Alfred Blalock | |
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| Born | April 5, 1899 Culloden, Georgia, U.S |
| Died | September 15, 1964 (aged 65) |
| Education | University of Georgia Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
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| Children | 3 |
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| Profession | Surgeon |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins Hospital, Vanderbilt University Hospital |
| Research | Tetralogy of Fallot, shock |
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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 to relieve the cyanosis from tetralogy of Fallot.[1] This operation ushered in the modern era of cardiac surgery. He worked at both Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins University, where he studied medicine and later served as chief of surgery.[2] He is known as a medical pioneer who won various awards, including Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award. Blalock was also nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Medicine.[3]
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- ^ Hansson N, Schlich T. "Why Did Alfred Blalock and Helen Taussig Not Receive the Nobel Prize?" Journal of Cardiac Surgery 2015;30(6):506-509.