Photo Gallery

“Dr. Joseph Murray was awarded the 1990 Nobel Prize in Medicine pioneering medical breakthroughs in transplantation.

He performed the first successful kidney transplant in 1954

between identical twins.”


Photos courtesy of "Surgery of the Soul," Science History Publications, Watson Publishing International, Sagamore, MA 02562.

Dr. Murray performed the first successful kidney transplant between identical twins Ronald and Richard Herrick.

Photos courtesy of "Surgery of the Soul," Science History Publications, Watson Publishing International, Sagamore, MA 02562.

“Edith Helm and her sister, Wanda Foster, were the first female identical twins to undergo a kidney transplant in 1956. Dr. Murray performed the transplant two years after the success of the first kidney transplant between the Herrick brothers.”

Photos courtesy of Edith Helm and Wanda Foster.

Larry Hagman and Klarissa Ramirez, kidney recipient

Photo courtesy of Eric Miller.

Dr. & Mrs. Murray and Tom Cornell, kidney recipient

Photo courtesy of Eric Miller.

Dr. Murray presents the gold, silver, and bronze to winning athletes at the U.S. Transplant Games.

Photos courtesy of Eric Miller.

Drs. Murray, Najarian, Salvatierra, Sollinger, Starzl and Sutherland were honored at a special commemorative event celebrating 50 years of transplantation at the U.S. Transplant Games on July 29, 2004.

Photos courtesy of Eric Miller.

Transplant pioneers and their patients, who gave thanks to their doctors at the U.S. Transplant Games.




Photos courtesy of Eric Miller.