What is Samuel L. Kountz?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Samuel L. Kountz |birth_date = October 20, 1930 |birth_place = [[Lexa, Arkansas|Lexa]], [[Arkansas]], [[United States]] |death_date = December 23, 1981 |death_place = Great Neck, N.Y. |residence = |citizenship = [[United States|American]] |nationality = |fields = Kidney Transplants |workplaces = Stanford University Medical Center, San Francisco General Hospital |alma_mater = [[Stanford University]], University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, [[University of Arkansas]] |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = Kidney Transplants, Kidney Research, discoveries, and inventions |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = Fulbright Award |signature = <!--(filename only)--> |footnotes = }} '''Doctor Samuel Lee Kountz, Jr.''' (October 30, 1930-December 23, 1981) was an [[Americans|American]] kidney transplant surgeon from [[Lexa, Arkansas|Lexa]], [[Arkansas]]. He was known for his work in the field of [[Kidney transplant|kidney transplants]], and in research, discoveries, and inventions in [[Renal medicine|Renal Science]]. In 1961, He performed the first successful Kidney transplant between humans who were not identical twins. He was also a member of a team of researchers at the [[University of California]], [[San Francisco]], who developed a device that can preserve kidneys for up to 50 hours from the time they are taken from a person's body. It is now used in hospitals and research labs around the world.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://med.stanford.edu/gensurg/education/kountz.html |title=- Stanford School of Medicine |access-date=2017-04-10 |archive-date=2017-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613124012/http://med.stanford.edu/gensurg/education/kountz.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2537148/ ''Journal of the National Medical Association'', September 1978.]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/24/obituaries/dr-samuel-kountz-51-dies-leader-i