The conference was proud to have as a participant South African surgeon Professor Christian Barnard, the first doctor in the world to perform a heart transplant in 1967. On disembarking from the plane at the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport with his wife Barbara, he remarked that he had heard the ROC's clinical medicine was very advanced, and was therefore happy to be able to attend the conference.
第一位從事心臟移植手術的「南非國寶」巴納德醫師偕夫人芭芭拉，在到達桃園中正機場時說，這是他第一次來華，但他很早就聽說，自由中國台灣臨床醫學方面很進步，一直想來參觀訪問。這次能來此參與這個盛會，並提供他個人有關心臟外科方面的經驗，感到很高興。