http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5884576.html

We have lost one of the great pioneers in surgery.


-Mike

 

I read that earlier also....awesome guy and a founder of many great things.

 

Was he Dr. Silicone? If so then I am even more saddened.

 

RIP; im at methodist now doing clinicals.... if i ever needed anything to do with my <3 i would be at Methodist!!

 

I work at Methodist in the Operating room, only saw him once. He is very well known for pioneering many things in cardiology, not boobies!

 

Wow. A true legend in modern medicine.

 

RIP, he did my heart surgery in 1984. Was one of the first of my kind. Glad I had such a great surgeon. He will be missed.

Amber

 

1984? **** Amber I wasn't even born yet.

 

Was described as the best surgeon.....ever. Lived to be 99 years old and practiced well into his 90's. Amazing story.

 

Now I feel old. Thanks Ben

 

Nice writeup in the Sunday Chronicle on his career and the innovations that he came up with. He did my father's open heart surgery around 13 years ago !

 

Wow, there's a name I havn't heard in a while. I never met Dr. DeBakey that I can remember. I did know Dr. George Morris his side of the family. DeBakey along with the rest of these great surgeons wrote "the book" on cardiovascular surgery. We all owe alot to these men.

 

His name is all over the VA hospital.

 

^^^^^And rightfully so

..that place pisses me off...but that's an entirely different subject, and has nothing to do with him.

 

Pisses me off too! But its free...

 

At least your here to say that Amber apparently he did a good job