Michael Elias DeBakey
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About
Scientist, innovator, and medical educator who became the world's most famous Lebanese-American cardiac surgeon.
Before Fame
He graduated from Tulane University for both undergraduate and medical school.
Trivia
He was the Senior Attending Surgeon of The Methodist Hospital in Houston, and the Chancellor Emeritus of Baylor College of Medicine.
Family Life
He lost his wife, Diana Cooper, to a heart attack in 1972.
Associated With
He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Richard Nixon.
