In a tribute that mixed praise and personal anecdotes, pioneering heart surgeon Michael DeBakey was remembered at a memorial service Wednesday as not only a brilliant physician and medical innovator ...

Having saved countless thousands of lives through his many innovations in surgical techniques and medical technology, Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey's pioneering aneurysm treatment was used to save the ...

Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, has died. He was 99.

HOUSTON During the two-hour service at a Catholic church in Houston, friends and colleagues detailed DeBakey's rise to becoming the father of modern heart surgery, calling him one of the greatest ...

Although it may seem hard to believe today, there was a time when Houston was known less as an international health care hub than a backwater with a problem-plagued medical school. And then from ...

Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, died Friday night at The ...

HOUSTON Dr. DeBakey is a true American hero and he's receiving a send-off worthy of his remarkable contributions to the world. The arrival of the coffin containing the body of Dr. DeBakey was filled ...

Old quotes resurrected this week tell an unsettling story of Michael DeBakey’s time as a surgeon trainee in Germany: One of the most admired doctors in history apparently performed forced ...

New York, NY - The New York Times has today run a long article on the reconciliation of cardiac surgeons Drs Michael DeBakey and Denton Cooley [1]. The two surgeons, who had been colleagues and ...