Dr. Daniel Hale Williams founded Provident Hospital in Chicago, the first Black owned hospital in America with an interracial staff.
In 1893 he performed one of the first successful surgeries on the sac around the heart. He was the only Black charter member of the American College of Surgeons.
Key Facts
- Lived: 1856 to 1931
- Founded Provident Hospital in 1891
- Performed pioneering heart surgery in 1893
- Charter member of the American College of Surgeons, 1913
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