In Chicago, Illinois, at Provident Hospital in 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed open heart surgery on a patient who had suffered multiple chest stab wounds. The innovative actions saved ...

Cornish was Black. He likely didn’t know that the hospital had been founded two years before as Provident Hospital and ...

The legacy of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, one of the first doctors in the world to perform a successful open-heart surgery, lives on at Provident Hospital.

In 1893, a Black man named Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, affectionately known as “Dr. Dan” performed the first successful open heart surgery in America. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1856, the ...

LIMA — In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams completed the first-ever successful heart surgery. Today, physicians around the world continue to make advancements that change the scope of healthcare ...

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 ...

There, pioneering African-American physician Daniel Hale Williams both established the first integrated hospital and performed the first successful open-heart surgery.

Pioneering surgeon Daniel Hale Williams was born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, just before the Civil War. His mother, a mix of African American and Native American heritage, was the daughter of ...

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 ...

As Dr. Daniel Hale Williams Middle School 180 celebrates its 50th anniversary, the release of “You-Topias” marks a significant achievement for the school community.

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.