What is Helen B. Taussig?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Helen Brooke Taussig | image = | birth_date = {{birth date|1898|05|24}} | birth_place = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{death date and age |1986|5|20 |1898|5|24 |mf=yes}} | death_place = [[Kennett Square, Pennsylvania]] | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = [[United States]] | ethnicity = | field = [[Cardiology]] | work_institutions = | alma_mater = [[Johns Hopkins School of Medicine]] | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = Founding figure of paediatric [[cardiology]] <br> [[Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt]] <br> Role in banning of [[thalidomide]] | awards = [[E. Mead Johnson Award]] <small>(1947)</small><br>[[Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award]] <small>(1954)</small><br>[[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]<small>(1964)</small><br>[[Elizabeth Blackwell Award]] <small>(1970)</small><br>[[John Howland Award]] <small>(1971)</small> }} '''Helen Brooke Taussig''' (May 24, 1898 – May 20, 1986) was an American [[cardiologist]]. Her work focused on [[pediatric]] cardiology. She is known for creating the lifesaving surgery that would make children born with [[:en:Tetralogy_of_Fallot|Tetralogy of Fallot]] (the most common cause of [[blue baby syndrome]]) live longer. <ref>{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Moira Davison|title=American women scientists : 23 inspiring biographies, 1900-2000|date=2004|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=9780786421619|url=https://archive.org/details/americanwomensci00moir}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taussig, Helen}} [[Category:1898 births]] [[Category:1986 deaths]] [[Category:Road accident deaths in the United States]] [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:Cardiologists]] [[Category:Scientists from Massachusetts]] [[Category:People from Cambridge, Massachusetts]] [[Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients]] {{US-bio-stub}}