Home›Healers›All HealersBrowse ByAll HealersReference and ClassificationVerifiedThis category is the top-level index for the atlas's Healer entities: the individual physicians, surgeons, nurses and traditional healing practitioners profiled for their contributions to medicine, whether through a specific discovery, a body of clinical work or the practice of a traditional healing system. Each entry covers a specific individual rather than a condition, a treatment or an institution, which are filed under their own respective types elsewhere in the atlas.FactsAll HealersConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonUses International ClassificationWell-attestedISCO-08 (International Standard Classification of Occupations) 1All HealersFilter Results1,097 entriesHealing TraditionAllAcupuncturists and Acupuncture Researchers (7)African Traditional Healers (4)Anatomists and Physiologists of Antiquity and the Renaissance (7)Anesthesiologists and Perioperative Care Pioneers (7)Ayurveda and South Asian Traditional Medicine (32)Cardiac, Vascular and Transplant Surgeons (38)Cellular and Disease Pathologists (27)Clinical Physician-Scientists of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (61)Dentists and Pioneers of Dental Anesthesia (3)Epidemiology and Tropical Disease Control Pioneers (5)Experimental Pathologists and Chemotherapy Pioneers (2)Founders of Antisepsis and Modern Operative Surgery (38)Founders of Modern Nursing and Battlefield Care (6)Fringe and Alternative Medicine Founders (41)HIV and Modern Infectious Disease Leaders (4)Hormone, Vitamin and Drug Discoverers (15)Hydrotherapy and Physical Culture (25)Imaging, Radiation and Monitoring Instrument Inventors (13)Immunology and Transplantation Scientists (15)Indigenous American and Pacific Healing Traditions (2)Maternal, Child Health and Blood Service Founders (3)Midwifery, Reproductive Science and Hospice Care Pioneers (5)Military, Public Health and Reform Surgeons (52)Molecular Biologists and Geneticists (17)Naturopathy and Nature Cure Founders (39)Neurologists and Biological Psychiatry Pioneers (42)Neurosurgeons and Specialist Surgeons of the Head, Eye, Skin and Joints (52)Obstetricians and Gynecologic Surgeons (17)Osteopathy and Chiropractic Founders (8)Pediatric Physicians and Child Care Authors (8)Physicians of Antiquity, the Medieval World and the Renaissance (26)Physiologists, Anatomists and Natural Historians of Medicine (120)Pioneering Women and Minority Physicians (15)Pioneers of Bacteriology and Parasitology (24)Psychoanalysts, Psychotherapists and Humanistic Pioneers (12)Reproductive Technology Inventors (2)Somatic and Body-Based Therapy Founders (11)Surgeons of Antiquity, the Islamic World and Early Modern Europe (30)Traditional Chinese and East Asian Medicine (19)Unani and Islamic Traditional Medicine (10)Unorthodox and Anthroposophic Physicians (13)Vaccine and Antibiotic Developers (7)Specialist InAllAnatomy (36)Anesthesiology (5)Ayurveda (6)Cardiology (6)Cardiothoracic Surgery (28)Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1)Critical Care Medicine (1)Dermatology (10)Endocrinology (5)Epidemiology (6)Family Medicine (9)Gastroenterology (1)Genetics (2)Geriatrics (1)Hematology (3)Histology (4)Homeopathy (1)Hospice and Palliative Medicine (1)Immunology (10)Infectious Disease (14)Internal Medicine (26)Interventional Radiology (1)Medical Genetics (7)Medical 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Physiologists of Antiquity and the Renaissance (7)Anesthesiologists and Perioperative Care Pioneers (7)Ayurveda and South Asian Traditional Medicine (32)Cardiac, Vascular and Transplant Surgeons (38)Cellular and Disease Pathologists (27)Clinical Physician-Scientists of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (61)Dentists and Pioneers of Dental Anesthesia (3)Epidemiology and Tropical Disease Control Pioneers (5)Experimental Pathologists and Chemotherapy Pioneers (2)Founders of Antisepsis and Modern Operative Surgery (38)Founders of Modern Nursing and Battlefield Care (6)Fringe and Alternative Medicine Founders (41)HIV and Modern Infectious Disease Leaders (4)Hormone, Vitamin and Drug Discoverers (15)Hydrotherapy and Physical Culture (25)Imaging, Radiation and Monitoring Instrument Inventors (13)Immunology and Transplantation Scientists (15)Indigenous American and Pacific Healing Traditions (2)Maternal, Child Health and Blood Service Founders (3)Midwifery, Reproductive Science and Hospice Care Pioneers (5)Military, Public Health and Reform Surgeons (52)Molecular Biologists and Geneticists (17)Naturopathy and Nature Cure Founders (39)Neurologists and Biological Psychiatry Pioneers (42)Neurosurgeons and Specialist Surgeons of the Head, Eye, Skin and Joints (52)Obstetricians and Gynecologic Surgeons (17)Osteopathy and Chiropractic Founders (8)Pediatric Physicians and Child Care Authors (8)Physicians of Antiquity, the Medieval World and the Renaissance (26)Physiologists, Anatomists and Natural Historians of Medicine (120)Pioneering Women and Minority Physicians (15)Pioneers of Bacteriology and Parasitology (24)Psychoanalysts, Psychotherapists and Humanistic Pioneers (12)Reproductive Technology Inventors (2)Somatic and Body-Based Therapy Founders (11)Surgeons of Antiquity, the Islamic World and Early Modern Europe (30)Traditional Chinese and East Asian Medicine (12)Unani and Islamic Traditional Medicine (10)Unorthodox and Anthroposophic Physicians (13)Vaccine and Antibiotic 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CroninGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansAbascantusTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAbd al-Latif al-BaghdadiTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAbdullah TabibTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAbraham CollesSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAbraham JacobiObstetricians, Gynecologists