Alfred Blalock Facts

Alfred Blalock was a American surgeon most noted for his research on the medical condition of shock as well as Tetralogy of Fallot— commonly known as Blue baby syndrome.

source

At the age of 14, Alfred Blalock entered as a senior at Georgia Military Academy, a preparatory school for the University of Georgia.

source

Alfred Blalock worked at both Vanderbilt University and the Johns Hopkins University, where he studied both as an undergraduate and worked as chief of surgery.

source

Alfred Blalock is known as a medical pioneer who won various awards, including Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award.

source

After graduating with an A.B. in 1918 at the age of 19, Alfred Blalock entered the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

source

Alfred Blalock earned his medical degree at Johns Hopkins in 1922, hoping to gain appointment to a surgical residency at Johns Hopkins due to his admiration of William S. Halsted.

source

Alfred Blalock discovered that surgical shock resulted from the loss of blood, which led him to encourage the use of blood plasma or whole blood products to prevent.

source

In 1941 Alfred Blalock was asked to return to the Johns Hopkins hospital to work as chief of surgery, professor, and director of the department of surgery of the medical school.

source

By the 1950s, Alfred Blalock had performed over 1,000 surgeries to correct congenital heart defects.

source

Alfred Blalock retired from Hopkins in 1964 due to health problems. His retirement was just two and a half months before his death.

source

Alfred Blalock was honored with the Baltimore "Man of the Year" award in 1948.

source

Alfred Blalock also belonged to 43 medical societies in the United States and other countries.

source

Alfred Blalock published more than 200 articles along with a book titled Principles of Surgery, Shock and Other Problems.

source