Healers

Christiaan Barnard

Cardiac Surgeon

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Medicine Atlas. "Christiaan Barnard." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/christiaan-barnard.

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Medicine Atlas. (n.d.). Christiaan Barnard. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/christiaan-barnard

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@misc{medicineatlas-christiaan-barnard,
  author = {Medicine Atlas},
  title = {Christiaan Barnard},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://medicine.interactiveatlas.org/healers/christiaan-barnard},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Christiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation, on 3 December 1967, transplanting the heart of accident victim Denise Darvall into the chest of 54-year-old Louis Washkansky.

Facts

Birth Yearthe subject's own account

1922 1

Birth Datethe subject's own account

1922-11-08 1

Death Yearthe subject's own account

2001 1

Death Datethe subject's own account

2001-09-02 1

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1. Christiaan Barnard (Wikipedia)

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Christiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation. On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident victim Denise Darvall into the chest of 54-year-old Louis Washkansky.

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