Margaret Allen
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This article is about the American surgeon. For the Australian historian, see Margaret Allen (historian). For people named Margaret Allan, see Margaret Allan.
Margaret Allen (born 1948) is an American cardiothoracic surgeon and an academic at the Benaroya Research Institute. She was the first woman to perform a heart transplant and is a former president of the United Network for Organ Sharing.
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Born | 1948 |
Alma mater | Swarthmore College, University of California, San Diego, Oakland Medical Center |
Occupation | Cardiothoracic surgeon |
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