Social : Joined group 1951 (Four years with the USAF Medical Corp)
Social : End a program of study 1956 (Received his Ph.D)
Work : Begin Major Project December 1959 (Performed his first heart transplant in a dog) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Work : New Job 1964 (Head of cardiovascular surgery, Stanford Med. School)
American heart surgeon and a pioneer in heart transplant surgery. His original goal was to be an engineer until he served in the U.S. Army in WW II and the USAF Medical corp. 1951-1953. He earned his Ph.D. in 1956 and was head of the cardiovascular surgery division of Stanfords Medical School 1964-1974. In December 1959 he transferred the heart from one dog to another, and continued to perfect the technique from 1960-1967, transferring over 200 hearts in dogs. The first successful human heart transplant was performed by Dr. Christian Barnard on 12/03/1967. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
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