Michael E. DeBakey

Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. (September 7, 1908 – July 11, 2008) was a world-renowned American cardiac surgeon, innovator, medical educator, and international medical statesman. DeBakey was the chancellor emeritus of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and director of The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center and senior attending surgeon of The Methodist Hospital in Houston. Michael Ellis DeBakey was born as Michel Dabaghi in Lake Cha... more

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  • Sep 7, 1908

Date of death:

  • Jul 11, 2008 (age 99 years)

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Year Award Notes/Description
  • 1963
  • For his brilliant leadership and professional accomplishments, which were responsible in a large measure for inaugurating a new era in cardiovascular surgery.
  • 1987
  • For his pioneering medical innovations throughout his medical career and his unique ability to bring his vast professional knowledge to bear on public policy as a national and international medical statesman.
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