University of Georgia Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Spouses
Mary Chambers O'Bryan (1930-1958) (her death)
Alice Waters (1959-1964) (his death)
Children
3
Medical career
Profession
Surgeon
Institutions
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Vanderbilt University Hospital
Research
Tetralogy of Fallot, shock
Awards
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 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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^Timmermans, Stefan (April 2003). "A Black Technician and Blue Babies". Social Studies of Science. 33 (2): 197–229. doi:10.1177/03063127030332014. PMID 13678058. S2CID 22674747.
^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.
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