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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.
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 ...
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...
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 .
John Kingsley Lattimer, MD (October 14, 1914, in Mount Clemens, Michigan – May 10, 2007, in Teaneck, New Jersey) was a urologist who did extensive research on the Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy assassinations, becoming the first medical specialist not affiliated with the United States government to examine the medical evidence related to ...
Helen B. Taussig. Helen Brooke Taussig (May 24, 1898 – May 20, 1986) was an American cardiologist, working in Baltimore and Boston, who founded the field of pediatric cardiology. She is credited with developing the concept for a procedure that would extend the lives of children born with Tetralogy of Fallot (the most common cause of blue baby ...
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
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.
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.