The Wonder of Vivien Thomas - Bonus Episode

Thanks for listening to the 1st season of "The Wonder of", an original podcast series from Wondr Medical.

To mark the end of Black History Month, we wanted to talk about one of the unsung heroes of modern medicine...

An African-American laboratory technician and instructor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, who was instrumental in the development of the ‘Blalock-Taussig’ shunt, a procedure used to improve the survival of children with cyanotic congenital heart defects

This is "The Wonder of Vivien Thomas"

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This Podcast was inspired by Thomas Morris' book "The Matter of the Heart" - Available at all major retailers.

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