Thomas Starzl, first to perform liver transplant, dies at 90
American physician and researcher Thomas Starzl, who performed the world's first human liver transplant in 1963, passed away at the age of 90 at his home on Saturday. He also performed world's first successful liver transplant in 1967. Starzl, often referred to as "the father of modern transplantation", also performed the world's first simultaneous heart and liver transplant in 1984.