Samuel L. Kountz

Surgeon, Academic

1930 – 1981

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Who was Samuel L. Kountz?

Dr. Samuel L. Kountz 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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Born
Oct 20, 1930
Lexa
Also known as
  • Samuel Kountz
Religion
  • Baptists
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
  • Stanford University
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • University of Arkansas
Died
Dec 23, 1981

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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