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Alfred Blalock (April 5, 1899 – September 15, 1964) was an American surgeon most noted for his work on the medical condition of shock as well as tetralogy of Fallot – commonly known as blue baby syndrome. He created, with assistance from his research and laboratory assistant Vivien Thomas and pediatric cardiologist Helen Taussig, the Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt, a surgical procedure ...
Something the Lord Made is a 2004 American made-for-television biographical drama film about the black cardiac pioneer Vivien Thomas (1910–1985) and his complex and volatile partnership with white surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899–1964), the "Blue Baby doctor" who pioneered modern heart surgery. Based on the National Magazine Award -winning ...
Doctor of Medicine, fellowship in neurology. Alma mater. LSU School of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina. Occupation (s) Neurosurgeon (retired), writer, lecturer. Russell L. Blaylock (born November 15, 1945) is an author and a retired U.S. neurosurgeon .
Blue baby syndrome, Atrial septostomy. Dr. Vivien Theodore Thomas (August 29, 1910 [1] – November 26, 1985) [2] was an American laboratory supervisor who in the 1940s developed a procedure used to treat blue baby syndrome (now known as cyanotic heart disease). [3] He was the assistant to surgeon Alfred Blalock in Blalock's experimental animal ...
The Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt ( BTT shunt ), [1] previously known as the Blalock-Taussig Shunt ( BT shunt ), [2] is a surgical procedure used to increase blood flow to the lungs in some forms of congenital heart disease [3] such as pulmonary atresia and tetralogy of Fallot, which are common causes of blue baby syndrome. [3]
John Lemuel Cameron (1936-) is an American surgeon. He is the Alfred Blalock Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine .
Multiple sclerosis ( MS) is an autoimmune disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. [3] This damage disrupts the ability of parts of the nervous system to transmit signals, resulting in a range of signs and symptoms, including physical, mental, and sometimes psychiatric problems.
Mayim Chaya Bialik ( / ˈmaɪɪm biˈɑːlɪk / MY-im bee-AH-lik; born December 12, 1975) is an American actress, author and former game show host. From 1991 to 1995, she played the title character of the NBC sitcom Blossom.
Alfred Blalock (April 5, 1899 – September 15, 1964) was a 20th-century American surgeon most noted for his research on the medical condition of shock and for the development of the Blalock-Taussig Shunt, a surgical procedure he developed together with surgical technician Vivien Thomas and pediatric cardiologist Helen Taussig to relieve the cyanosis from Tetralogy of Fallot—known commonly ...
Searching his web sites, I found that in mid-2004 & through at least early February 2005 his Blaylock Report web site said, "Dr. Russell Blaylock is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Medical University of Mississippi." [1] [2]