and Pediatric SpecialistsAdib JateneSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAdolf JustTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAdolf KussmaulGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansAdolf StrümpellPsychiatrists and NeurologistsAdolf WallenbergPsychiatrists and NeurologistsAdolf Weil (physician)Pathologists and AnatomistsAdrian KantrowitzSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAgnes Steedman HunterTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAgniveshaTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAke SenningSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAkira EndoMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsAlbert AbramsGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansAlbert CalmetteImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsAlbert HoffaSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAlbert HustinGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansAlbert J. MyerSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAlbert Moll (German psychiatrist)Psychiatrists and NeurologistsAlbert NeisserImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsAlbert SabinImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsAlbert SchatzImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsAlbert SchweitzerTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAlbert von BezoldMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsAlbert von Schrenck-NotzingPsychiatrists and NeurologistsAlbrecht Theodor MiddeldorpfSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAlbrecht von HallerMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsAlbrecht Wilhelm RothGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansAlexander CollieSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAlexander FalconbridgeSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAlexander FlemingImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsAlexander Milton RossTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAlexander Mitscherlich (psychologist)Psychiatrists and NeurologistsAlexander Monro PrimusPathologists and AnatomistsAlexander von WiniwarterSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAlexandre YersinImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsAlfred BlalockSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAlfred GoldscheiderPsychiatrists and NeurologistsAlfred PloetzMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsAlfred VelpeauSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAlfred VogelTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAlfred Wilhelm VolkmannMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsAlina Margolis-EdelmanObstetricians, Gynecologists and Pediatric SpecialistsAlla SelawryTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAllan MacLeod CormackMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsAllen WhippleSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAlois AlzheimerPsychiatrists and NeurologistsAl-RaziTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAl-ZahrawiSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAmbroise PareSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAndré du LaurensPathologists and AnatomistsAndrea RabagliatiGeneralist and Primary Care PhysiciansAndreas VesaliusPathologists and AnatomistsAndrew Douglas MaclaganSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAndrew SchallyMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsAndrew Taylor StillTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAnn RedgraveSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAnn WigmoreTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAnna Fischer-DückelmannTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAnthony CarlisleSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAnthony FauciImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsAntoine DuboisSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAntoine LouisSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAntonio ScarpaPathologists and AnatomistsAntonius MathijsenSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAntyllusSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAra Darzi, Baron Darzi of DenhamSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsArchibald GarrodMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsArchibald Hunter (hydrotherapist)Traditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersArchibald MenziesSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsArnold EhretTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersArnold RikliTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersArt ThemenSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsArthur KronfeldPsychiatrists and NeurologistsArthur Porritt, Baron PorrittSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsArvid WretlindMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsAtreyaTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAugust BierSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAugust EngelhardtTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersAugust Gottlieb RichterSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAugust HirtPathologists and AnatomistsAuguste NélatonSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsAyman al-ZawahiriSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsBalendu PrakashTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersBalkrishnaTraditional and Historical Medicine PractitionersBarry MarshallImmunologists and Infectious Disease SpecialistsBaruch Samuel BlumbergMedical Scientists, Physiologists and PharmacologistsBéla BicsérdyTraditional and Historical Medicine Practitioners123…11Next →ConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 992 connections.Sources1. 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