Ian Stevenson
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Ian Pretyman Stevenson was a Canadian-born American psychiatrist, the founder and director of the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He was a professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine for fifty years. He was chair of their department of psychiatry from 1957 to 1967, Carlson Professor of Psychiatry from 1967 to 2001, and Research Professor of Psychiatry from 2002 until his death in 2007.
Ian Stevenson
Child psychiatrist Jim Tucker continues Stevenson's work.
University of Virginia School of Medicine
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The University of Virginia School of Medicine is the graduate medical school of the University of Virginia. The school's facilities are on the University of Virginia grounds adjacent to Academical Village in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, UVA SoM is the tenth oldest medical school in the United States. The School of Medicine confers Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees, and is closely associated with both the University of Virginia Health System and Inova Health System.
Dr. Robley Dunglison, the "Father of American Physiology" was the first professor of medicine at The University of Virginia
Detail of the Anatomical Theatre from View of the University. A cupola was not part of Jefferson's design; it was probably added after the 1837 resolution to raise the roof. This image clearly shows the cupola was present in 1856. Hand colored.
Exterior of the old building of The University of Virginia School of Medicine, located near "The Corner" of Grounds
Thomas P. Loughran Jr., hematologist notable for his discovery and research of large granular lymphocytic leukemia