Many know the story of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, an African-American cardiologist who became the first surgeon to perform a successful open-heart procedure in the United States. However, the story ...

In 1893, a Black man named Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, affectionately known as “Dr. Dan” performed the first successful open heart surgery in America. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1856, the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - As we mark Black History Month, and Heart Month, we honor Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Williams was one of the first physicians to perform open-heart surgery in the United States.