1. Daniel Hale Williams & Provident Hospital

2. Daniel Hale Williams

3. 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

4. Appointed chief surgeon at Freedmen’s Hospital 1894
Visiting clinical professor at Meharry
Founded Provident Hospital

5. First non-segregated hospital in the United States
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 as Provident Hospital of Cook County
Few hospitals were open for black patients

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