The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990
Awarded on: 1990-10-08
"for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease"
Affiliations:
- Brigham and Women's Hospital – Boston, MA, USA
Joseph E. Murray
Born: 1919-04-01 in Milford, MA, USA
Gender: male
Field: American plastic surgeon (1919–2012)
Biography
Joseph Edward Murray was an American plastic surgeon who is known as the "father of transplantation" for major milestones in the field of transplantation, including performing the first successful human kidney transplant, defining brain death, organizing the first international conference on human kidney transplants, and founding the National Kidney Registry, the forerunner of the current United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS). As of 2013, more than one million patients were estimated to have benefitted from organ transplantation around the world.