In Chicago, Illinois, at Provident Hospital in 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed open heart surgery on a patient who had suffered multiple chest stab wounds. The innovative actions ...

He was one of just three practicing Black doctors in Chicago at the time. “I think that ultimately, Dr. Williams’ success and his recognition came not out of his race, but his accomplishments ...

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.

In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the first successful open-heart surgery in the world. He was born in Hollidaysburg in 1856. Hollidaysburg Mayor Joe Dodson says Dr. Williams followed ...

In 1893, a Black man named Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, affectionately known as “Dr. Dan” performed the first successful open heart surgery in America. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1856 ...

That was about to change. 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 ...