Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was the first African American heart surgeon.
He was the first African American Heart sergeon.
Daniel Hale Williams
Dr. Christiaan Barnard, a South African surgeon. The patient lived for 18 days before dying of pneumonia.
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The first successful open heart surgery was performed on July 9, 1893, when Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, an African-American, opened the chest of a man and repaired the pericardium (sac surrounding the heart) which had been damaged by a knife stabbing. The patient recovered after 51 days and lived for another 50 years.
The most famous heart surgeon is probably South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard who performed the first successful human heart transplant in December of 1967.
False. The first heart transplant was performed December 3, 1967, by South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard
He was the first African American Heart sergeon.
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On December 3, 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard conducted the first heart transplant on 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky.
On December 3, 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard conducted the first heart transplant on 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky
Daniel Hale Williams was an african-american inventor.He died in 1930.Daniel Hale Williams was the first doctor to perform open heart surgery in 1893. He also co-founded the National Association of Medicine.
South African born Christiaan Baarnard performed the worlds first successful heart transplant in Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
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