While famous surgeons like Alfred Blalock and Christiaan Barnard are widely celebrated, the brilliant Black minds who supported their breakthroughs were left in the shadows. Vivien Thomas and ...

By the late 1960s, they started to experiment with livers and pancreases, and in 1967, South African surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard of Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town performed the first heart ...

By the late 1960s, they started to experiment with livers and pancreases, and in 1967, South African surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard of Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town performed the first heart ...

WILLIMANTIC — Two seniors from Eastern Connecticut State University were named recipients of the 2025 Henry Barnard Distinguished Student award. The award is among the most prestigious ...

South Africa has been at the forefront of many industries, including globally renowned inventions used worldwide. For over 100 years, South Africa has punched above its weight in the global era ...

In recognition of her lifelong contributions to healthcare, Kok has received many accolades, including the lifetime achievement award from the FCPSA in 2016 and the Christiaan Barnard memorial ...

Dr. Christiaan Neethling Barnard, a South African doctor working out of a little-known hospital who became an international hero by performing the first successful human heart transplant, died Sunday.

Heart attacks are the number one cause of death in American men and women year after year, in spite of being preventable. Here’s what Christiaan Barnard—the South African heart surgeon who performed ...

The story of Keira and Max keeps spooling back: to the first human heart transplant in South Africa in 1967, performed by Christiaan Barnard; to the development of life-support machines in the 1950s.

Protection advisers were recognised for their contribution to the industry in the third annual Dr Marius Barnard Recognition Event. The awards, hosted by Scottish Widows, were held this week at ...