1. Daniel Hale Williams (1858-1931) African American surgeon and Professor

2. Surgeon Organized the first black hospital, Provident Hospital 1893- Performed first successful closure of a wound of the heart and pericardium President Cleveland appointed him surgeon in chief of Freedmen’s Hospital in Washington D.C

3. Professor Provided and organized a training school for African American nurses 1899-1931- Was a professor of clinical surgery at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN

4. Resources http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08523 25.html