Vivien Theodore Thomas was an American laboratory supervisor who, in the 1940s, played a major role in developing the procedure now called the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt, used to treat blue baby syndrome, alongside surgeon Alfred Blalock and cardiologist Helen B. Taussig. Without any education past high school, Thomas rose to become a cardiac surgery pioneer and a teacher of operative techniques to many of the country's most prominent surgeons.
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1. Vivien Thomas (Wikipedia)
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Vivien Theodore Thomas was an American laboratory supervisor who, in the 1940s, played a major role in developing a procedure now called the Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt used to treat blue baby syndrome along with surgeon Alfred Blalock and cardiologist Helen B. Taussig. ... Without any education past high school, Thomas rose above poverty to become a cardiac surgery pioneer and a teacher of operative techniques to many of the country's most prominent surgeons.
1. Vivien Thomas (Wikipedia)
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Born: 1910-08-29
1. Vivien Thomas (Wikipedia)
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Born: 1910-08-29
1. Vivien Thomas (Wikipedia)
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Died: 1985-11-26
1. Vivien Thomas (Wikipedia)
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Died: 1985-11-26
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