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Alfred Blalock
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
as well as
Tetralogy of Fallot
— commonly known as
Blue baby syndrome
. He developed the
Blalock-Thomas-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
. This operation ushered in the modern era of cardiac surgery. Blalock worked at both
Vanderbilt University
and the
Johns Hopkins University
, where he studied both as an undergraduate and worked as chief of surgery. 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 prestigious
Nobel prize
in medicine.
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