Samuel lee kountz jr biography

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Samuel L. Kountz

Samuel L. Kountz

BornOctober 20, 1930

Lexa, Arkansas, United States

DiedDecember 23, 1981

Great Neck, N.Y.

Alma materStanford University, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Known forKidney Transplantation, Pioneering Kidney Research, discoveries, and inventions
AwardsFulbright Award
Scientific career
FieldsKidney Transplantation
InstitutionsStanford University Medical Center, San Francisco General Hospital

Samuel Lee Kountz Jr. (October 30, 1930 – December 23, 1981) was an African-American kidney transplantationsurgeon 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 t Samuel L. Kountz - Wikipedia NAW