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Daniel Hale Williams (January 18, 1856 [a] – August 4, 1931) was an American surgeon and hospital founder. An African American, he founded Provident Hospital in 1891, which was the first non-segregated hospital in the United States. Provident also had an associated nursing school for African Americans.
Feb 16, 2022 · Dr. Daniel Hale Williams accomplished many "firsts" as a Black physician in the late 1800s, including one of the first open-heart surgeries in the world.
Jul 31, 2024 · Daniel Hale Williams (born January 18, 1858, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died August 4, 1931, Idlewild, Michigan) was an American physician and founder of Provident Hospital in Chicago, credited with the first successful heart surgery.
The son of a barber, Daniel Hale Williams founded the first black-owned hospital in America, and performed the world's first successful heart surgery, in 1893. Williams was born in 1858 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, the fifth of seven children.
The first African American cardiologist who performed the first successful open-heart surgery. Founded the first interracial hospital, Provident Hospital and Training School. Created two hospital-based training programs for nursing. Co-founded the National Medical Association.
Oct 24, 2020 · American physician Daniel Hale Williams (Jan. 18, 1856–Aug. 4, 1931), a pioneer in the field of medicine, was the first Black doctor to perform successful open heart surgery. Dr. Williams also founded Chicago's Provident Hospital and co-founded the National Medical Association.
Jan 17, 2007 · Daniel Hale Williams III was a pioneering surgeon best known for performing in 1893 one of the world’s first successful open heart surgeries. Williams was born on January 18, 1856, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania to Sarah Price Williams and Daniel Hale Williams II.
May 8, 2018 · Daniel Hale Williams was a pioneering heart surgeon at a time when technological discoveries were revolutionizing the practice of medicine. In 1893, he became the first physician to successfully perform open heart surgery by entering the chest cavity of a stabbing victim and repairing the heart sac.
Daniel Hale Williams was known for being the first American to perform a successful open-heart surgery, and the first African American to do so. He also founded the first hospital with an interracial staff.
Feb 16, 2022 · Without antibiotics, adequate anesthesia or many of the tools used in modern-day heart surgery, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams cut a small hole into Cornish's chest using a scalpel. He then repaired...
