member of the National Academy of Sciences. Notable former faculty include biochemist Mahlon Hoagland, pathologist and geneticist Kurt Benirschke, and former Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop. Notable alumni There are 4,891 living graduates of the Geisel School of Medicine as of June 2013. Samuel Ford McGill, first black student to graduate from a U.S. medical school Charles Knowlton, freethinker Robert O. Blood, physician John D. Bullock, ophthalmologist and epidemiologist John Francis Eisold, attending physician at the United States Capitol Robert E. Michler, heart surgeon and Surgeon-in-Chief at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine Richard S. Molony, U.S. Representative Robert Burns, U.S. Representative Noah Martin, Governor of New Hampshire Ian Smith, television personality Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention William E. Flanary (Dr. Glaucomflecken), ophthalmologist and comedian References External links Dartmouth Medical School Medical schools in New Hampshire Ivy League medical schools Educational institutions established in 1797