Texas heart surgeon Michael DeBakey to get Congressional Gold Medal today 8:23 AM CT
09:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
By BRENDAN McKENNA and TODD J. GILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News
bmckenna@dallasnews.com
tgillman@dallasnews.com
WASHINGTON — Renowned Texas heart surgeon Michael DeBakey will receive the nation’s highest civilian honor today.
Dr. DeBakey, who helped develop the Army’s Mobile Army Surgical Hospital systems and invented several cardio-vascular medical devices and surgical techniques, will receive the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol.
Expected to attend the ceremony: President Bush, Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Rep. Al Green, D-Houston, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. D-Nev., House Minority Leader John Boehner. R-Ohio, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., are all expected to honor Dr. DeBakey at the ceremony.
Dr. DeBakey, now 99 and chancellor emeritus at the Baylor College of Medicine, pioneered heart bypass surgery in 1964, a breakthrough that has saved countless lives, and helped create the nation’s veterans health system.
Ms. Hutchison, who led the years-long push to add Dr. DeBakey to an elite list that runs from George Washington to the Wright brothers, Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela, had high praise for the Texas doctor.
“Dr. DeBakey’s medical advances have contributed so much to our country and the world,” Ms. Hutchison said in a written statement. “It is a high honor, and one that is certainly well-deserved.”
Texas heart surgeon Michael DeBakey to get Congressional Gold Medal
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My own 2 cents, I am a grateful veteran for Dr DeBakeys work on heart surgery and due to several heart operations I am still alive and kicking, I SALUTE him on this past due honor, it should have been awarded to him decades ago, he has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, of veterans and civilains due to his pioneer work in this field.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Texas heart surgeon Michael DeBakey to get Congressional Gold Medal
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