In , Weeks. Hospital Medical College, first as a lecturer of Ophthalmology, then as professor of the same in ; 21 years later, he was named Professor Emeritus. He held active memberships in scores of national and international societies as well. Left: Contemporary illustrations of the Koch-Weeks bacillus, circa Above: Dr John E. Weeks, circa With all plans for construction deferred until future notice, other options began to look more appealing. Starting in , the board and the New York Postgraduate Hospital, the precursor of the New York University Medical Center, had opened preliminary discussions regarding an affiliation and the attractive possibility that.