Samuel L. Kountz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSamuel L. Kountz
American surgeon
Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1930
Place of Birth: Lexa, Arkansas, United States
Date of Death: 23-Dec-1981
Profession: surgeon
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Samuel L. Kountz
- Dr.
- Samuel Lee Kountz Jr.
- (October 30, 1930 – December 23, 1981) was an African-American kidney transplantation surgeon from Lexa, Arkansas.
- He was most distinguished for his pioneering work in the field of kidney transplantations, and in research, discoveries, and inventions in Renal Science.
- In 1961, while working at the Stanford University Medical Center, he performed the first successful Kidney transplant between humans who were not identical twins.
- Six years later, he and a team of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, developed the prototype for the Belzer kidney perfusion machine, a device that can preserve kidneys for up to 50 hours from the time they are taken from a donor's body.
- It is now standard equipment in hospitals and research laboratories around the world.
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