Just One More | Vivien Thomas: Remembering a Pioneering …

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Despite his lack of formal education, Thomas served as supervisor of surgical laboratories at Johns Hopkins for 35 years. Thomas was awarded an honorary doctorate by Johns Hopkins School of Medicine for his many contributions in 1976 and named an …

Vivien Thomas Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life, …

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Vivien Thomas was an African-American lab supervisor who developed a procedure to treat blue baby syndrome. Blue baby syndrome is a condition wherein newborn babies have bluishness in their bodies owing …

Vivien Thomas - Wikipedia

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The Remarkable Story of Vivien Thomas, the Black Man

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Vivien Thomas was 19, a carpenter's apprentice, when he took a temporary job as a lab assistant to Dr. Alfred Blalock. The …

Vivien Thomas | University of Maryland Medical System

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Vivien Thomas Thomas is best known for his role in developing a groundbreaking surgical technique to correct a potentially fatal birth defect known as Tetralogy of Fallot, that resulted in oxygen-poor blood leaving the heart, which is also known as blue baby syndrome.

At the Beginning: The Groundbreaking Story of Vivien Thomas

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Thomas became a carpenter to earn money but driving nails could not replace his dream of becoming a doctor. In 1930, to get closer to the world of medicine, Thomas applied for and was hired as the laboratory assistant to Blalock, a young Hopkins graduate who was then doing his residency at Vanderbilt University Hospital.

Vivien Thomas Biography | Morehouse School of Medicine - MSM

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The life of Vivien Thomas is an inspiring story of an African-American pioneer who overcame the barriers imposed by a segregated society. With no formal medical training, he developed techniques and tools that would lead to today's modern heart surgery.

Vivien Thomas, the Carpenter Turned Surgical Tech Who …

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Vivien Thomas was the first African American without a doctorate degree to perform open heart surgery on a white patient in the United States. Vivien Thomas in an oil portrait by Bob Gee. There is an excellent television film based on his life entitled Something The Lord Made .

Vivien Thomas: Surgical Pioneer. A man who revolutionized …

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Vivien Thomas: Surgical Pioneer A man who revolutionized surgery — with no education beyond high school and in the face of outrageous racism 6–20–17, Adil (written 7–5–17) Vivien Theodore...

Something the Lord Made (TV Movie 2004) - IMDb

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POPULARITY 3,522 340 Biography Drama A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas. Director Joseph Sargent Writers Peter Silverman Robert …