African American Fact: Dr. Daniel Hale Williams one of the first physicians to perform open-heart surgery - Northdallasgazette

NorthdallasgazetteAfrican American Fact: Dr. Daniel Hale Williams one of the first physicians to perform open-heart surgeryNorthdallasgazetteIn 1895, he co-founded the National Medical Association, a professional organization for Black medical practitioners, as an alternative to the American Medical Association, which didn't allow Black membership. Dr. Williams left Freedmen's Hospital in 1898.