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Why was Vivien Thomas famous?
He was the first African American Heart sergeon.
Who was the first African American to performed the first open heart surgery?
Daniel Hale Williams
Who performed the first human heart transplant in the world in 1967?
Dr. Christiaan Barnard, a South African surgeon. The patient lived for 18 days before dying of pneumonia.
Was there an African-American awarded the Purple Heart in 1942?
There were numerous.
Who was the first African American to perform a successful operation on the human heart?
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.
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