Christiaan Barnard

1922 – 2001 Austria

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Who was Christiaan Barnard?

Cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human heart transplant on December 3, 1967, at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The patient survived 18 days, making Barnard internationally famous and advancing the field of organ transplantation.

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Christiaan Barnard (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Born

November 8, 1922

Died

2001

Nationality

Austria

Zodiac Sign

Scorpio

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