The New York Medical College’s leadership, from 1860 to present.

Alan Kadish, M.D.
PresidentProfessor, Medicine | School of Medicine

Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.
Chancellor and Chief Executive OfficerProfessor, Radiation Medicine; Professor, Pediatrics | School of Medicine
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Karl P. Adler, M.D.
Dean and Provost - 1987-1994; Acting Dean - 1986-1987 | School of Medicine
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Harry C. Barrett, D.Min., M.P.H.
President and CEO - 1992-2006
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John J. Connolly, Ed.D.
President and CEO 1981-1992
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Joseph A. Cimino, M.D., Ph.D.
President and CEO - 1978 - 1981
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Kathleen C. Morton, M.D.
President - 1977-1978
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Lawrence B. Slobody, M.D.
President 1972-1977, Acting President 1971-1972
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Frederick L. Stone, Ph.D.
President - 1970-1971
Jackson E. Spears
Acting President 1965-1967
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Ralph E. Snyder,, M.D. ‘1950
Dean (concurrently served as College President) - 1959-1966; Dean - 1953-1959 | School of Medicine

Jacob Adam Werner Hetrick Jr., M.D., ‘1918
Dean (concurrently served as College President) - 1942-1953; Acting Dean (concurrently served as Acting College President) - 1941-1942 | School of Medicine
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Claude A. Burrett, Ph.B., M.D.
Acting Dean (concurrently served as College President from 1939 - 1941) - 1941-1941; Dean 1925-1939 | School of Medicine
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Israel S. Kleiner, Ph.D.
Dean - 1922-1925; Acting Dean - 1921-1922 | School of Medicine
- 1920 - 1921 Rudolph F. Rabe, M.D., ‘1896, dean
- 1920 - 1920 William Waldo Blackman, M.D., dean
- 1918 - 1920 Thomas J. Preston, Ph.D., dean
- 1908 - 1918 Royal S. Copeland, M.D., dean
- 1902 - 1908 William Harvey King, M.D., dean
- 1893 - 1902 William Tod Helmuth, M.D., L.L.D., dean
- 1882 - 1893 Timothy Field Allen, M.D., dean
- 1873 - 1882 John William Dowling, M.D., dean
- 1870 - 1873 Carroll Dunham, M.D., dean
- 1860 - 1870 Jacob Beakley, M.D., dean
Presidents of the Board of Trustees
- 2020 - present Joseph D. Mark, chair, Board of Trustees
- 2010 - 2020 Dr. Mark Hasten, chair, Board of Trustees
- 1999 - 2010 Ronald F. Poe, chair, Board of Trustees
- 1993 - 1999 Richard Barth, president, Board of Trustees
- 1990 - 1993 George K. Cooney, president, Board of Trustees
- 1979 - 1990 John K. Castle, president, Board of Trustees
- 1976 - 1979 Norman Alexander, president, Board of Trustees
- 1970 - 1976 Keith M. Urmy, president, Board of Trustees
- 1965 - 1972 Jackson E. Spears, president, Board of Trustees
- 1956 - 1965 Frederic W. Lincoln, president, Board of Trustees
- 1928 - 1956 Charles Halsey, president, Board of Trustees
- 1926 - 1928 Frank D. Waterman, president, Board of Trustees
- 1923 - 1926 William M. Baldwin, president, Board of Trustees
- 1922 - 1923 Edmond S. Putney, president, Board of Trustees
- 1920 - 1921 Howard C. Smith, president, Board of Trustees
- 1919 - 1920 Frank S. Hastings, president, Board of Trustees
- 1918 - 1919 Henry L. Langhaar, president, Board of Trustees
- 1908 - 1918 Melbert B. Cary, president, Board of Trustees
- 1901 - 1908 Anson R. Flower, president, Board of Trustees
- 1899 - 1901 Timothy Field Allen, M.D., president, Board of Trustees
- 1888 - 1899 Rufus B. Cowling, president, Board of Trustees
- 1872 - 1888 Salem H. Wales, president, Board of Trustees
- 1862 - 1872 William Cullen Bryant, president, Board of Trustees
- 1860 - 1862 Daniel F. Tiemann, president, Board of Trustees