Admiral, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, 2006–2007; Senior Vice President and President for the Professional Services Division for Wal-Mart, 2007–present
- John-David F. Bartoe (G 1974, G 1976) - Astronaut and Astrophysicist; Research Manager, International Space Station, NASA's Johnson Space Center, 1995–present
- Pascale Cossart (G 1971) - Professor and Head of the Unité des Interactions Bactéries Cellules at the Pasteur Institute of Paris
- George Coyne (G 1962) - Astronomer; Director of the Vatican Observatory, 1978–2006
- Mark R. Dybul (C 1985, M 1992) - United States Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State, 2006–2009
- Susan Hockfield (Med Ph. D - 1979) - Neuroscientist; Provost, Yale University, 2003–2004; Dean, Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1998–2000 (see also: Education list below)
- Mark S. Humayun (C 1984) - Professor of Ophthalmology and Associate Director of Research, Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California
- Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley (M 1976) - 41st Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, 2004–2007
- Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kortz (G 1995) - Professor of Chemistry at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany since 2002
- Antonia Novello (Hospital Fellow 1975) - 14th Surgeon General of the United States, 1990–1993
- Thomas Parran, Jr. (M 1915) - 6th Surgeon General of the United States, 1936–1948
- Sean P. Pinney (M 1994) - American cardiologist and the current Director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City
- Robert R. Redfield (C 1973, M 1977) - virologist and HIV/AIDS medical and clinical researcher, co-founder of Institute of Human Virology (IHV)
- John J. Ring (C 1949; M 1953) - former President, American Medical Association
- Vera Rubin (G 1954) - Astronomer
- Solomon Snyder (C 1959, M 1962) - University Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Pharmacology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Daniel Y. Sullivan (D 1974) - President, American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, 2001; President, Academy of Osseointegration, 1992–1993
- Andrew von Eschenbach (M 1967) - Director, Food and Drug Administration, 2006–2009; Director, National Cancer Institute, 2002–2005
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