Awards & Winners

Alfred Blalock

Date of Birth 05-April-1899
Place of Birth Culloden
(Monroe County, Georgia, United States of America)
Nationality
Also know as Dr. Alfred Blalock
Profession Physician, Surgeon
Alfred Blalock was a 20th-century American surgeon most noted for his research on the medical condition of shock and for the development of the Blalock-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—known commonly as the blue baby syndrome. That operation ushered in the modern era of cardiac surgery.

Awards by Alfred Blalock

Check all the awards nominated and won by Alfred Blalock.

1959


Gairdner Foundation International Award
(In recognition of his contributions to the knowledge of medicine and especially for outstanding achievement in developing an operation for the treatment of congenital heart lesions, thus introducing a new era in cardiac surgery.)

1954


Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
(Joint award for distinguished contributions to cardiovascular surgery and knowledge.)