The American surgeons had said they thought their operations were the first to take a heart from a live person and give it to someone else.

During the visit, he met many of the leading American surgeons, an experience that increased his own desire to continue his work and research.

Despite the interest abroad, most American surgeons express mild skepticism.

By 1980, over 4,000 American surgeons had performed the operation.

I became very close to this American surgeon.

He was the first American surgeon to amputate an arm at the shoulder successfully.

American and Canadian surgeons are expected to perform an estimated 2,000 liver transplants this year.

But American surgeons have lost some of their initial enthusiasm for the operation.

American surgeons perform coronary bypass surgery at six times the rate of their British colleagues.

In 1969, a leading American surgeon claimed that for the majority of people, the use of tobacco has a beneficial effect.