Working at the Houston cardiology center he founded, Dr. Cooley, in 1969, implanted the first totally artificial heart. His mentor and partner, the renowned surgeon Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, felt ...

HOUSTON – Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, has died. He ...

Dr. Michael E. DeBakey is a Houston medical institution recognized throughout the world. The famed Houston heart surgeon, once called the "maestro" by the Duke of Windsor, has served as medical ...

HOUSTON – Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, died Friday ...

HOUSTON Dr. DeBakey is a true American hero and he's receiving a send-off worthy of his remarkable contributions to the world. The arrival of the coffin containing the body of Dr. DeBakey was filled ...

The father of modern heart surgery, Louisiana native Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, died last night in Houston. He was 99. The New York Times has a full obituary of the Lake Charles native and Tulane ...

Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, whose innovative heart and blood vessel operations made him one of the most influential doctors in the United States, died Friday night in Houston, where he lived. He was 99.

LITTLE ROCK — Dr. Frederick Meadors heard horror stories about Dr. Michael DeBakey when he first went to Baylor College of Medicine as a young medical intern in 1983. DeBakey, then the college's ...

HOUSTON — The world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, Dr. Michael DeBakey, has died. He ...

Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, a Louisiana-born, Tulane-trained surgeon whose ceaseless research and demanding nature allowed him to transform a major branch of modern medicine, died Friday in Houston. He ...

Michael DeBakey joined Ira Flatow on Talk of the Nation in 2003 to discuss his life in medicine. Michael DeBakey was a pioneer of the bypass surgery, the heart pump and other life-saving innovations ...