DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS & PROVIDENT HOSPITAL

DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS

• Born January 18, 1858

• Graduated from Chicago Medical School in 1883

• Worked with the Equal Rights League

• First nationally renowned African American surgeon

• Performed first successful open heart surgery 1893 on James Cornish

• Appointed chief surgeon at Freedmen’s Hospital 1894

• Visiting clinical professor at Meharry

• Founded Provident Hospital

PROVIDENT HOSPITAL

• Founded in 1891 in Chicago

• First non-segregated hospital in the United States

• Was forced to close in 1987, but was reopened in 1993 as Provident Hospital of Cook County

REFERENCEShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provident_Hospital_(Chicago)

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/644334/Daniel-Hale-Williams

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hale_Williams

http://www.biography.com/people/daniel-hale-williams-9532269