Michael Ellis DeBakey

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American cardiac surgeon (1908-2008)

United States DoctorsLived 1908 to 2008 · aged 99

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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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Tulane School of Medicine

University of Strasbourg

Colonel Michael DeBakey, Medical Corps, US Army, October 1945-February 1946

c. 2002

The Congressional Gold Medal awarded to DeBakey

DeBakey High School for Health Professions

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2003Lomonosov Gold Medal

2001Mendel Medal

1995William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement

1992Maxwell Finland Award

1991honorary doctor of Louis Pasteur University

1987National Medal of Science

1974honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons

1969Presidential Medal of Freedom

1967Horatio Alger Award

1963Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

1961doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon

Legionnaire of Legion of Merit

Library of Congress Living Legend

Congressional Gold Medal

Commander of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎

Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa

Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword

Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award

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Eduardo Frei Ruiz-TagleAlso won Commander of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎

Sophia de Mello Breyner AndresenAlso won Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword

Giulio NattaAlso won Lomonosov Gold Medal

Aaron T. BeckAlso won Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

Austen ChamberlainAlso won doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon

Peter AgreAlso won Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award

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