University of Illinois College of Medicine - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • Isabella Garnett (MD 1901) - Founder and superintendent of Evanston's Community Hospital
  • Charles Hirsch (MD 1958) — New York City Chief Medical Examiner
  • Olga Jonasson (MD 1958) — chief of surgery, Cook County Hospital (1977); first woman to chair an academic department of surgery (Ohio State University, 1987)
  • Terry Mason (MD 1978) — physician and Director, Chicago Board of Health
  • Jim McDermott (MD 1963) - U.S. Representative (D-WA) (1989-present)
  • Julius B. Richmond (MD 1939) — physician; founder of the Head Start Program; former U.S. Surgeon General
  • Steve Hanauer World Leading Authority on IBD disease, Chairman of GI at University of Chicago

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