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Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine
Extracted from the Wikipedia article DuSable High School.
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Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine High School (DHW) is a public 4–year career academyhigh school and academic center. The academic center serves 9th through 12th grade students. The school opened in September 2005 as a part of the Chicago Public Schools' Renaissance 2010 program. The school is named for Daniel Hale Williams, an African-American doctor who performed the first successful open heart surgery. Helping minority students get into medical school and become future members of the medical field is central to DHW's mission and vision. The school celebrated its first graduating class in 2011.