Dr. Christiaan Neethling Barnard, a South African doctor working out of a little-known hospital who became an international hero by performing the first successful human heart transplant, died Sunday.

"On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned." That's how Dr. Christiaan Barnard recalled events in December of 1967, when he became the first ...

FRANKFURT — Heart-transplant surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard, who readily admits he became a doctor "to make money," Thursday repeated his statement that he is contented in South Africa and has "no ...

English led the country's first successful heart transplant in 1979 at Royal Papworth Hospital, he passed away at the age of 93 in November ...