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P.S. 307 Daniel Hale Williams
ROBERTA DAVENPORT, PRINCIPAL
209 YORK STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11201Phone: 718-834-4748
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PS 307 is proud to be named after Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, the first surgeon to perform a fully successful open heart surgery. Towards the end of the 19th Century, Dr. Williams was appointed Surgeon-in-Chief of a Washington DC hospital, founded a nursing school for African American women and taught clinical surgery. He is also remembered as a co-founder of the National Medical Association for Black Doctors and a charter member of the American College of Surgeons. Photograph courtesy of Northwestern University Archives.