What is Daniel Hale Williams?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Dr. Daniel Hale Williams | image = Daniel Hale Williams.jpg | image_size = 180px | birth_date = {{birth date|1856<!-- please do not change this date, see below on discussion about date -->|1|18|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania]], [[United States|USA]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1931|8|4|1856|1|18|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Idlewild, Michigan]], [[United States|USA]] | field = [[Cardiology]] | alma_mater = [[Feinberg School of Medicine|Chicago Medical College]] | workplaces = [[Provident Hospital (Chicago)|Provident Hospital]]<br>[[Meharry Medical College]]<br>[[Freedman's Hospital]]<br>[[Rush University Medical Center|St. Lukes Hospital]]<br>[[Cook County Hospital]] | known_for = }} '''Daniel Hale Williams''' (January 18, 1856 – August 4, 1931) was an African-American [[surgeon]]. In 1893, he became the first surgeon to [[wikt:perform|perform]] a [[cardiac surgery]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Weisse|first=Allen B.|date=2011|title=Cardiac Surgery|journal=Texas Heart Institute Journal|volume=38|issue=5|pages=486–490|issn=0730-2347|pmc=3231540|pmid=22163121}}</ref> ==Early life == Daniel Hale Williams III was born on January 18, 1856, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, to Sarah Price Williams and Daniel Hale Williams II, who was a barber. The couple had several children. Williams III started as a shoemaker apprentice. Later he worked with the Equal Rights League, which was a black civil rights organization active during the Reconstruction era. He went to Chicago Medical college. ==Public life== In 1891, Williams opened Provident Hospital and Training School for Nurses. It was the first hospital with an interracial staff. In 1893, Williams was the first surgeon to perform open-heart surgery in the United States. The following year, he became chief surgeon at Freedmen's Hospital. ==References== {{reflist}} {{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | title = Daniel Hale Williams | website = | publisher = Biography.com | date