| Year | Honorary Degree Recipient and/or Commencement Speaker | |
| 2020 | R. Bruce Donoff, M.D., D.M.D. Walter C. Guralnick Distinguished Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Former Dean of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine |
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| 2019 | George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D. Co-founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron |
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| 2018 | Jeremy Sugarman, M.D., M.P.H., M.A. Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine Professor of medicine, Professor of Health Policy and Management Deputy Director for Medicine of the Berman Institute of Bioethics at the Johns Hopkins University |
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| 2017 | Robert M. Califf, M.D. The Donald F. Fortin M.D. Professor of Cardiology, Duke University School of Medicine U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner (2016-2017) |
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| 2016 | Steven Wartman, M.D., Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer Association of Academic Health Centers Association of Academic Health Centers International |
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| 2015 | Jan K Richardson, Ph.D., PT, OCS, FAPTA Professor Emeritus Duke University School of Medicine |
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| 2014 | Elizabeth Nabel, M.D. Professor of Medicine President, Brigham and Women's Health Care Former Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
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| 2013 | Adewale Troutman, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., C.P.H. President, American Public Health Association |
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| 2012 | Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A. Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, New York Medical College |
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| 2011 | Darrell G. Kirch, M.D. President and Chief Executive Officer Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). |
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| 2010 | Peter Frelinghuysen, Esq. Chairman of the Board of Directors The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary John C. McGiff, M.D. Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology New York Medical College Ralph A. O’Connell, M.D. Provost and Dean of the School of Medicine |
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| 2009 | Daniel P. Sulmasy, O.F.M., M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Director, Institute for Bioethics, New York Medical College |
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| 2008 | Susan A. Kline, M.D. Vice Provost, University Student Affairs, Executive Vice Dean, Academic Affairs, New York Medical College |