Betsy Ross sewed liberty and a legendary doctor, Michael DeBakey, sewed life. (Please see "DR. MICHAEL DeBAKEY 1908-2008 / A heartfelt loss for Houston and medicine / Father of modern heart surgery ...

Working at the Houston cardiology center he founded, Dr. Cooley, in 1969, implanted the first totally artificial heart. His mentor and partner, the renowned surgeon Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, felt ...

Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, a Louisiana-born, Tulane-trained surgeon whose ceaseless research and demanding nature allowed him to transform a major branch of modern medicine, died Friday in Houston. He ...

HOUSTON — The world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, Dr. Michael DeBakey, has died. He ...

HOUSTON — When Dr. Michael E. DeBakey pushed forward with his groundbreaking research and maverick approach to medicine a half century ago, heart surgery was a medical marvel. Today, in part because ...

The father of modern heart surgery, Louisiana native Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, died last night in Houston. He was 99. The New York Times has a full obituary of the Lake Charles native and Tulane ...

HOUSTON DeBakey died Friday night at The Methodist Hospital in Houston from "natural causes," according to a statement issued early Saturday by Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital.

Baylor College of Medicine faculty are honored annually through the Michael E. DeBakey M.D. Award for Excellence in Research for their outstanding published scientific contributions to clinical and ...

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HOUSTON DeBakey died Friday night at The Methodist Hospital in Houston from "natural causes," according to a statement issued early Saturday by Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital.

The Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding in 1972. The first high school for health professions in the country, DeBakey High School ...