Notable People
- Jay P. Sanford, founding Dean of the medical school in 1975, resigned in 1990, original author of Sanford's Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy
- Dr. Norman M. Rich, renowned vascular surgeon, founding chairman of the Department of Surgery at USU, initiated the Vietnam Vascular Registry in 1965, currently the Leonard Heaton and David Packard Professor of the Department of Surgery at USU
- Major (Dr.) Nidal Malik Hasan, graduate and sole suspect in the Fort Hood shooting.
- Dr. Peter M. Rhee - Physician to Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the other patients in the 2011 Tucson shooting.
- Colonel (Dr.) William DeVries - Professor of Anatomy - performed the first successful permanent artificial heart implantation.
- Eleanor Concepcion "Connie" Mariano - White House Doctor
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