[DOC] [TLE] First human heart transplant - Dec 03, 1967 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On December 3, 1967, 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky receives the first human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. [DOC] [TLE] Christiaan Barnard - Wikipedia [PAR] 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. ... In 1951, he returned to Cape Town where he 
worked at the City Hospital as a Senior Resident Medical Officer, and in the 
Department of... [DOC] [TLE] Heart transplantation - Wikipedia [PAR] A heart transplant, or a cardiac transplant, is a surgical transplant procedure 
performed on ... Barnard performed the first transplant on Louis Washkansky on 
December 3, 1967, at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. .... 
Doctors typically prefer that patients leave the hospital 12 weeks after surgery,... [DOC] [TLE] The first human heart transplant and further advances in cardiac ... [PAR] On the night of 2/3 December 1967, Barnard performed the world's first ... Within 
48 hours the world's press had descended on Cape Town and Barnard had ... 
Blaiberg did well and was the first heart transplant patient to leave hospital. .... 
nasty, perhaps reflecting the fact that in South Africa a doctor's authority was still... [DOC] [TLE] Dec. 3, 1967: Patient Dies, but First Heart Transplant a Success ... [PAR] Dec 3, 2007 ... Dec. 3, 1967: Patient Dies, but First Heart Transplant a Success. Surgeon ... The 
transplant, performed at Cape Town's Groote Schuur Hospital, was a success. ... 
Oct. 16, 1987: First Successful Newborn Organ Transplant. [DOC] [TLE] World|Christiaan Barnard, 78, Surgeon For First Heart Transplant, Dies [PAR] Sep 3, 2001 ... Dr Christiaan N Barnard, South African surgeon who performed world's first ... 
who performed the world's first human heart transplant in 1967, died yesterday in 
Cyprus. ... Dr. Barnard's first heart transplant patient, Louis Washkansky, lived ... 
from an accident victim at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. [DOC] [TLE] Dr Chris Barnard performs the world's first human heart transplant ... [PAR] On 3 December 1967, South African doctor, Dr Christiaan (Chris) Barnard, ... 
world's first human to human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape 
Town. ... brother Marius), were well equipped to perform the nine hour long 
operation. [DOC] [TLE] A Brief History of Heart Transplantation | Columbia University ... [PAR] In 1967, Michael DeBakey, MD, implanted a artificial left ventricle device of his 
design ... of another by a South African surgeon named Dr. Christiaan Barnard in 
Cape Town. In early December, Dr. Barnard's surgical team removed the heart of 
a ... In 1984, the world's first successful pediatric heart transplant was performed 
at... [DOC] [TLE] America's First Human Heart Transplantation - Stanford University [PAR] ... of those groups. Word that Christiaan Barnard had performed the world's first ... 
tion in a human infant and the first human heart transplantation in the United ... 
That week in December, 1967, news of the Cape Town ... *The hospital was 
known as Maimonides Hospital until 1967, when ... In 1964, Dr. James Hardy 
trans-. [DOC] [TLE] Heart Transplants - Dr C.N. Barnard - To Heart Transplant and Beyond [PAR] Sep 2, 2001 ... It was done at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town on Louis Washkansky, an ill 
... In 1967 he led the surgical team that performed the first... [DOC] [TLE] Chris Barnard Performs World's First Heart Transplant | Western ... [PAR] Mar 15, 2014 ... Groote Schuur Hospital was placed centre stage in the world's spotlight ... 
performed the first human heart transplant on the third of December 1967. ... and 
decided on leaving school to study medicine at the University of Cape Town. ... in 
1958 to start the first heart unit to perform a cardiac bypass operation. [DOC] [TLE] The story of heart transplantation: From cape town to cape comorin ... [PAR] Oct 7, 2016 ... ... on December 6, 1967 and Norman Shumway

Question: In December 1967 the first successful heart transplant was performed by this doctor at a Cape Town hospital
Answer: Dr. Christiaan Barnard