Neurological Surgeons, famous for her work with Harvey Cushing Michael Greger, physician, author, and professional speaker on public health issues, best known for his advocacy of a whole-food, plant-based diet Sara Murray Jordan, gastroenterologist, first female present of the American Gastroenterological Association John S. Kauer, professor emeritus Joseph Barnett Kirsner, gastroenterologist, academic and pioneer in the field of digestive system disorders George D. LeMaitre, vascular surgeon, author, and surgical device inventor Roderick MacKinnon, 2003 Nobel Prize winner for his work on ion channels, Professor of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics at Rockefeller University Eric Rubin, current editor-in-chief of The New England Journal of Medicine, microbiologist and infectious disease specialist, adjunct professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health John Q. Trojanowski, neurological researcher and professor specializing in neurodegenerative disease Gerhard Schmidt, biochemist Josefa Zaratt, first African-American woman to graduate from Tufts Medical School References External links Medical schools in Massachusetts Tufts University Universities and colleges in Boston Educational institutions established in 1893 1893 establishments in Massachusetts