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Christiaan Barnard
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Famous cardiac surgeon who progressed the entire field of medicine with his surgeries.
Before Fame
In 1945, he graduated from the University of Cape Town Medical School.
Trivia
- He completed the first successful human-to-human heart transplant in 1967.
Family Life
He married Aletta Geertuida Louq in 1948. The couple had a child two years later.
Associated With
Another famous cardiac surgeon was Michael Elias DeBakey.
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