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I believe it was Dr. KM Cherian.

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Q: Who performed India's first successful heart transplant?
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First succesfull Kidney Transplant?

The first successful kidney transplant was performed to the Herrick twins in 1954.


When was Canada's first successful kidney transplant between identical twins performed?

Canada's first successful kidney transplant between identical twins was in 1958.


When was the first kidney transplant carried out worldwide?

Joseph Murray performed the first successful transplant, a kidney transplant between identical twins, in 1954, successful because no immunosuppression was necessary in genetically identical twins.


Where and by whom the first successful heart transplant was performed in India?

dr.k.m cherian


Who performed the first successful lung transplant?

The first lung transplant was attempted by Dr. Hardy at the University of Mississippi in 1964. This was not a successful procedure. The first long-term success with single lung transplantation was performed by the team at the University of Toronto Thoracic Surgery Group in Toronto, Canada (at the Toronto General Hospital) in 1983. The Toronto group also performed the first successful double lung transplant in 1986. Prior to that, the Stanford University group performed the first successful heart-lung transplant.


What year was the first bone marrow transplant performed?

1968 at the University of Minnesota by Robert A. Good


When was Canada's first successful kidney transplant between people who are not identical twins performed?

in 1958


When was the earliest organ donation recorded?

Transplant timeline : http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/events/in-or-out/transplant-timeline.aspx


What is DrChristiaan Bernard known for?

The then South Africa dwelling surgeon devised and performed the first successful heart transplant.


Transplants between 1800 and 1950 were not very successful Developments in 1954 resulted in an important breakthrough in transplant techniques What is this development in 1954?

Joseph Murray performed the first successful transplant, a kidney transplant between identical twins, in 1954, successful because no immunosuppression was necessary in genetically identical twins.


In what year was the first heart transplant?

The first organ transplant occurred in 1954, when Ronald Lee Herrick donated one of his kidneys to his brother, Richard. The surgery was led by Dr. Joseph Murray, who later won a Nobel prize for developing the surgical technique regarding kidney transplants. The surgery took place in Boston, Massachusetts.


Which organs and tissues have been succesfully transplanted since 1950?

1954: First successful kidney transplant by Joseph Murray (Boston, U.S.A.) 1966: First successful pancreas transplant by Richard Lillehei and William Kelly (Minnesota, U.S.A.) 1967: First successful liver transplant by Thomas Starzl (Denver, U.S.A.) 1967: First successful heart transplant by Christiaan Barnard (Cape Town, South Africa) 1970: First successful monkey head transplant by Robert White (Cleveland, U.S.A.) 1981: First successful heart/lung transplant by Bruce Reitz (Stanford, U.S.A.) 1983: First successful lung lobe transplant by Joel Cooper (Toronto, Canada) 1986: First successful double-lung transplant (Ann Harrison) by Joel Cooper (Toronto, Canada) 1987: First successful whole lung transplant by Joel Cooper (St. Louis, U.S.A.) 1995: First successful laparoscopic live-donor nephrectomy by Lloyd Ratner and Louis Kavoussi (Baltimore, U.S.A.) 1998: First successful live-donor partial pancreas transplant by David Sutherland (Minnesota, U.S.A.) 1998: First successful hand transplant (France) 2005: First successful partial face transplant (France) 2006: First successful penis transplant (China)