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Gairdner Foundation International Award (1959) 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 ...
HBO. Release. May 30, 2004. ( 2004-05-30) 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.
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 .
Urologist convicted of patient sex abuse, including of minors. May 8, 2024 at 6:53 PM. NEW YORK (AP) — A New York-area doctor was convicted Wednesday in the yearslong sexual abuse of multiple...
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 ...
It involves the intentional creation of a septal defect in order to alter the flow of oxygenated blood. It was devised as a palliative correction for transposition of the great vessels . The Blalock–Hanlon procedure was a cardiothoracic procedure created in the 1950s.
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.
Blalock–Taussig shunt, BTT shunt: Specialty: Cardiothoracic surgery: Uses: Pulmonary atresia, tetralogy of Fallot: Complications: Chylothorax, phrenic nerve injury, pulmonary oedema, shunt stenosis, subclavian steal syndrome: Approach: Thoracotomy or sternotomy: Types: Classical, modified
He is the Alfred Blalock Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Early life and education [ edit ] Cameron was born in 1936 in Howell, Michigan [1] to parents Duncan and Mary.
Panfilm. Budget. $30,000,000 [1] Original release. Release. May 7, 2000. ( 2000-05-07) Jason and the Argonauts, (also known as Jason and the Golden Fleece) is a 2000 American two-part television miniseries directed by Nick Willing and produced by Hallmark Entertainment. It is based on the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts .