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Notable Black Innovators: Vivien Thomas, medical scientist and creator of blue baby solution

Notable Black Innovators: Vivien Thomas Vivien Thomas was a pioneering black medical scientist and innovator. He was born in 1910 in New Iberia, Louisiana. Thomas initially aspired to become a doctor, enrolling at Tennessee State University to study pre-medicine. However, the Great Depression forced him to leave school. Despite this setback, his life's work would eventually outstrip what many with medical degrees achieved. In 1930, Thomas moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and took a job as a laboratory assistant to Dr. Alfred Blalock at Vanderbilt University. Though officially a lab assistant, Thomas quickly became an indispensable partner in Blalock's research, particularly in the study of shock and vascular surgery. Thomas's contributions were profound. He designed and conducted experiments that led to groundbreaking discoveries. His deft hands crafted intricate surgical tools from household items, demonstrating not just scientific acumen but also extraordinary ingenuity. This period of collaboration resulted in several key surgical techniques, including what would later evolve into the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt, a procedure to treat blue baby syndrome (tetralogy of Fallot), a congenital heart defect. Despite his critical role, Thomas's contributions were largely unrecognized due to racial barriers. But his skill in surgery was undeniable. When Blalock moved to Johns Hopkins University in 1941, Thomas followed, continuing their work and training surgeons in the new techniques he helped develop. The operation to correct blue baby syndrome, first performed in 1944, was a landmark event. Thomas was not allowed to attend the initial surgery due to segregation policies, but he trained the surgeon, Dr. Helen Taussig. His contributions were so integral that the procedure was eventually renamed to include his name. In 1976, Johns Hopkins awarded him an honorary doctorate and appointed him as a full faculty member. He passed away in 1985. #BlackScientist #InnovativeMind #ScienceTrailblazer #DiverseInnovation #STEMLeader #InnovativeScientist #DiversityInScience #TrailblazingScientist #ScientificInnovation #BlackExcellence #ScientificInnovation #STEMTrailblazer #Innovation #Computing #History #Pioneers #blackhistorymatters #inventions #inventor #innovation #engineering #Technology #STEM #Inspiration #techinnovation #InnovativeMind #PioneeringResearch #EmpoweredScientist #BreakingBarriers #FutureLeader #InspiringChange #InnovativeResearcher #BlackInnovation #SciencePioneer #techinnovation #africanamerican #africa #blackinventors