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Helen B. Taussig

Jewish-American cardiologist (1898-1986) · United States · Doctors · Died at 87

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Helen Brooke Taussig was an American cardiologist, working in Baltimore and Boston, who founded the field of pediatric cardiology. She is credited with developing the concept for a procedure that would extend the lives of children born with Tetralogy of Fallot.

A life in dates

1987George M. Kober MedalAwardMaryland Women's Hall of FameAward1986Died20 May 19861982Elizabeth Blackwell MedalAward1977AMA Scientific Achievement AwardAward1973National Women's Hall of FameAward1971John Howland AwardAward1970Elizabeth Blackwell AwardAward1967Carl-Ludwig Honorary MedalAward1964Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1959Canada Gairdner International AwardAward1954Feltrinelli PrizeAwardLasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research AwardAward1947E. Mead Johnson AwardAward1898Born24 May 1898

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Awards

Maryland Women's Hall of Fame1987
George M. Kober Medal1987
Elizabeth Blackwell Medal1982
AMA Scientific Achievement Award1977
National Women's Hall of Fame1973
John Howland Award1971
Elizabeth Blackwell Award1970
Carl-Ludwig Honorary Medal1967
Presidential Medal of Freedom1964
Canada Gairdner International Award1959
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award1954
Feltrinelli Prize1954
E. Mead Johnson Award1947
Honorary Doctor of the University of Vienna
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Father: Frank William Taussig

About this person

Helen Brooke Taussig was an American cardiologist, working in Baltimore and Boston, who founded the field of pediatric cardiology. She is credited with developing the concept for a procedure that would extend the lives of children born with Tetralogy of Fallot. This concept was applied in practice as a procedure known as the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt. The procedure was developed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas, who were Taussig's colleagues at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Country
United States
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1986 · aged 87

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