Heart Surgeon Michael DeBakey Hand Signed TLS Dated 1980 JG Autographs COA

  

"Heart Surgeon" Michael DeBakey Signed TLS Dated 1980. This item is certified authentic by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. (born Michel Dabaghi ; September 7, 1908 - July 11, 2008) was a Lebanese-American. Scientist and medical educator who became the chancellor emeritus of. Director of the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center (formerly known as Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center), and senior attending surgeon at.

(formerly known as the Methodist Hospital) in Houston, with a career spanning 75 years. Born to Lebanese Christian immigrants, DeBakey was inspired to pursue a career in medicine by the physicians that he had met at his father's drug store, and he simultaneously learned sewing skills from his mother. For his premedical course and.

Tulane University School of Medicine. At Tulane, he developed a version of the. Which he initially used to.

Directly from person to person and which later became a component of the. Following early surgical training at.

DeBakey was encouraged to complete his surgical fellowships in Europe, before returning to Tulane University in 1937. (MASH) units and later helped establish the. DeBakey's surgical innovations included. (Dacron) grafts to replace or repair blood vessels and pioneered surgical repairs of. An operation he himself underwent at the age of 97.

DeBakey received a number of awards, including the. In addition, a number of institutions bear his name.