Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Michael E. DeBakey, M.D. is a pioneering cardiovascular surgeon and researcher. Michael Ellis DeBakey was born September 7, 1908 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He received his Bachelor's and M. D. degrees from Tulane University in New Orleans. In 1937, DeBakey joined the faculty of Tulane. He volunteered for military service during World War II, becoming the Director of the Surgical Consultants' Division in the United States Army Surgeon General's Office. In 1953, DeBakey performed the first successful endarterectomy. In 1966, DeBakey was the first to successfully implant an artificial heart. In 1969, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan awarded him the National Medal of Science. External link DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine Methodist DeBakey Heart Center This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.