Which surgeon performed the first heart transplant?
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Which surgeon performed the first heart transplant?
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The first heart transplant using a human heart was performed by Christiaan Barnard, a heart surgeon in Cape Town, South Africa, on December 3, 1967. He was followed by Norman Shumway in the United States a few months later.