Economic impact
Founded Provident Hospital in 1891, the nation's first Black-owned and interracially staffed hospital. Performed one of the first successful open-heart surgeries in 1893 and established a nurse training school for Black women.
Xcelerator · Person
Daniel Hale Williams
Surgeon & Founder of Provident Hospital
Healthcare & Medical Education
Signal
- Region
- Chicago
- Industry
- Healthcare & Medical Education
- Source file
- profiles/chicago_profiles.md:93
- Status
- published