• Film & Video

    American Experience: Partners In The Heart

    American Experience: Partners In The Heart

    Salt Lake City Film Center

    October 4, 2008

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    In 1944, two men at Johns Hopkins University Hospital pioneered a groundbreaking procedure that would save thousands of so-called blue babies' lives. One of them, Alfred Blalock, was a prominent white surgeon. The other, Vivien Thomas, was an African American with a high school education. Partners of the Heart tells the inspiring, little-known story of their collaboration. Blalock recognized Thomas' talents when the younger man came inquiring after a hospital janitor's job. But though Blalock came to treat Thomas with tremendous respect in the lab, the two men were rarely treated as equals in the outside world. Over time, Thomas would go on to train two generations of the country's premier heart surgeons. In 1976, more than three decades after the first blue baby's life had been saved, Johns Hopkins finally formally recognized Thomas' extraordinary achievements, awarding him an honorary doctorate.

    • Ticket Info

      Tickets: Free Admission

    • Dates & Times

      Dates:
      October 4, 2008

      Times:
      Saturday 3:00pm

    • Venue Info

      Leonardo

      200 East 500 South Salt Lake City, UT 84111

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      Greater Salt Lake

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