Donald Ross (surgeon), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDonald Ross (surgeon)
British surgeon
Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1922
Place of Birth: Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
Date of Death: 07-Jul-2014
Profession: physician, surgeon
Nationality: South Africa
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Donald Ross (surgeon)
- Donald Nixon Ross, FRCS (4 October 1922 – 7 July 2014) was a South African-born British thoracic surgeon who was a pioneer of cardiac surgery and led the team that carried out the first heart transplantation in the United Kingdom in 1968.
- More significantly, he developed the pulmonary autograft, known as the Ross procedure, for treatment of aortic valve disease.
- Ross was born in Kimberley, South Africa, on 4 October 1922.
- He died in London on 7 July 2014.
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