Faculty
List includes faculty who were not also graduates of the medical school
| Name | Department | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Lister | Prof. Clinical Surgery 1869-1877, FRCS(Edin) 1855, | Scottish surgeon, introduced carbolic acid to sterilize surgical instruments | |
| George Barger | Prof. Chemistry in Relation to Medicine 1919-1937, | British chemist, identified tyramine, contributed to the synthesis of thyroxine and Vitamin B1 | |
| John Crofton | Prof. Respiratory Disease and Tuberculosis 1952-1977, | British physician, pioneered the treatment of tuberculosis, which was known as the Edinburgh method. | |
| Michael Woodruff | Chair of Surgical Science 1957-1976, | British transplant surgeon, performed the first ever kidney transplant in the UK | |
| Kenneth Murray | Head of Molecular Biology 1967-84, Biogen Professor of Molecular Biology 1984-1998, FRSE 2000 | Developed recombinant DNA technology, developed the vaccine for Hepatitis B, co-founder of biotechnology company Biogen | |
| Andrew H. Wyllie | Prof. Experimental Pathology 1992-1998, FRS 1995, | Scottish pathologist, discovered the importance of programmed cell death and coined the term apoptosis | |
| Matthew Kaufman | Prof. Anatomy 1985-2007, FRS(Edin) 2008 | First to derive embryonic stem cells from mouse embryos | |
| Sir Ian Wilmut | Prof. Emeritus 2006-Present, FRS(Edin) 2000 | Scottish embryologist, first to clone a mammal, a Finn Dorset lamb named Dolly |
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