Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

Daniel Hale Williams, MD (1858-1931)

The first African American to be inducted into the American College of Surgeons. Also:

• Considered the first African American cardiologist
• Opened the United States' first interracial hospital, which was Black-owned, and trained African American interns and nurses
• Performed a successful pericardium repair—the first documented human open heart surgery (1893)
• Co-organized the National Medical Association for black professionals, who were not allowed in the American Medical Association

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