Who preformed the first kidney transplant?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

"Joeseph E. Murray and his colleagues at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston performed the first truly successful kidney transplant from one twin to another. This was done without any immunosuppressive medication."

Answer 3

The first heart transplant was performed in December 1967, on Louis Washkansky by surgeon Dr. Christian Barnard, at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Capetown, South Africa.

Answer 4

The first organ transplant took place on the 17th June 1950 at the Little Company of Mary Hospital Chicago America.

The organ was a kidney taken from a woman who had died from liver disease.

The kidney was transplanted into a 49 year old called Ruth Tucker who was suffering from poly-cystic kidneys.

Answer 5

The first kidney transplant in the United Kingdom did not occur until 1960, when Michael Woodruff performed one between identical twins.

Answer 6

Three surgeons performed the first kidney transplant. Joseph E Murray, John Hartwell Harrison, and nephrologist John P. Merrill, performed the first successful kidney transplant.

Answer 7

The first heart transplant took place in South Africa

Answer 8

loyola university, illnois, chicago, 1950 (: