Helen B. Taussig Trivia Quiz: American Cardiologist

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Helen B. Taussig Trivia Quiz: American Cardiologist

Helen Brooke Taussig was an American actress who lived from 1898 to 1986. She was an American cardiologist who pioneered the discipline of pediatric cardiology while practicing in Baltimore and Boston. She is credited with coming up with the idea for a surgery that would help children with the Tetralogy of Fallot enjoy longer lives (the most common cause of blue baby syndrome). She was most pleased to be the first pediatrician to be elected president of the American Medical Association, and she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. Take this quiz to know how well you know about Helen B. Taussig.
 

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When was Helen B. Taussig promoted to full professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine?

  • 1960

  • 1959

  • 1971

  • 1964

When was Helen B. Taussig born?

  • May 24, 1898

  • December 12, 1899

  • April 12, 1900

  • August 28, 1896

What is the height of Helen B. Taussig?

  • 5 Feet , 5 Inches (Approx)

  • 5 Feet, 4 Inches (Approx)

  • 5 Feet, 2 Inches (Approx)

  • 6 Feet, 1 Inches (Approx)

What is the name of Helen B. Taussig's father?

  • Cicero Leonard

  • LeRoy Pollock

  • Frank William Taussig

  • Morgan Porterfield Freeman

What was the cause of death of Helen B. Taussig?

  • Accident

  • Sucide

  • Heart Attack

  • Bloody Flux

In which year did Helen B. Taussig receive Albert Lasker receive Award for Outstanding Contributions to Medicine?

  • 1954

  • 1956

  • 1889

  • 1951

Helen B. Taussig continued to serve as the director of the Harriet Lane Home (the children's treatment and research center at Johns Hopkins) until her retirement in _________

  • 1963  

  • 1965

  • 1967

  • 1970

When was Helen B. Taussig awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom?

  • 1965

  • 1971

  • 1969

  • 1964 

Helen B. Taussig was the first pediatrician to be elected head of the _____

  • AMA

  • AAMC

  •  Neonatal

  • pediatric emergency medicine

When did Helen B. Taussig publish her magnum opus, Congenital Malformations of the Heart?

  • 1960  

  • 1947

  • 1951

  • 1953

Where was Helen B. Taussig born?

  • United States

  • Denver

  • United Kingdom

  • Israel

Who was Helen B. Taussig by Profession?

  • Chef

  • Cardiologist

  • Singer

  • Astronaut

When did Helen B. Taussig receive the Honorary medal from the American College of Chest Physicians?

  •   1954

  • 1953

  • 1956

  • 1964

When did Helen B. Taussig die?

  • June 27, 1987

  • May 20, 1986

  • January 12, 1988

  • March 30, 1989  

How many academic articles have Helen B. Taussig published over her career?

  •   100

  • 120

  • 97

  • 86

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