Robert Samuel Decosta Higgins

Robert Samuel Decosta Higgins is an American surgeon known for his expertise in heart–lung transplants. He is the William Stewart Halsted Professor of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,[1] and is the first African-American Director of the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins.[2][3]

References
  1. "Renowned Heart-Lung Transplant Expert Robert Higgins to Become Johns Hopkins' New Surgeon-in-Chief". Johns Hopkins University. April 6, 2015. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  2. "Profile: Robert S. D. Higgins, M.D." Johns Hopkins Medicine. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  3. Green, Jamie Johns Hopkins' first African-American department head is leading a charge of change, WMAR, Retrieved 7 November 2017


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