Many know the story of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, an African-American cardiologist who became the first surgeon to perform a successful open-heart procedure in the United States. However, the story of ...

The Daniel Hale Williams Medical Reading Club in Washington, D.C., commemorates his achievements. James McCune Smith was the first African American to earn a medical degree and practice medicine ...

Daniel Hale Williams (18 January 1856 – 4 August 1931) was an American surgeon. He was the first African-American cardiologist, and is sometimes attributed with performing the first successful ...