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Alfred Blalock

1899 - 1964

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Blalock is the 521st most popular physician (down from 520th in 2019), the 5,835th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,563rd in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Alfred Blalock ranks 521 out of 726. Before him are Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, Frederic Lewy, Franz Josef Ruprecht, Thomas Erastus, Emil Zuckerkandl, and Aleksandr Bogomolets. After him are Vladimir Filatov, Friedrich von Berchtold, George Huntington, Anthony Carlisle, John Crawfurd, and Jill Stein.

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Among people born in 1899, Alfred Blalock ranks 189. Before him are Vera Gaze, Jón Leifs, Max Petitpierre, Gerald Moore, Vince Gallagher, and Richard Hartshorne. After him are Marcel Arland, Roger Vitrac, Armas Toivonen, Gerhard von Schwerin, Elizabeth Bowen, and Filipp Oktyabrsky. Among people deceased in 1964, Alfred Blalock ranks 121. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Janssens, Rudolph Maté, Ary Barroso, Seán O'Casey, Joseph Schildkraut, and Eugen Varga. After him are Moa Martinson, Adolf Šimperský, Vasily Agapkin, Ronald Fairbairn, Abbās al-Aqqād, and Maurice Farman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred Blalock ranks 5,835 out of 20,380. Before him are Catherine Hicks (1951), Doug McClure (1935), Charlene Tilton (1958), Katharine McPhee (1984), Richard Hartshorne (1899), and John D. Rockefeller III (1906). After him are Ted Post (1918), Harold Sakata (1920), Cyrus McCormick (1809), Ian Ziering (1964), Taj Mahal (1942), and Gary Cole (1956).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Alfred Blalock ranks 58. Before him are Deborah Birx (1956), Benjamin Rush (1745), Helen B. Taussig (1898), Warren Sturgis McCulloch (1898), William Stewart Halsted (1852), and Russell M. Nelson (1924). After him are George Huntington (1850), Jill Stein (1950), Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), Florence R. Sabin (1871), Frank H. Netter (1906), and Ancel Keys (1904).

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