Christiaan Barnard
8 November 1922 – 2 September 2001
Christiaan Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant in 1967. His achievement brought worldwide attention to transplant surgery and made him an international celebrity.
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Life events
Christiaan Neethling Barnard was born in Beaufort West, South Africa.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe earned his medical degree at the University of Cape Town.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe trained in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Minnesota, where he was introduced to open-heart techniques.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe returned to South Africa and became head of cardiothoracic surgery at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant on patient Louis Washkansky.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe performed a second heart transplant on patient Philip Blaiberg, who survived for over 18 months.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe retired from active surgery as rheumatoid arthritis in his hands made operating impossible.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died from an asthma attack while on holiday in Paphos, Cyprus, at the age of 78.
Source: en.wikipedia.org