Yurii Voronyi was a Ukrainian surgeon. He is known for having performed the first attempt to transplant an internal organ into a living person in 1933, although the recipient died soon after due to transplant rejection, and it took until Joseph E. Murray for a similar operation to be successful.
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About this person
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1895 to 1961 · aged 65
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