Dr Vivien Thomas

Welcome to #LisaDurden’s #BlackHistoryMonthMoment; Dr. Vivien Theodore Thomas, born August 29, 1910, was an African-American surgical technician who developed the procedures used to treat #BlueBabySyndrome, (now known as #CyanoticHeartDisease) in the 1940s, but of course he never got credit for it then. A white doctor named Dr. Alfred Blalock, took the credit for it, who he assisted at the experimental animal laboratory at #VanderbiltUniversity in Nashville, TN, then later at #JohnsHopkinsUniversity in Baltimore, MD. However, in 1976, #JohnsHopkinsUniversity finally #PutSomeRespecOnIt and awarded #DrVivienThomas with his honorary doctorate degree and he served as supervisor of the surgical laboratories there for 35 years. #ClapForThat!! He passed away on November 26, 1985.

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