Frank Hastings Hamilton

At the age of 14 Frank Hastings Hamilton was accepted into the sophomore class of Union College where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1830.

[6] Dr. Frank Hastings Hamilton, is memorialized on the University website as "a preeminent surgeon who introduced the use of ether as an anesthetic in the Niagara Frontier and who served as the school’s first dean and chair of surgery.

After teaching in various colleges, in 1961 he became a Professor of Surgery, pioneer in orthopedics, military surgery, and military hygiene;[10] at Bellevue Hospital Medical College along with the following esteemed physicians as the faculty: Frank Hastings Hamilton, Stephen Smith, James R. Wood, Alexander B. Mott, Lewis A. Sayre, Isaac E. Taylor, Fordyce Barker, George T. Elliot, Jr., Benjamin W. McCready, J.W.

[11] Among Frank Hastings Hamilton's noteworthy students was, Dr. Charles Leale, who the first medical professional to reach President Abraham Lincoln after he had been shot in the back of the head.

At the beginning of the civil war he accompanied the 31st New York regiment to the front, and had charge of the general field hospital in Centreville during the First Battle of Bull Run.

[12] In July, 1861, he was made brigade surgeon, and later medical director, and in 1862 organized the United States general hospital in Central park, New York.

[14] He served as consulting surgeon to various hospitals and asylums and became widely known as an authority on surgery, his three large works having a recognized place in the literature of medical science.