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Helen Brooke Taussig MD May 24, 1898 to May 21, 1986

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Catherine A. Neill  and
Edward B. Clark
Catherine A. Neill*
Affiliation:
Professor emeritus of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD
Edward B. Clark
Affiliation:
*Wilma T. Gibson Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics Primary Children's Medical Center, University of Utah, USA
*
Dr Catherine A. Neill, Pediatric Cardiology, Brady 516, Johns Hopkins Hospital 600 N. Wolfe St. Baltimore MD USA 21287. Fax: 410–955–0897
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Abstract

The life and accomplishments of Helen Taussig are reviewed at the centennial of her birth in 1898. Now, a little over 50 years since the first Blalock Taussig shunt in 1944, her legacy remains a model of brilliant scientific innovation and loving patient care.

“Faithful indeed is the spirit that remembers” (Emily Bronte, Remembrance)

Keywords

TaussigBlalock Taussig shunthistorycyanotic heart disease
Type
Paediatric Cardiology Hall of Fame
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 104 - 108
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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