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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1950s (72) 1956 (9) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1890s (65) 1895 (8) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) France (55) Paris (22) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1980s (66) 1988 (7) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) Massachusetts (29) Great Barrington (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) A (79) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) C (49) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name A-D (94) A (39) Andre (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 62 (32) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (70) Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners (69) Physicians (65) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) France (60) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Northeastern states (122) New York (49) New York (39) Columbia University (18) Bellevue Hospital (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) France (92) Paris (73) University of Paris (50) Alumni (42) North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) New York (216) New York City (168) Columbia University (96) Long-term academic staff (33) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Académie Nationale de Médecine (34) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (84) complete name: André Frédéric Cournand nobel prize: medicine award year: 1956 together with: Werner Forssmann together with: Dickinson W. Richards prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956 was awarded jointly to André Frédéric Cournand, Werner Forssmann and Dickinson W. Richards "for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Andre family name: Cournand occupation: physician occupation: psychologist occupation: physiologist field of work: medicine work location: Columbia University, West 116 St and Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, United States of America description: André Frédéric Cournand was a French physician and physiologist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 along with Werner Forssmann and Dickinson W. Richards for the development of cardiac catheterization. Born in Paris, Cournand emigrated to the United States in 1930 and, in 1941, became a naturalized citizen. For most of his career, Cournand was a professor at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and worked at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Many seats of medical research have recognized his work, and he has received the Anders Retzius Silver Medal of the Swedish Society for Internal Medicine (1946), the Lasker Award of the United States Public Health Association (1949), the John Philipps Memorial Award of the American College of Physicians (1952), the Gold Medal of the Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique and of the Académie Nationale de Médecine, Paris (1956). He was elected Doctor (honoris causa) of the Universities of Strasbourg (1957), Lyon (1958), Brussels (1959), Pisa (1961), and D.Sc. of the University of Birmingham (1961). His widow Beatrice died in 1993 aged 90. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1956/summary/> date birth: 1895 date death: 1988 usual name: André Cournand
