of Fame 1976: Awarded the Milton S. Eisenhower Medal for Distinguished Service by Johns Hopkins 1982: Elizabeth Blackwell Medal awarded by the American Medical Women's Association 2005: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine named one of its four colleges in her honor, as well as the Helen B. Taussig Congenital Heart Disease Center 2018: The Helen B. Taussig Research Award began to be given out to postdoctoral fellows holding appointments in the Basic Sciences and clinical Departments at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Throughout her career, Taussig earned more than 20 honorary degrees. Taussig was a member of several professional societies during her career. She was a member of the American Pediatric Society, the Society for Pediatric Research, and the American College of Physicians. Film portrayals In the 2004 HBO movie Something the Lord Made about the life of Vivien Thomas, Dr. Taussig was portrayed by Mary Stuart Masterson. The movie was nominated for many awards and won several. References Further reading 1898 births 1986 deaths American pediatric cardiologists Johns Hopkins Hospital physicians Harvard Medical School alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Johns Hopkins University alumni Boston University alumni 20th-century American women physicians 20th-century American physicians Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Road incident deaths in Massachusetts People from Cambridge, Massachusetts American people with disabilities Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery Recipients of the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients People from Cotuit, Massachusetts Fellows of the American College of Cardiology American deaf people 20th-century American people Members of the American Philosophical Society Scientists with dyslexia