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Person · 1856–1931

Daniel Hale Williams

The surgeon who performed one of the first successful heart surgeries and founded an interracial hospital.

A pioneer of [[black-science]].

In 1893 Daniel Hale Williams repaired a stab victim's heart sac at Chicago's Provident Hospital, which he founded to train Black doctors and nurses.

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  1. July 9, 1893
    Daniel Hale Williams Performs First Successful Open-Heart Surgery

    Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a Black surgeon in Chicago, performed what is widely recognized as the first successful open-heart surgery on July 9, 1893, repairing a stab wound to the pericardium of James Cornish, who survived. Williams had founded Provident Hospital in Chicago in 1891, the first interracial hospital in the US and the first to have a Black nursing training program.

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    Black Americans in Medicine

    Surgeon who performed one of the first successful open-heart surgeries (1893) and founded Provident Hospital in Chicago, the first Black-owned hospital in the US.