Daniel Hale Williams (January 18, 1856 [a] – August 4, 1931) was an American surgeon and hospital founder. He founded Provident Hospital in 1891, which was the first non-segregated hospital in the United States. He is known for being the first to perform a successful heart surgery.

Feb 8, 2024 · Daniel Hale Williams was one of the first physicians to perform open-heart surgery in the United States and founded a hospital with an interracial staff.

Daniel Hale Williams (born January 18, 1858, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died August 4, 1931, Idlewild, Michigan) was an American physician and founder of Provident Hospital in Chicago, credited with the first successful heart surgery.

Feb 16, 2022 · Dr. Daniel Hale Williams accomplished many "firsts" as a Black physician in the late 1800s, including one of the first open-heart surgeries in the world.

The son of a barber, Daniel Hale Williams founded the first black-owned hospital in America, and performed the world's first successful heart surgery, in 1893. Williams was born in 1858 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, the fifth of seven children.

Daniel Hale Williams was among the first doctors in the United States to successfully perform open heart surgery! Not only was he a pioneer of medicine, and a skilled surgeon – he opened a racially-integrated hospital and improved existing hospitals' quality of care.

The JHS GTEC Scholars Program is named after Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (1858-1931) who was: The first African American cardiologist who performed the first successful open-heart surgery; Founded the first interracial hospital, Provident Hospital and Training School; Created two hospital-based training programs for nursing

Jan 17, 2007 · Daniel Hale Williams III was a pioneering surgeon best known for performing in 1893 one of the world’s first successful open heart surgeries. Williams was born on January 18, 1856, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania to Sarah Price Williams and Daniel Hale Williams II.

Feb 11, 2025 · Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (1856–1931) was a groundbreaking African American surgeon who performed one of the first successful open-heart surgeries in 1893—without modern tools like X-rays, antibiotics, or anesthesia!

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931) was the founder of the Provident Hospital. He worked tirelessly to create educational opportunities for black medical scholars, which transformed the national medical landscape.