Dr. Thomas Starzl –
Surgeon, author, mad scientist.
March 11, 1926 – March 4, 2017.
Aged 90 years.
Most recognized for: Regarded as “the father of modern transplantation,” he performed the first human liver transplant in 1963… and then the first successful human liver transplant in 1967. 4 years of practice makes perfect, apparently.
