Dr Christian Barnard performed the world's first human heart transplant operation on 3 December 1967. The patient, Louis Washkansky lived for eighteen days after the operation. This is regarded as the first 'success', but future transplant patients lived on for considerably longer.
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The first successful heart transplant surgeon.
dr.k.m cherian
I believe it was Dr. KM Cherian.
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(internal abdominal examination) live-donor nephrectomy(removal of kidney) 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)
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)
Kidney and Heart Kidney and Heart
No, Jose Rizal was not the first surgeon to perform a human heart transplant. The first successful human heart transplant was performed by South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard in 1967. Rizal was a Filipino nationalist and writer, not a surgeon.
The reason Cristiaan Barnard is famous is because he was the first person to perform a heart transplant.
Does it look like Cheryl Cole has had a boob transplant.
The then South Africa dwelling surgeon devised and performed the first successful 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.