He was also the founder of the National Medical Association and the first African American member of the American College of Surgeons.
Daniel Hale Williams was an African American doctor who made history by performing the first open heart surgery in 1893. He was born in 1856 and had a net worth of $2.5 million. He was the surgeon-in-chief of Freedman's Hospital in Washington, D.C from 1893 to 1898 and was the founder of the National Medical Association and the first African American member of the American College of Surgeons.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $2.5 Million (2024)
About
African American doctor who performed the first open heart surgery in 1893. He was the surgeon-in-chief of Freedman's Hospital in Washington, D.C from 1893 to 1898.
Before Fame
He was the son of a free African American barber.
Trivia
He founded Provident Hospital, which was the first non-segregated hospital in the United States.
Family Life
He married Alice Johnson in 1898.
Associated With
He was the first African American cardiologist, while Jackie Robinson was the first African American MLB player of the current age.