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Apr 05, 1899 Georgia, United States Died on 15 Sep 1964 (aged 65)
American surgeon
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About Alfred Blalock
- Alfred Blalock (April 5, 1899 – September 15, 1964) was an 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 assistant 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.
