Dr. Michael DeBakey dead at 99 years old. A legend is gone.

#1 Postby **vbhoutex** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:18 pm

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

Probably the greatest surgeon there has ever been. May he RIP.

#2 Postby **DaylilyDawn** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:01 pm

It is thanks to his expertise that my son was able to have a kidney transplant. If he had not pioneered heart transplants, kidneys would not have been transplanted either.

andrewsmith1 · #3 Postby **andrewsmith1** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:54 pm

I did a research report on this man when I was in high school. I honestly can't think of any other single person who made a larger impact on medicine than this man. My wife is a doctor and she uses some of the things he invented on a nearly daily basis.

#4 Postby **george_r_1961** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:21 pm

I wonder how many people led normal productive lives that otherwise would have died if it werent for the efforts of this man.

#5 Postby **vbhoutex** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:53 pm

george_r_1961 wrote:I wonder how many people led normal productive lives that otherwise would have died if it werent for the efforts of this man.

Probably 10's of thousands.

Dr. Michael DeBakey dead at 99 years old. A legend is gone.

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