Michael Ellis DeBakey

American cardiac surgeon (1908-2008) · United States · On the map · Doctors · Died at 99

Michael Ellis DeBakey was an American general and cardiovascular surgeon, scientist and medical educator who became Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President, and Chancellor of Baylor College of Medicine at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. His career spanned nearly eight decades.

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2008Died11 July 20082003Lomonosov Gold MedalAward2001Mendel MedalAward1995William Procter Prize for Scientific AchievementAward1992Maxwell Finland AwardAward1991Honorary Doctor of Louis Pasteur UniversityAward1987National Medal of ScienceAward1974Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of SurgeonsAward1969Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1967Horatio Alger AwardAward1963Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research AwardAward1961Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of LyonAward1908Born7 September 1908