Tag: African medical pioneers
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Prof. Patrick Mokhobo, southern Africa’s first Black cardiologist, receives an honorary doctorate from Wits University for his decades of medical leadership and service.
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Dr. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the first Black surgeon to perform a heart transplant, pioneered Ghana’s National Cardiothoracic Centre and continues to inspire African healthcare.
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