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  • Title: Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Alfred Blalock (1899-1964).
    Author: Beaty CA, George TJ, Conte JV.
    Journal: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 2012 Feb; 143(2):260-3. PubMed ID: 22248679.
    Abstract:
    Great men are not a common occurrence. Indeed, they are a rare find. Though respected and lauded in their time, it is only in retrospect that their true contributions can be adequately measured as a surgeon, an educator and a scientist. Such is the case of Dr. Alfred Blalock. Many have considered him the father of modern cardiac surgery. All consider his “blue baby” operation to be one of the landmarks of cardiac surgery and, as the chief of surgery at Johns Hopkins, he trained many who would become the leaders of our discipline. His continual reach for excellence helped him to not only affect, but revolutionize the paradigm of surgical research, an understanding of the physiology of shock and the surgical management of pulmonic stenosis/atresia. Dr. Blalock was the 30th president of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and his presidential address was given in 1951.
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