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Date of Birth
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24-May-1898
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Place of Birth
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Cambridge
(United States of America, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Area code 617, Area code 857)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Helen Taussig, Dr. Helen B. Taussig
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Profession
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Physician
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Helen Brooke Taussig was an American cardiologist, working in Baltimore and Boston who founded the field of pediatric cardiology. Notably, 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-Taussig shunt. The procedure was developed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas, who were Taussig's colleagues at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Taussig is also known for her work in banning thalidomide and was widely recognized as a highly skilled physician.
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