G. Michael Deeb

G. Michael Deeb is a Lebanese-American cardiothoracic surgeon at the University of Michigan, where he holds the Herbert Sloan Collegiate Professorship of Surgery and directs the Multidisciplinary Aortic Clinic. Born in Pittsburgh in 1949, he took his bachelor's degree in 1971 and his medical degree in 1975 at the University of Pittsburgh and spent seven years as a surgical intern there in general and cardiothoracic surgery. In 1982 he became an assistant professor at Temple University Hospital and helped establish its thoracic surgery department, then moved to the University of Michigan in 1986, becoming full professor in 1996. At Michigan he has directed the heart and lung transplant and artificial devices program, directed adult cardiac surgery, and co-directed the Heart Care Program. He has published 143 articles in journals and books and lectures widely on valve implantation. He also led the team that operated on Ronald Winans, an episode he later said brought some spirituality to his practice.