Title:

Charity Hospital Interne Corps

Creator:

Charity Hospital

Date:

[1932-1933]

Description:

DeBakey is in the fourth row, third from the left. The New Orleans Charity Hospital was founded as the Hospital of Saint John or L'Hopital des Pauvres de la Charite (Hospital for the Poor) by French sailor and shipbuilder Jean Louis in 1736. It is dedicated to serving the poor and uninsured. Michael DeBakey served his internship and first surgical residency at the Charity Hospital, where he worked with Dr. Alton Ochsner, his professor and future collaborator. It is also where he met his first wife, Diana. When he left New Orleans (Tulane) for Baylor University, he founded a surgical residency program at the local charity hospital in Houston.

Location:

Box: 38

Rights:

Courtesy of Katrin DeBakey.

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Genre:

Charts (graphic documents)
Portraits

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

FJBBNJ

NLM ID:

101743405X215

Profiles Collection:

The Michael E. DeBakey Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X215

Story Section:

From Tulane School of Medicine to the U.S. Army, 1928-1946