Michael E. DeBakey
Michael Ellis DeBakey Michael Ellis De Bakey respectively ( born September 7, 1908 in Lake Charles, Louisiana; † July 11, 2008 in Houston, Texas) was an American heart surgeon; he perfected include the heart -lung machine and was involved in the development of surgical procedures for the artificial heart. The spelling of his surname is not uniform even in the publications written by him, the institutions named after him, use the notation DeBakey.
Life
Michael Ellis DeBakey was (later anglicized the family name to DeBakey ) was born under the name Michel Dabaghi the son of Shaker and Raheeja Dabaghi . His parents were Lebanese Maronites, who had immigrated to the United States. He completed his medical training at Tulane University in New Orleans. In the Second World War DeBakey participated as a volunteer and became director of the Surgical Consultants ' Division of the United States Army. In his military service, he suggested, inter alia, for the establishment of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital ( MASH ), which later became known by the novel and film.
In 1969, DeBakey director of the Baylor College of Medicine, also in 1969, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1987, the National Medal of Science.
1996 DeBakey led the international surgical team that performed the bypass surgery of the then Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
In addition to a classification of aortic dissection developed by him hemostat and Coronarpinzette wear ( for bypass surgery), an artificial heart system for the left heart replacement ( in use at the Medical University of Vienna), the DeBakey High School for Health Professions and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Hospital of Texas Medical Center in Houston his name.
When artificial hearts 1969 Denton Cooley came to him with the first transplant before, which - as Cooley acted without consultation - led to a rupture of the two surgeons who had worked closely at Baylor College since the 1950s, and developed techniques for removal of aneurysms among others.
DeBakeys first wife Diana died in 1972, from this marriage produced sons Michael and Dennis, sons Ernest and Barry died before him. His second wife was the German actress Katrin Fehlhaber, with whom he had a daughter Olga - Katarina.
2008 Albert Lasker Award renowned for Clinical Medical Research, which he himself received in 1963, in his honor Lasker ~ DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award has been renamed.
Awards (selection)
Quotes
"Many Consider Michael E. DeBakey to be the greatest surgeon ever. "
" He Could be sweet as honey dripping When it came to patients and medical students, but could be brutal with surgical residents. I guess what he trying to make us tough. "