Richard C. Lillehei, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRichard C. Lillehei
American surgeon
Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1927
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Date of Death: 01-Apr-1981
Profession: surgeon
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Richard C. Lillehei
- Richard C.
- Lillehei (died 1 April 1981) was an American transplant surgeon best remembered for the world's first successful simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant in 1966 (sometimes quoted as 1967) and the first known human intestinal transplantation. He came from a renowned medical family in Minneapolis; his father was a dentist and his brothers were cardiologist James Lillehei and cardiothoracic surgeon C.
- Walton Lillehei.
- The Lillehei Surgical Society is named in honour of the three brothers.
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