Michael E. DeBakey
7 September 1908 – 11 July 2008
Michael E. DeBakey was an American cardiovascular surgeon and medical educator who spent most of his career at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He devised the roller pump used in heart-lung machines, carried out early carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass operations, and in 1966 implanted a left ventricular assist device. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 and died in 2008 at the age of 99.
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Life events
He was the eldest child of Lebanese immigrants Shaker and Raheeja DeBakey.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe device later became a component of the heart-lung machine used in open-heart surgery.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe completed his surgical training at Tulane and in Strasbourg and Heidelberg.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis wartime work contributed to the creation of mobile army surgical hospitals.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe became chairman of the department of surgery and built the school into a centre for cardiovascular surgery.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe operation removed plaque from the carotid artery to prevent stroke.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe partial artificial heart supported a patient's circulation until the heart recovered.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe later received the National Medal of Science and, in 2008, the Congressional Gold Medal.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died two months before his hundredth birthday, two years after undergoing repair of his own aortic dissection.
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