Medical College of Wisconsin - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS AT US MEDICAL SCHOOLS

• Stephen Philip Christiansen, MD, Class of 1982, Chairman of Ophthalmology at Boston University School of Medicine
• Kevin Garvin, MD, Class of 1982, Chairman of Orthopedic Surgery & Rehabilitation at University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Cyril M. Grum, MD, Class of 1977, Assistant/Associate Chair of Internal Medicine at University of Michigan Medical School
• James J. Hamilton, MD, Class of 1971, Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery at Missouri Kansas City
• Stephen W. Hargarten, MD, Class of 1975, Chairman of Emergency Medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin
• R. J. Kehl, MD, Class of 1982, Chairman of Obstetrics & Gynecology at College of Medicine: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Irving L. Kron, MD, Class of 1975, Chairman of Surgery at University of Virginia Medical Center
• Thomas Krummel, MD, Class of 1977, Chairman of Surgery at Stanford
• Michael R. Kuettel, MD, PhD, Class of 1983, Chairman of Radiation Oncology at University at Buffalo: The State University of New York
• Richard Michael Lampe, MD, Class of 1968, Chairman of Pediatrics at Texas Tech
• Dennis J. Maiman, MD, PhD, Class of 1977, Chairman of Neurosurgery at Medical College of Wisconsin
• David C. Merrill, MD, PhD, Class of 1987, Chairman of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• Jay Merlin Meythaler, MD, Class of 1983, Chairman of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Wayne State
• Jon Paul Schrage, MD, Class of 1975, Chairman of Internal Medicine at University of Kansas
• Philip Edwin Stieg, MD, PhD, Class of 1983, Chairman of Neurological Surgery at Weill-Cornell Medical College
• John C. Wandtke, MD, Class of 1970, Assistant/Associate Chair of Imaging Sciences at University of Rochester Medical Center
• David C. Warltier, MD, PhD, Class of 1982, Chairman of Anesthesiology at Medical College of Wisconsi
• Brian Wigdahl, PhD, Class of 1980 Chairman of Microbiology & Immunology at Drexel University College of Medicine
• Joseph D. Zuckerman, MD, Class of 1978, Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery at New York University Langone Medical Center

ADDITIONAL NOTABLE ALUMNI:

• Richard J. Kitz, MD, Class of 1954, Henry Isaiah Dorr Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Harvard Medical School (former Anesthetist in chief at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Henry Isaiah Dorr Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard).
• James N. Yamazaki, MD, Class of 1943, pediatrician and former lead physician for the United States Atomic Bomb Casualty commission in Nagasaki Japan, and now a Clinical Professor Emeritus at UCLA.
• Patrick McKenzie, MD, Class of 1983 team physician for the Green Bay Packers.
• Robert B. Anderson, MD, Class of 1983, Chief of the Foot and Ankle Service in the Department of Orthopaedics at the Carolinas Medical Center, and team physician for the NFL Carolina Panthers football team, and a consultant on foot and ankle injuries to Major League Baseball.
• Abraham J. Twerski, MD, Class of 1959, founder and medical director emeritus of Gateway Rehabilitation Center in Pennsylvania, and author of more than 40 books on self-esteem including a series resulting from a long-time collaboration with Peanuts creator Charles Schulz.
• George J. Magovern, MD, Class of 1947, a cardiothoracic surgeon and former Professor and Chairman of surgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, who developed a sutureless heart valve, performed Pennsylvania’s first heart valve replacement surgery, performed the world’s second lung transplant, and performed the nation’s first cardiomyoplasty procedure.
• Michael Stocker, MD, Class of 1968, Chairman of the Board of New York City’s Health and Hospitals Corporation, former President of CIGNA Health Plans and former President and CEO of Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, overseeing its conversion to a publicly traded company, which then merged with WellPoint, where he remained as regional president and CEO.
• M. Therese Southgate, MD, Class of 1960, former Deputy Editor of JAMA.
• Colonel Todd David Hess, MC; USAF Military Doctor & Commander - Ophthalmic Surgeon (Class of 1985)
• Steve Kagen, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
• Donald Laub, Chief of Plastic Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine
• Captain Ryan Leavitt, MC; USNF Military Doctor and Captain - Cardiothoracic Surgeon (Class of 1997)
• Don S. Wenger, U.S. Air Force Major General - (Class of 1937)
• David G. Young III, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
• Lt. General Charles B. Green, Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force - (Class of 1978)
• Larry Bucshon, U.S. Representative from Indiana
• Marshall E. Cusic Jr., U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, Chief of the U.S. Navy Medical Reserve Corps
• Clare Helminiak, U.S. Public Health Service, Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Medical Surge, U.S. Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Daniel M. Lucas, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist, Chairman of Imaging Services, Riverview Hospital, Wisc. Rapids,(Class of 1989)
• George A. Williams, Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Chairman of Ophthalmology, Oakland University, Detroit, Michigan, Class of 1974