
James E. Clyburn @RepJamesClyburn
Dr. C. Walton Lillehei is often referred to as the "father of open-heart surgery" for the pioneering work he did in the 1950s. However, it was an African American, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, who performed the first successful open-heart surgery in 1893. #CriticalRaceFacts https://t.co/2NYdp6hIyU — PolitiTweet.org