Joseph Murray Summary

Joseph E. Murray, a basic scientific researcher and clinician, pioneered renal (kidney) transplantation. Since his first successful kidney transplant in 1954, over a quarter of a million have taken pl... Read more

Joseph Edward Murray was born 1919 in Massachusetts, the son of William Andrew Murray and Mary DePasquale Murray. He earned an A.B. in 1940 from Holy Cross College and then went on to Harvard Universi... Read more

Born in Milford, Massachusetts, Joseph Murray (born 1919) was a pioneer in the field of organ transplantation and, in 1954, was the first to successfully transplant a human kidney. For his efforts he ... Read more