Joseph Murray | |
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Born | Joseph Edward Murray April 1, 1919 Milford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | November 26, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 94)
Education | College of the Holy Cross (BA) Harvard University (MD) |
Known for | First successful organ transplant |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1990) Golden Plate Award (1991) Laetare Medal (2005) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, transplantation |
Institutions |
Joseph Edward Murray (April 1, 1919 – November 26, 2012) was an American plastic surgeon who performed the first successful human kidney transplant on identical twins Richard and Ronald Herrick on December 23, 1954.[1][2]
Murray shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 with E. Donnall Thomas for "their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease."[3][4][5]