Dr. Christiaan Barnard's—and the world's—first patient to receive a transplanted human heart, Louis Washkansky, ... 1968, was carrying on most of his normal activities, ...

Christiaan Barnard, who has died aged 78, performed the world's first successful heart transplant, ... As he grew older, he became obsessed with the idea of prolonging youthful activities.

Dr. Christiaan Barnard, the South African cardiologist who performed the world's first heart transplant but whose surgical successes were ultimately overshadowed by his playboy celebrity, died ...

On Monday, I was world renowned." That's how Dr. Christiaan Barnard recalled events in December of 1967, when he became the first surgeon to perform a heart transplant on a human being. Barnard was ...

From his hospital ward, Washkansky's daily activities and emotions were reported in minute detail. That he sat up, spoke, smiled, and had a boiled egg for breakfast, all made front-page news.

In 2017 a plain opposite Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital in Cape Town was renamed Hamilton Naki Square. The Gift of Life by Mel Stein (Double A Publishing, £8.99) is out now. Related articles ...

While names like Alfred Blalock and Christiaan Barnard dominate medical history, the Black pioneers who made their work possible were often left uncredited. This video tells the stories of Vivien ...

Charismatic and controversial, surgeon Christiaan Barnard pioneered human heart transplants - and faced a barrage of criticism.

Christiaan Barnard 1922 - "On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned." That's how Dr. Christiaan Barnard recalled events in December of 1967 ...