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Johns Hopkins University Peter C. Rowe is a physician and academic. A leading researcher in chronic fatigue syndrome , he is Professor of Pediatrics, Sunshine Natural Wellbeing Foundation Professor of Chronic Fatigue and Related Disorders, and Director of the Children's Center Chronic Fatigue Clinic at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine .
Helen Brooke Taussig (May 24, 1898 – May 20, 1986) was an American cardiologist, working in Baltimore and Boston, who founded the field of pediatric cardiology.She is credited with developing the concept for a procedure that would extend the lives of children born with Tetralogy of Fallot (the most common cause of blue baby syndrome).
The Johns Hopkins Alumni Association defines Johns Hopkins alumni as those individuals who have received a formal degree from Johns Hopkins, including Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate degrees. Certificate holders, CTY alumni , post-baccalaureate attendees, and Peabody Prep alumni are not considered alumni of the university by the Johns Hopkins ...
Mary Ellen Avery (May 6, 1927 – December 4, 2011), also known as Mel, was an American pediatrician. [1] In the 1950s, Avery's pioneering research efforts helped lead to the discovery of the main cause of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in premature babies: her identification of surfactant led to the development of replacement therapy for premature infants and has been credited with ...
Vivien Theodore Thomas (August 29, 1910 [1] – November 26, 1985) [2] was an American laboratory supervisor who, in the 1940s, played a major role in developing a procedure now called the Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt used to treat blue baby syndrome (now known as cyanotic heart disease) along with surgeon Alfred Blalock and cardiologist Helen B. Taussig. [3]
The syndrome was recognized and published in medical journal Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology in 2016. [3] In 2017, Johns Hopkins University named the syndrome as "Alwadei syndrome". [ citation needed ]
In 1955, Blalock became chairman of the medical board of Johns Hopkins Hospital and held that position until his retirement in 1964. Upon retirement, Blalock held the title of professor and surgeon-in-chief emeritus. [5] Blalock retired from Hopkins in 1964 due to health problems. His retirement was just two and a half months before his death.
He earned his BA from Syracuse University in 1957, his MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1961, and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1987. [ 5 ] During his medical studies at Johns Hopkins, Green met John Money , who was an assistant professor there, and started collaborating with him on research, initially on boys ...