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Christiaan Barnard performed first heart transplant

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He performed the operation here at Groote Schuur Hospital on December 3, 1967 on Louis Washkansky.  

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Christiaan Barnard

Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November 1922 – 2 September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant.

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