Kidney transplantation is a boon to the patients with end stage renal disorders. Although kidney transplantation surgeries were one of the first organ transplantation efforts, it took years to fine tune the procedure and Dr. Joseph Edward Murray was the first surgeon to successfully transplant kidney between live patients that prevented the host rejection. This article takes you on the historic journeys of the architect of successful human kidney transplantation. Dr. Joseph Edward Murray was an American plastic surgeon (born on April 1, 1919, in Massachusetts, USA). A star athlete in school, Dr.
Murray graduated from College of The Holy Cross in humanities in 1940. Later he attended Harvard Medical School for a medical degree and began an internship at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Dr. Murray began his career to serve the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army. Further, he became a renowned…
