In a tribute that mixed praise and personal anecdotes, pioneering heart surgeon Michael DeBakey was remembered at a memorial service Wednesday as not only a brilliant physician and medical innovator ...

Having saved countless thousands of lives through his many innovations in surgical techniques and medical technology, Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey's pioneering aneurysm treatment was used to save the ...

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 was 99.

HOUSTON During the two-hour service at a Catholic church in Houston, friends and colleagues detailed DeBakey's rise to becoming the father of modern heart surgery, calling him one of the greatest ...

Although it may seem hard to believe today, there was a time when Houston was known less as an international health care hub than a backwater with a problem-plagued medical school. And then from ...

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 night at The ...

Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., born Sept. 7, 1908, in Lake Charles, La., was the first of five children of Lebanese immigrants Shaker Morris and Raheehja DeBakey. Valedictorian of his high school class, he ...

Old quotes resurrected this week tell an unsettling story of Michael DeBakey’s time as a surgeon trainee in Germany: One of the most admired doctors in history apparently performed forced ...

Michael DeBakey performed his last operation aged 90 and continued to travel the world giving lectures until he was well into his 10th decade Credit: Photo: AP Michael DeBakey, who died on Friday aged ...