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DeBakey, Michael Ellis was born on September 7, 1908 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. Son of Shaker Morris and Raheeja (Zorba) DeBakey.
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educator scientist cardiovascular surgeon
DeBakey, Michael Ellis was born on September 7, 1908 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. Son of Shaker Morris and Raheeja (Zorba) DeBakey.
Bachelor of Science, Tulane University, 1930; Doctor of Medicine, Tulane University, 1932; Master of Science, Tulane University, 1935; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Tulane University, 1965; Docteur Honoris Causa, U. Lyon, France, 1961; Docteur Honoris Causa, U. Brussels, 1962; Docteur Honoris Causa, U. Ghent, Belgium, 1964; Docteur Honoris Causa, U. Athens, 1964; DHC, U. Turin, Italy, 1965; DHC, U. Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1967; Doctor of Laws, Lafayette College, 1965; Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Aristotelean University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1972; Doctor of Science, Hahnemann Medical College, 1973; D honoris causa, U. Buenos Aires, 1982; Docteur honoris causa, U. Louis Pasteur, Paris, 1991; D Military Medicine & Surgery honoris causa, Uniformed Svc. U. Health Sciences, 1996; D Letters in Medicine (honorary), Baylor College Medicine, 1996; D (honorary), Russian Military Medical Academy, 1996; D in Medicine (honorary), Karolinska Institute, 1997; Doctor of Science (honorary), Pennsylvania State University, 1998.
Intern, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, 1932-1933;
assistant surgery, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, 1933-1935;
assistant surgery, U. Strasbourg, France, 1935-1936;
assistant surgery, U. Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany, 1936;
instructor surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1937-1940;
assistant professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1940-1946;
associate professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1946-1948;
professor, department chairman surgery, Baylor College Medicine, 1948-1993;
Distinguished service professor, Baylor College Medicine, since 1968;
vice president medical affairs, Baylor College Medicine, 1968-1969;
Chief Executive Officer, Baylor College Medicine, 1968-1969;
president, Baylor College Medicine, 1969-1979;
Olga Keith Wiess professor of surgery, Baylor College Medicine, since 1981;
chancellor, Baylor College Medicine, 1978-1996;
chancellor emeritus, Baylor College Medicine, since 1996;
president, The DeBakey Medical Foundation, since 1961;
director National Heart Blood Vessel Research Demonstration Center, Baylor College Medicine, Texas, 1975-1985;
director, DeBakey Heart Center, Baylor College Medicine, since 1985;
chancellor emeritus, Baylor College Medicine, since 1996. Surgeon-in-chief Ben Taub General Hospital, 1963-1993. Senior attending surgeon Methodist Hospital.
Clinical professor surgery University Texas Dental Branch, Houston. Consultant surgery Veterans Administration Hospital., St. Elizabeth's Hospital, University Texas, M.D. Anderson Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital, Texas Institute Rehabilitation and Research.Brooke General Hospital, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia. Member medical advising committee Office Secretary Defense, 1984-1950, Americans for Substance Abuse Prevention, 1984.
Member medical.adv. board International Brotherhood Teamsters, since 1985. Chairman of Commission surgery National Research Council, 1953, member Executive Committee 1953. Member committee medical services Hoover Commission.
Founding board dirs.Friends of National Library. of Medicine, since 1985, member board regents National Library. Medicine, 1956-1960, 94-98, chairman, 1959, 98. Past member of national advisory heart county National Institutes of Health.
Member National Advisory Health Council, 1961-1965, National Advisory Council Regional Medical Programs, since 1965, National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council, 1965, Program Planning Committee, Committee Training, National Heart Institute, since 1961. Member civilian health and medical advisory county Office Assistant Secretary Defense. Chairman President's Commission Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke, 1964.
Member of advisory county National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, 1982-1987. Member Texas Science and Technology Council, 1984-1986. Chairman Foundation biomedical Research, since 1988, Physiciansfor Health in the Middle East, since 1991.
Trustee, vice president Baylor Medical Foundation. Chairman, medical advisory board The DeBakey Heart Center Health Letter. Advisory board Family Circuit.
International science county Fondation Cardiologique Princesse Liliane. Advisory Dag Hammarskjöld Medical Science Prize Committee. Member board visitors Uniformed Superior vena cava syndrome U. Health Sciences, University of California-Davis School Medicine.
Member Baylor College Medical Board Trustees, 1996. Foreign Adjunct Professor Karolinska Institute, 1997.
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Member Texas Constitutional Revision Commission, 1973. Colonel Office Surgeon General, Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Now Colonel Reserve; consultant to Surgeon General, since 1946.
Distinguished member United States Army Medical Department Rgt., 1989. Fellow American College of Surgeons (Annual award Southwestern Pennsylvania chapter 1973), Institute of Medicine Chicago (honorary), Royal College Physicians and Surgeons of the United States (honorary, distinguished fellow 1992), American Institute Medical and Biological Engineering (founding fellow 1993), Biomaterials Science and Engineer, Society Biomaterials, American College Cardiology (honorary), American College Health Care Executives (honorary). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society Medicine, Halsted Society, American Heart Association, Southern Society Clinical Research, Southwestern Surgical Congress (president 1952), Society Vascular Surgery (president 1954), Society Vascular Surgical Lifeline Foundation (president 1989), American Medical Association (Distinguished Svc. award 1959, Hektoen Gold medal 1954, 70), American Surgical Association (Distinguished Svc. award 1981, president 1989), Southern Surgical Association (president 1989-1990, chairman county since 1995), Western Surgical Association, American Association Thoracic Surgery (president 1959), International Cardiovascular Society (president 1958, president North America chapter 1964), Association International Vascular Surgeons (president 1983), Mexico Academy Surgery (honorary), Society Clinical Surgery, National Acads.
Practice Medicine, International College Angiology (honorary fellow), Society University Surgeons, International Society Surgery, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Hellenic Surgical Society (honorary), Bio-medical Engineering Society (board directors 1968), Uniformed Svc. Alumni Association (life honorary), Houston Heart Association (member of advisory county 1968-1969), Society Nacional de Cirugia (honorary, Cuba), Japanese Association Thoracic Surgery (first foreign honorary member 1989), Medical library Association (honorary), Association Française de Chirurgie (honorary), University Club (Washington), Houston Club (honorary), Academy of Athens, Sigma Xi (William Procter prize for scientific achievement 1995), Michael E. DeBakey H.S. for Health Professions, 1996, Telemedicine 200 Center for Public Superior vena cava syndrome, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Diana Cooper, October 15, 1936. Children: Michael Maurice, Ernest Ochsner(deceased), Barry Edward, Denis Alton. Married Katrin Fehlhaber, July 1975.
1 child Olga Katarina.