Television School of Medicine
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100

This actor plays emergency room physician Michael Robinavitch.

Noah Wyle

100

This doctor received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for ending the Vietnam War.

Dr. Henry Kissinger
100

This anesthesiologist developed a scoring system for assessing the health of newborns that bears her name.

Dr. Virginia Apgar

100

Consisting of opium dissolved in high-proof alcohol, this medicine was used as a historical treatment for cholera.

Laudanum
100

This book about a physician who separates his evil personality from himself using a potion was made into a 1941 movie of the same name.

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 

200

An original cast member, this actor plays a pediatrician in "ER".

George Clooney

200

Better known for his rhymes, this doctor has an Ivy League medical school named after him.

Dr. Seuss

200

Choosing not to patent his discovery, this virologist developed the first vaccine for polio.

Dr. Jonas Salk

200

Walter Freeman performed over 3,500 of these procedures in the 20th century with a fatality rate of 14%.

Lobotomy

200

Anthony Hopkins plays a psychiatrist in this 1991 movie based on a 1988 movie of the same name.

The Silence of The Lambs

300

This fictitious TV show doctor also starred opposite Tom Hiddleston in a 2016 TV show.

Hugh Laurie

300
This former Ochsner physician has a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame.

Dr. Ken Jeong

300

This Scottish physician discovered penicillin at St. Mary's Hospital in London.

Sir Alexander Fleming

300

This 18th century treatment was promoted by the Royal Humane Society as a way of reviving those drowning victims.

Tobacco enema

300

Based on a 1957 book of the same name, Omar Sharif stars in this movie about a physician during the Russian revolution. 

Doctor Zhivago

400

A surgeon in The Good Doctor, this Korean actor was lost on an island with another surgeon for six seasons.

Daniel Dae Kim

400

This pro-wrestler turned actor previously went by the moniker "Doctor of Thugamonics".

John Cena

400

This Austrian-American immunologist received the 1930 Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering blood grouping.

Dr. Karl Landsteiner

400

This heavy metal was once considered a cure for syphilis. 

Arsenic

400
The book "Gesundheit: Good Health Is a Laughing Matter" was adapted into this movie starring Robin Williams.

Patch Adams

500

This actor plays a pediatrician, who is a love interest to Liz Lemon in the show 30 Rock.

John Hamm

500

This Dream Team doctor could really teach you a thing or two about basketball. He was also a three team finals MVP in 2000, 2001, and 2002.

Dr. Shaquille O'Neal

500

This American surgeon contributed over 10,000 entries to the Oxford English Dictionary while institutionalized in the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum.

Dr. William Chester Minor

500

Inaccurately called unicorn horn, this animal's tusk was used as a treatment for the bubonic plague.

Narwahl 

500

Based on the autobiography of the same name, Cuba Gooding Jr. stars in this movie about the first neurosurgeon to separate twins conjoined at the back of the head.

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story