Title:

Michael DeBakey with his first wife, Diana, and friends in Boca Raton, Florida

Date:

December 1956

Description:

At this time (1956) Dr. DeBakey was establishing himself as a leading vascular surgeon, pioneering the successful use of homografts and synthetic fabric grafts for aneurysm repair, and doing his first surgeries using hypothermia and new cardiopulmonary bypass pump technology. See, for example, "Hypothermia in the Surgical Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms," "Aneurysm of Thoracoabdomical Aorta involving the Celiac, Superior Mesenteric, and Renal Arteries," "Surgical Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms," and "Temporary Extracorporeal Circulation in the Surgical Treatment of Cardiac and Aortic Disease.". The occasion for this visit to Florida is not indicated on the photo.

Location:

Box: 29

Rights:

Courtesy of Katrin DeBakey.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Hypothermia in the Surgical Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms, 1956
Aneurysm of Thoracoabdominal Aorta Involving the Celiac, Superior Mesenteric, and Renal Arteries. Report of Four Cases Treated by Resection and Homograft Replacement, 1956

Legacy ID:

FJBBCY

NLM ID:

101743405X39

Profiles Collection:

The Michael E. DeBakey Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X39

Story Section:

Biographical Information