under President Barack Obama; first African-American woman on the American Medical Association Board of Trustees Gerald Berenson, B.S. 1943, M.D. 1945, heart researcher, preventive medicine pioneer and founder of the Bogalusa Heart Study Cyril Y. Bowers, M.D., professor of medicine and medical researcher George E. Burch, M.D., 1933, cardiologist Jay Cavanaugh, Ph.D, 1994, member of California State Board of Pharmacy 1980–90; director of American Alliance for Medical Cannabis, 2001 Wallace H. Clark Jr., B.S. 1944, M.D. 1947, pathologist, cancer researcher Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., 1932, pioneer of modern medicine and recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal E. Wesley Ely, B.S., 1985; M.P.H., 1989; M.D., 1989, physician researcher of delirium at Vanderbilt University Medical Center Thomas Farley, New York City Health Commissioner Elizabeth Fontham, M.P.H, 1978, D.P.H., 1983, American cancer epidemiologist, public health researcher, and founding dean of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health. Thomas Naum James, M.D., 1949, director, World Health Organization cardiovascular center Ruth L. Kirschstein, M.D., 1951, director, National Institutes of Health, for whom the Kirschstein NRSA grant program is named Abraham L. Levin, M.D., 1907, inventor of the Levin Tube, which is still used for duodenal drainage after surgery Rudolph Matas, M.D., 1880, "father of vascular surgery" William Larimer Mellon Jr., M.D., M ’53, founder of Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Haiti José Gilberto Montoya, founder of the Immunocompromised Host Service and works at the Positive Care Clinic at Stanford Kelly Overton, Activist Imperato Pascal, MPH & TM, author Steven M. Paul, B.S. 1972, M.D. 1975, neuroscientist and pharmaceutical executive Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., 1935, U.S. surgeon general 1961–1965; chair of the committee that produced Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States Paul Wehrle, physician who helped develop of methods to prevent and treat polio and smallpox Charles B. Wilson, pioneer in pituitary tumor treatment; Cushing Medal recipient Military George K. Anderson, General in the United States Air Force Wayne Downing, General in the US Army Douglas G. Hurley, NASA astronaut John L. McLucas, G ’43, Secretary of the Air Force Richard I. Neal, General in the US Marine Corps Rick Snyder, ‘84, Vice Admiral, US Navy William Suter, Law 1962, General, US Army Tate Westbrook, Captain, US Navy James C. Yarbrough, General in the US Army David H. Berger E '81, The 38th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps Christina Maria