André Frédéric Cournand

André Frédéric Cournand, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1895-09-24 in Paris, France

Gender: male

Field: French-American physician and physiologist

Biography

André Frédéric Cournand was a French-American physician and physiologist.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956

Awarded on: 1956-10-18

"for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system"

Affiliations:

  • Columbia University Division, Cardio-Pulmonary Laboratory, Bellevue HospitalNew York, NY, USA