André Frédéric Cournand

André Frédéric Cournand
Born(1895-09-24)September 24, 1895
Paris, France
DiedFebruary 19, 1988(1988-02-19) (aged 92)
Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityFrance, United States
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Known forCardiac catheterization
AwardsAlbert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1949)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1956)
Scientific career
Fieldsphysiology
InstitutionsColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

André Frédéric Cournand (September 24, 1895 – February 19, 1988) was a French-American physician and physiologist.

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