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Thomas Baffes

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Thomas G. Baffes (April 3, 1923 – June 15, 1997) was an American surgeon and attorney noted for developing a surgical procedure to repair a heart defect known as transposition of the great vessels, which often caused "blue baby" deaths. [1]

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  1. 17 relations: Blue baby syndrome, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, DePaul University College of Law, Doctor of Medicine, Greeks, Lawyer, Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New Orleans, Surgeon, Surgery, Transposition of the great vessels, Tripoli, Greece, Tulane University School of Medicine, United States, Vascular surgery.

Blue baby syndrome

Blue baby syndrome can refer to conditions that cause cyanosis, or blueness of the skin, in babies as a result of low oxygen levels in the blood.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Cook County, Illinois

Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California.

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DePaul University College of Law

DePaul University College of Law is the law school of DePaul University, a private Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin Medicinae Doctor) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions.

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Greeks

The Greeks or Hellenes (Έλληνες, Éllines) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world..

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Lawyer

A lawyer is a person who practices law.

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Medicine

Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health.

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Mount Sinai Medical Center

Mount Sinai Hospital, formerly at times known as Mount Sinai Medical Center, is a 319-bed major urban hospital in Chicago, Illinois, with its main campus located adjacent to Douglass Park at 15th Street and California Avenue on the city's West Side.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or the Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a medical doctor who performs surgery.

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Surgery

Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (i.e., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass), to reconstruct or improve aesthetics and appearance (cosmetic surgery), or to remove unwanted tissues (body fat, glands, scars or skin tags) or foreign bodies.

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Transposition of the great vessels

Transposition of the great vessels (TGV) is a group of congenital heart defects involving an abnormal spatial arrangement of any of the great vessels: superior and/or inferior venae cavae, pulmonary artery, pulmonary veins, and aorta.

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Tripoli, Greece

Tripoli (Τρίπολη, Trípoli, Katharevousa Τρίπολις, Trípolis) is a city in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece.

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Tulane University School of Medicine

The Tulane University School of Medicine is the medical school of Tulane University, a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Vascular surgery

Vascular surgery is a surgical subspecialty in which vascular diseases involving the arteries, veins, or lymphatic vessels, are managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter procedures and surgical reconstruction.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Baffes

Also known as Baffes, Thomas.