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Joseph Edward Murray (April 1, 1919 – November 26, 2012) was an American plastic surgeon who performed the first successful human kidney transplant on identical twins Richard and Ronald Herrick on December 23, 1954.
Joseph E. Murray (born April 1, 1919, Milford, Massachusetts, U.S.—died November 26, 2012, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American surgeon who in 1990 was co-winner (with E. Donnall Thomas) of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work in lifesaving organ- and tissue-transplant techniques. Murray received a bachelor of arts degree ...
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Nov 28, 2012 · Dr. Joseph Murray was a Harvard Medical School professor who performed the first kidney transplant in 1954. He overcame many challenges and failures to save lives and change the field of medicine.
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Nov 28, 2012 · Nov. 27, 2012. Dr. Joseph E. Murray, who opened a new era of medicine with the first successful human organ transplant, died on Monday in Boston. He was 93. He died at Brigham and Women’s...
American physician Joseph Edward Murray received the 1990 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his work on organ transplantation. He performed the first human kidney transplantation on December 23, 1954, in Boston, Mass. The transplantation occurred between identical twins.
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A tribute to the Nobel laureate and pioneer of organ transplantation, who passed away in 2012. Learn about his life, career, achievements, and legacy in plastic surgery and medicine.
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Nov 27, 2012 · Dr Joseph Murray, who won the Nobel prize for his pioneering work in human organ transplants, has died aged 93. It was in December 1954 that Dr Murray successfully transplanted a kidney between...
