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The paediatric cardiology Hall of Fame: Maude Elizabeth Abbott

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2010

William N. Evans  and
Marie J. Béland
William N. Evans*
Affiliation:
Children’s Heart Center, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Marie J. Béland
Affiliation:
The Division of Cardiology, The Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
*
Correspondence to: W. N. Evans MD, FACC, Children’s Heart Center, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy Ste. 690, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA. Tel: +(702) 732-1290; Fax: +(702) 732-1385; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Few paediatric cardiologists know of Maude Abbott. Yet before Helen Taussig, no one contributed more to founding the speciality than Maude Abbott. She achieved international fame as the early 20th century expert on cardiac malformations. We summarise here her life and contributions, indicating how she is more than justified in being inducted to the Hall of Fame.

Keywords

Maude AbbottMcGill UniversityWilliam Osler
Type
Hall of Fame
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , April 2010 , pp. 124 - 132
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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