Question

select the independent clause. the hospital recently hired a brilliant surgeon whose cardiology research has revolutionized heart transplant procedures.

Explanation:

An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and can stand alone as a sentence. In the given sentence, "The hospital recently hired a brilliant surgeon" has a subject ("The hospital") and a verb ("hired") and can function as a complete sentence. The part "whose cardiology research has revolutionized heart transplant procedures" is a dependent clause (relative clause) that modifies "surgeon".

Answer:

The hospital recently hired a brilliant surgeon