He has been called the greatest surgeon of the 20th century.
Debakey Fellow in the History of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health..
He has been a Scholar-in-Residence at the Ohio State University Medical Heritage Center and a Michael E.
His books have been published in several languages and editions.
Miller, MD, is an author and vascular surgeon who lives in Columbus, Ohio.
About the Author Craig A.
Debakey is the first to tell the remarkable story of a driven genius who led a scientific and therapeutic revolution in all its dramatic depth.
Buoyed by unique access to primary resources, A Time for All Things: The Life of Michael E.
Yet DeBakey\'s own family paid a tremendous cost for his commitment to his fellow man.
An advisor to Presidents, a health care statesman, and a physician to royalty and commoner alike, he helped build Houston\'s Texas Medical Center into a jewel of the medical world.
Debakey led a Life of high drama, from the streets of Jazz Age New Orleans and the operating theaters of pre-war Europe, to the battlefields of World War II and the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina.
His contributions to our understanding and treatment of cardiovascular disease, in particular, were innumerable and epoch-making.
The son of Lebanese immigrants, Michael Debakey rose from humble beginnings in a backwater Louisiana town to dominate the landscape of modern medicine.
He has been called the greatest surgeon of the 20th century
