JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Abstract

Medicine is a constantly evolving field. In the progress of medical knowledge, Physicians have played an important role and their impact on human health has been significant. Not being an exhaustive list, few of the influential physician- scientists have been listed in this article. For example, Sir William Osler, developed the first residency program and was the first to bring medical students out of their classrooms to the bedside of patients for clinical training; Robert Koch’s contribution to public health included identifying the causative agents of infectious diseases like tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax; Sir Federick Grant Banting remains the youngest Nobel laureate in Medicine for the co-discovery of insulin; and the work of John Snow, one of the Fathers of Modern Epidemiology, inspired noteworthy improvements in public health. Such monumental discoveries were the forte of physician scientists, a blend of clinical medicine and scientific research.