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May 20, 1986 (87 years old)
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Gemini
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Helen B. Taussig
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. Taussig was partially deaf following an ear infection in childhood; in early adulthood this progressed to full deafness. To compensate for her loss of hearing, she learned to use lip-reading techniques and hearing aids to speak with her patients. Taussing also developed a method of using her fingers, rather than a stethoscope, to feel the rhythm of their heartbeats. Some of her innovations have been attributed to her ability to diagnose heart problems by touch rather than by sound.
BornMay 24, 1898, Cambridge, Massachusetts
DiedMay 20, 1986, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
NationalityUnited States
FieldsCardiology
Alma materJohns Hopkins School of Medicine
Known forFounding figure of paediatric cardiology, Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt, Role in banning of thalidomide
Notable awardsE. Mead Johnson Award (1947), Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (1954), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964), Elizabeth Blackwell Award (1970), John Howland Award (1971)

About Helen B. Taussig

Doctor Helen B. Taussig was born on May 24, 1898 in Massachusetts, United States (She dies at the age of 87, on May 20, 1986).

Doctor who co-created the Blalock-Taussig shunt, a treatment that has saved thousands of babies from the devastating blue baby syndrome.

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Helen B. Taussig before becoming famous

Helen B. Taussig was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1898 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dog (狗).

She overcome severe dyslexia as a child by relying only on her resolve and her father's gentle tutoring.

Achievement of Helen B. Taussig

She spent a lot of time perfecting and demonstrating the procedure with eminent American physician Doctor Alfred Blalock.

Helen B. Taussig's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Helen's mother died when she was 11 years old, and she was raised by her father from then on.

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President US President Lyndon B. Johnson presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908 - 1973) (US President)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908 - 1973)

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Helen B. Taussig Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Helen B. Taussig updated on March 15 2023.