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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.
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (1954) 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 ...
Mark S. Soloway (born 1943) is an American emeritus professor of urology, known for his work on prostate, bladder and kidney cancer.From 1991 to 2010 he was professor and chairman of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (MSM) Department of Urology, and subsequently chief of urologic oncology at Memorial Hospital in Hollywood, Florida.
Patrick C. Walsh. Patrick C. Walsh is an American urologist, researcher and writer, best known for developing "the anatomic approach to radical prostatectomy ", involving nerve-sparing techniques which reduced the likelihood of impotence and urinary incontinence.
Now dozens of women say he also abused them. A doctor cared for generations of families. Now dozens of women say he also abused them. Meena Duerson and Meridith Edwards, CNN. September 15, 2024 at ...
Rollins Hanlon was also an American surgeon but was best known for his work in cardiology. [3] The procedure that these two men created, known as the Blalock–Hanlon procedure, was a new concept termed atrial septectomy. This procedure had been experimented on the right atrium of dogs before Dr. Blalock and Dr. Hanlon had performed it on humans.
Shiv Sudhakar, M.D. August 29, 2024 at 12:00 AM. Little research has looked at how getting extra hours of sleep on the weekend benefits the heart. For adults who struggle to get the recommended ...
Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt. 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 ...