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Clifton Briggs Leech: First Director of the Pediatric Cardiac Clinic at The Johns Hopkins Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

William N. Evans
William N. Evans*
Affiliation:
Children’s Heart Center, Las Vegas, Nevada Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
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Correspondence to: William N. Evans, MD, FACC. Children’s Heart Center, 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy, Ste. 690, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA. Tel: (702) 732-1290; Fax: (702) 732-1385; E-mail: WNevans50@aol.com
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Abstract

The history of Helen Taussig is well known. Contrary to popular belief, however, she was not the first director of the pediatric cardiology clinic at the Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children. She was second director, succeeding Clifton B. Leech. Edwards A. Park, Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins, appointed Leech the first director of the pediatric cardiac clinic in the fall of 1928. In this vignette, I summarize the contributions of Clifton Leech to the development of paediatric cardiology.

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Clifton LeechEdwards ParkMaude AbbottHelen Taussig

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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 2 - 9
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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