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I am deeply touched by the great honor that the American Pediatric Society has bestowed upon me, especially because so much that I have accomplished is thanks to Dr. Edwards A. Park, the first recipient of the Howland Award. In 1930, he put me in charge of the Cardiac Clinic of the Harriet Lane Home. When the fluoroscope was installed, he said to me, “Now you will learn congenital malformations of the heart.” When I expressed surprise, he replied, “It does not matter how you feel; you cannot possibly run a children's heart clinic and not learn congenital malformations.” Then he added, “When you do, it will be a great day.” That was in 1930.
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Helen B. Taussic, M.D., Johns Hopkins Hospital, G01 North Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205 (USA).
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Taussig, H. Acceptance of the Howland Award. Pediatr Res 5, 569 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197110000-00010
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