Search results
Jul 12, 2008 · Michael DeBakey was a pioneer of the bypass surgery, the heart pump and other life-saving innovations in health. He died Friday at the age of 99. Debakey's friend and colleague, Valentine...
Jul 12, 2008 · Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, has died. He was...
Jul 13, 2008 · July 13, 2008. Dr. Michael DeBakey, whose innovative heart and blood vessel operations made him one of the most influential doctors in America, died Friday night in Houston, where he lived. He...
Jul 11, 2008 · Michael DeBakey was Chairman of the President’s Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke (1964) during the administration of President Lyndon Johnson. Both President Johnson and his successor, President Richard Nixon, also turned to Dr. DeBakey for advice on their personal health issues.
Jul 14, 2008 · Transcript. Michael DeBakey, the prolific and influential heart surgeon who performed the first successful bypass operation, died July 11 in Houston at age 99. DeBakey's colleague and former ...
American surgeon Michael Ellis DeBakey was a legendary physician, educator, and medical statesman. During a career spanning 75 years, his work transformed cardiovascular surgery, raised medical education standards, and influenced national health care policy.
Dr Michael Ellis DeBakey—surgeon, scientist, and teacher—died suddenly at home on July 11, 2008, at the age of 99 years—2 months before his 100th birthday. Dr DeBakey, Chancellor Emeritus of Baylor College of Medicine, was a preeminent and predominant force in the development of the field of cardiovascular surgery in the twentieth century.
