Our History
The school is named after Daniel Hale Williams, born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania on January 18, 1856. He was an American general surgeon who, in 1893, performed a successful pericardium surgery to repair a wound. He also founded Provident Hospital, the first non-segregated hospital in the United States with an interracial staff.
![Dr. Daniel Hale Williams](https://3.files.edl.io/3f6b/22/02/23/181629-37434a9c-d19d-468d-ba7e-9457d49e62e2.png)