Michael Ellis DeBakey was an American general and cardiovascular surgeon, scientist and medical educator who became Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President, and Chancellor of Baylor College of Medicine at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. His career spanned nearly eight decades.
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DeBakey performed a coronary bypass using the saphenous vein in 1964, the same year Soviet surgeon Vasilii Kolesov performed the first internal thoracic artery bypass; Argentine surgeon Rene Favaloro standardized and popularized the saphenous vein technique later in the decade.
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Michael Ellis DeBakey was an American general and cardiovascular surgeon, scientist and medical educator who became Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President, and Chancellor of Baylor College of Medicine at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. His career spanned nearly eight decades.
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Born: 1908-09-07
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Born: 1908-09-07
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Died: 2008-07-11
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Died: 2008-07-11
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What leadership roles did Michael DeBakey hold at Baylor College of Medicine?
He became Chairman of Surgery, President and Chancellor.
Michael DeBakey was an American general and cardiovascular surgeon, scientist and medical educator. At Baylor College of Medicine at the Texas Medical Center in Houston he became Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President, and Chancellor. His career spanned nearly eight decades.
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