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.

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 ...

In 1893, Daniel Hale Williams became the first African American on record to perform pericardium successfully (open heart) surgery to repair a knife wound on a young black man, ...

As part of Black History Month, 6 News is celebrating the life of an African-American man from Blair County who changed medicine forever. In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the first ...

At the intersection of 29th and Dearborn, down by [Daniel Hale] Williams Park in the Douglas community area, stood the Provident Hospital and Training School Association. There, pioneering African ...

Often we are negligent and prone to take things for granted — two of which are the ability to attend schools and exceptional health care. That n ...

Chicago doctor Dr Daniel Williams’ first heart surgery patient lived another 20 years. CHICAGO surgeon Daniel Hale Williams stitched up a heart tear to save stab victim James Cornish 125 years ago.

I’m thankful to his doctors who caught it, to the surgeon who did such a beautiful job, to the nurses who helped him get back on his feet – and to Daniel Hale Williams, the cardiologist who ...

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

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 ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - As we mark Black History Month, and Heart Month, we honor Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Williams was one of the first physicians to perform open-heart surgery in the United States ...

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was a trailblazer and example for Black and all doctors. ... and Williams became known as one of the first doctors in the world to perform a successful open-heart surgery.