Awards & Winners

Michael E. DeBakey

Date of Birth 07-September-1908
Place of Birth Lake Charles
(United States of America, Louisiana, Calcasieu Parish)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Michael DeBakey, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey
Profession Physician, Surgeon
Michael Ellis DeBakey was a world-renowned American cardiac surgeon, innovator, scientist, medical educator, and international medical statesman. DeBakey was the chancellor emeritus of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, director of The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, and senior attending surgeon of The Methodist Hospital in Houston.

Awards by Michael E. DeBakey

Check all the awards nominated and won by Michael E. DeBakey.

1987


National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences
(For his pioneering medical innovations throughout his medical career and his unique ability to bring his vast professional knowledge to bear on public policy as a national and international medical statesman.)

1963


Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
(For his brilliant leadership and professional accomplishments, which were responsible in a large measure for inaugurating a new era in cardiovascular surgery.)