In 1893, a Black man named Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, affectionately known as “Dr. Dan” performed the first successful open heart surgery in America. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1856, the ...

Pioneering surgeon Daniel Hale Williams was born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, just before the Civil War. His mother, a mix of African American and Native American heritage, was the daughter of ...

Daniel Hale Williams was born on Jan. 18, 1858 in Hollidaysburg, Pa. He was the son of a barber/businessman and his mother was a cousin to Frederick Douglass. His family strongly advocated the ...

A grieving father says he wants to know what led to the death of his 22-year-old son on the day he was supposed to be released from an Alabama correctional facility.

The beautiful synergy of basking in my father-in-law’s recovery right now during Black History Month is that, in addition to Williams being the first person to do it, he was also the first Black ...

The legacy of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, one of the first doctors in the world to perform a successful open-heart surgery, lives on at Provident Hospital.

As part of Black History Month, 6 News is celebrating the life of an African-American man from Blair County who changed medicine forever. In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the first ...

The career and enrollment fair will take place on March 17 at 3:00 p.m. at Daniel Hale Williams Elementary School, 1320 E. 19th Ave.

SHREVEPORT, La. - As we mark Black History Month, and Heart Month, we honor Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. Williams was one of the first physicians to perform open-heart surgery in the United States ...

There, pioneering African-American physician Daniel Hale Williams both established the first integrated hospital and performed the first successful open-heart surgery.

A man from Rockford changed the health care system 123 years ago. Dr. Daniel Hale Williams founded the Provident Hospital and Training School Association on Jan. 23, 1891. The hospital and school… ...