History / Past Chairmen

The origins of the University of Louisville Department of Medicine date back to the chairmanship of John Walker Moore and the post World War II era when full-time faculty of medicine were first appointed.

Prior to that time, the key to the early success of the U of L's School of Medicine (established in 1837 and as such is the 10th oldest in the nation) was attributable to its great Professors of Medicine including Daniel Drake, Austin Flint Sr., David Wendel Yandell and Lunsford Yandell Jr.

These individuals provided leadership to an apprenticeship model with voluntary faculty teaching the practice of Medicine in the 19th Century.

The 20th century brought legendary leaders such as John Walker Moore, J. Murray Kinsman and Beverly Todd Towery, who relied heavily on voluntary faculty and struggled to develop full-time faculty for the teaching of a discipline-oriented curriculum.

In so doing they provided excellent mentorship to the teaching faculty of Internal Medicine so that their graduates became known for excellent patient care in Kentucky and Ohio Valley and surrounding states.

The second half of the 20th century saw the development of traditionally discipline-based subspecialties and the achievement of a critical mass of full time faculty.

Programmatic Educational and Research development has now been achieved even in the youngest division namely, General Internal Medicine by the inclusion of Geriatrics and Health Policy Research to its missions signaling the importance of the aging population and health policy reform to both patient care and academic programs in the department.

Chairman	Title
John Esten Cooke, M.D.	Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine (1837-1844)
Daniel Drake, M.D.	Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pathological Anatomy (1840-1849); Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine (1850-1852)
Elisha Bartlett, M.D.	Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine (1849-1850)
Austin Flint Sr., M.D.	Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine (1852-1856)
Theodore S. Bell, M.D.	Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine and Sanitary Science; Professor of the Science and Practice of Medicine and Public Hygiene (1857-1882)
David Wendel Yandell, M.D.	Professor of the Science and Practice of Medicine (1867-1868)
Lunsford Pitts Yandell Jr., M.D.	Professor of the Principles and Practices of Medicine and Clinical Medicine (1882-1884)
James William Holland, M.D.	Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine and Sanitary Science; Professor of the Science and Practice of Medicine and Public Hygiene (1884-1885)
John A. Ouchterlony, M.D.	Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine and Clinical Medicine (1885-1906)
John Giles Cecil, M.D.	Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine and Clinical Medicine (1906-1907)
Joseph B. Marvin, M.D.	Professor of Medicine, Neurology and Clinical Medicine (1907-1914)
William A. Jenkins, M.D.	Professor of Medicine and Clinical Medicine; Chairman (1914-1923)
John Walker Moore, M.D.	Alben W. Barkley Professor of Medicine (1949-1952); Chairman (1923-1949); Dean (1929-1949)
J. Murray Kinsman, M.D.	Professor Medicine; Chairman (1949-1956); Dean (1949-1963)
Beverly Todd Towery, M.D.	Professor of Medicine; Chairman (1956-1970)
William H. Anderson, M.D.	Professor of Medicine; Acting Chairman (1970-1971)
Charles H. Duncan, M.D.	Professor of Medicine; Acting Chairman (1971-1973)
Leo G. Horan, M.D.	Professor of Medicine; Chairman (1974-1982)
Joseph C. Allegra, M.D.	Professor of Medicine; Acting Chairman (1982-1984); Chairman (1984-1989)
Richard N. Redinger, M.D.	Professor of Medicine; Acting Chairman (1989-1992); Chairman (1992-2009)
Jesse Roman, M.D.	Professor of Medicine; Chairman (2009-present)