Title:

Michael DeBakey with Boris Yeltsin at AGIO Pharmaceuticals in Moscow

Date:

[ca. 1996-97]

Description:

DeBakey with Russian President Boris Yeltsin in Moscow, ca. 1997. Yeltsin is holding the Russian edition of The New Living Heart by DeBakey and Antonio Gotto. In the fall of 1996, DeBakey advised Yeltsin's physicians, and supervised Yeltsin's quintuple coronary bypass surgery, which was performed by Dr. Renat S. Akchurin. (Dr. Akchurin is standing to the left of DeBakey in this photo.). AGIO Pharmaceuticals is a Russian based company formed in 1991 "to augment a focused approach towards global pharmaceutical brand marketing." The company operates in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and has a strong presence in the Indian domestic market.

Location:

Box: 30

Rights:

Courtesy of Katrin DeBakey.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy ID:

FJBBFL

NLM ID:

101743405X70

Profiles Collection:

The Michael E. DeBakey Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X70

Story Section:

DeBakey as Medical Statesman