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Joseph E. Murray is the only Plastic Surgeon to ever win a Nobel Prize. He and E. Donnall Thomas shared the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease. Dr. Murray was the first surgeon to successfully transplant a kidney, while Dr. Thomas performed the first successful bone marrow transplantation. Dr. Joseph E. Murray’s contribution has saved many lives. In the US alone, more than 42,800 organ transplants were performed in 2022, and total kidney transplants exceeded 25,000. Dr. Murray would be proud. Despite this trend, the number of organ donors has decreased for the twelfth year in a row. If you want to be a donor in California it is as simple as checking a box on your driver’s license renewal. https://www.sanfranciscoplasticsurgeryblog.com/plastic-surgery-nobel-prize-winner-joseph-e-murray #nobelprizewinner #nobelprize #nobellaureate #nobel #transplantsurgery #kidneytransplant #firtransplantsurgeon #firstkidneytransplant #nobelprizeinmedicine #prizewinner #drmele #PlasticSurgery #CosmeticSurgery #PlasticSurgeon #CosmeticSurgeon #CirugiaPlastica #CirujanoPlastico #SanFranciscoPlasticSurgery #SFBayArea #WalnutCreek