Notable Alumni of Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Howard Dean 1948–

Former Vermont governor and DNC chair

Also attended: Yale University, Yeshiva University

Spouse: Judith Steinberg Dean (Princeton University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

Eric Munoz 1947–2009

Surgeon and New Jersey General Assembly member

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Virginia-Main Campus

Spouse: Nancy Munoz (CUNY Hunter College, Skidmore College)

Phillip Frost 1936–

Entrepreneur and University of Miami dermatology professor

Also attended: Yeshiva University, University of Pennsylvania

Raymond Vahan Damadian 1936–2022

Inventor of the first NMR scanning machine

Also attended: The Juilliard School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Akira Endō 1933–2024

Japanese biochemist behind the development of statins

Daniel Stern 1934–2012

Developmental psychiatrist and psychoanalyst

Also attended: Harvard University, Columbia University in the City of New York

Larry R. Squire 1941–

Neuroscientist and professor at UC San Diego

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oberlin College

Ng'endo Mwangi 1936–1989

Kenya's first woman physician

Also attended: Smith College

Rick Strassman 1952–

Psychiatrist and professor at University of New Mexico

Doctor of Medicine · Class of 1977

Also attended: Pomona College, Stanford University

Marc Van Ranst 1965–

Belgian virologist and professor at KU Leuven

Gary Hartstein 1955–

Sports physician, former Formula One medical delegate

Also attended: University of Rochester

David L. Katz 1963–

Physician, nutrition expert, Yale-Griffin center founder

Also attended: Yale University, Dartmouth College

S. Lawrence Zipursky 1955–

Neuroscientist and UCLA biological chemistry professor

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1981

Also attended: Oberlin College

Fred Rosner 1935–2024

Professor of medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine · Class of 1959

Also attended: Yeshiva University

Rudolph Leibel 1942–

Columbia University diabetes research professor

Also attended: Colgate University, Yeshiva University

Steven Sharfstein 1942–

Psychiatrist, former APA president

Also attended: Harvard University, Dartmouth College

Charles S. Peskin 1946–

Mathematician known for heart blood flow modeling

Also attended: Harvard University, Yeshiva University

Dipankar Chatterji 1951–

Indian molecular biologist

Also attended: Stony Brook University

Sankar Ghosh 1959–

Immunologist at Columbia University

Also attended: Yeshiva University

Mohammad Islam Khan 1957–2010

Indian glycobiologist known for lectin studies

Jesse Roth 1934–2026

Endocrinologist known for receptor and diabetes research

Doctor of Medicine · Class of 1959

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Scott Jacoby 1971–

Grammy-winning record producer

Also attended: Skidmore College

Norbert Sander 1942–2017

Physician, 1974 New York City Marathon winner

Also attended: Fordham University

Baruch Goldstein 1956–1994

Physician who carried out the 1994 Hebron massacre

Also attended: Yeshiva University