Until the early 1980s liver transplants were considered experimental surgeries. As their success rate mounted, liver transplants became mainstream.
And one of the most prominent practitioners of that specialty is Haitian-born Dr. Rose-Marie Toussaint.
As a young girl she was told by a priest that she would someday become a doctor, and she took that prophecy seriously, And aimed her life in that direction when her family moved to Florida in 1970 when she was still a teenager.
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Toussaint was inspired during her medical school education to become a transplant specialist, after witnessing what she said appeared to be the miraculous recovery of transplant patients.
Dr. Toussaint was the first black female liver transplant surgeon. She also established the National Transplant Foundation.
In 1998 Dr. Toussaint wrote a memoir called Never Question the Miracle, Documenting her rise from poverty to prominence.
So here now from 1998 Dr, Rose-Marie Toussaint.
Dr, Rose-Marie Toussaint lives and practices in Florida.