| Thomas G. Baffes | |
| Birth Date: | 3 April 1923 |
| Birth Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Death Place: | Cook County, Illinois, USA |
| Nationality: | American |
| Known For: | Repair of transposition of the great vessels |
| Field: | Vascular surgery, Medicine |
| Work Institutions: | Mt. Sinai Hospital |
Thomas G. Baffes (April 3, 1923 – June 15, 1997) was an American surgeon and attorney noted for developing a surgical procedure to repair a heart defect known as transposition of the great vessels, which often caused "blue baby" deaths.[1] [2] [3]
Baffes was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Greek immigrant parents, Gustave "Gus" Baffes (1893-) (English attribution for the Greek name Konstantinos) and Tina (née Bores) (1905-). They came from Tripoli, Greece.[4] Thomas had one younger sister, Bessie and one younger brother, Christian.[5] He received his M.D. from Tulane University Medical School.[1]
Baffes was chairman of the surgery department at Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical Center in Chicago. He was also a partner in a Chicago law firm, Pierce Daley Baffes and O'Sullivan, and taught classes at DePaul University Law School.