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In Memoriam, Michael E. DeBakey, M.D.

Houston, Texas

The Michael E. DeBakey Center for Biomedical Education and Research is a lasting tribute to this medical pioneer.
In Memoriam, Michael E. Debakey, M.D.
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Michael E. DeBakey, M.D.

Selected Major Awards and Honors

  • Congressional Gold Medal (2008)
  • Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award renamed as the Lasker DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (2007)
  • History Making Texan Award, the Texas State History Museum Foundation (2006)
  • The Association of American Medical Colleges David E. Rogers Award (2004)
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center named in DeBakey's honor (2004)
  • American Heart Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2003)
  • Lomonosov Large Gold Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences (2003)
  • The Ben Taub Humanitarian Award (2003)
  • Medal of Merit, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences (2002)
  • MUSC "Lindbergh-Carrel Prize" (2002)
  • International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences Medal for Distinguished Achievements in Cardiovascular Sciences (2002)
  • NASA Invention of the Year Award (2001)
  • Houston Hall of Fame (2001)
  • Villanova University Mendel Medal Award (2001)
  • Library of Congress Bicentennial Living Legend Award (2000)
  • American Philosophical Society Jonathan Rhoads Medal (2000)
  • American Medical Association Virtual Mentor Award (2000)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award for Science and Technology from Children Uniting Nations (1999)
  • Texas Senate and House of Representatives, Adoption of Resolutions honoring Dr. DeBakey for 50 years of medical practice in Texas (1999)
  • Russian Academy of Sciences Foreign Member (1999)
  • John P. McGovern Compleat Physician Award (1999)
  • Research!America's Lifetime Achievement Award (1998)
  • Karolinska Institute's Honorary Degree of Doctor of Medicine and the title "Foreign Adjunct Professor" (1997)
  • Russian Military Medical Academy, Boris Petrovsky International Surgeons Award and First Laureate of the Boris Petrovsky Gold Medal (1997)
  • Premio Giuseppe Corradi Award for Surgery and Scientific Research (1997)
  • Common Wealth Award, Sigma Xi
  • Health Care Hall of Fame (1996)
  • Women's International Center Samaritan Living Legacy Award (1994)
  • Giovanni Lorenzini Foundation Prize for the Advancement of Biomedical Science (1994)
  • Texas Society for Biomedical Research Distinguished Service Award (1994)
  • American Heart Association Lifetime Achievement Award (1994)
  • Foundation for Biomedical Research Lifetime Achievement Award (1991)
  • American College of Healthcare Executives Honorary Fellow (1990)
  • American Legion Distinguished Service Award (1990)
  • The Michael DeBakey Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1990)
  • William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement, Sigma Xi
  • The Michael DeBakey Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1989)
  • Association of American Medical Colleges Special Recognition Award (1988)
  • Academy of Surgical Research Markowitz Award (1988)
  • National Medal of Science (1987)
  • Theodore E. Cummings Memorial Prize for Outstanding Contributions in Cardiovascular Disease (1987)
  • First President of the Association of International Vascular Surgeons (1983)
  • Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (1982)
  • Chair of the Board of Governors, Foundation for Biomedical Research (1981)
  • American Surgical Association Distinguished Service Award (1981)
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Commander-in-Chief's Medal and Citation (1980)
  • Merit Order of the Republic of Egypt, First Class (1980)
  • Independence of Jordan Medal (1980)
  • Texas Scientist of the Year, Texas Academy of Science (1979)
  • Michael E. DeBakey International Cardiovascular Surgical Society formed by DeBakey's former students; name was later changed to the Michael E. DeBakey International Surgical Society to include more of his surgical residents and trainees (1976)
  • U.S.S.R. Academy of Science 50th Anniversary Jubilee Medal (1973)
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction (1969)
  • Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award (1969)
  • American Heart Association Gold Heart Award (1968)
  • Prix International Dag Hammarskjold Great Collar with Golden Medal (1967)
  • American Medical Association Billings Gold Medal Exhibit Award (1967)
  • Medical World News Doctor of the Year (1965)
  • Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research (1963)
  • American Medical Association Distinguished Service Award (1959)
  • Leriche Award (1959)
  • International Society of Surgery Distinguished Service Award (1958)
  • American Medical Association Hektoen Gold Medal Award (1954 and 1970)
  • Rudolph Matas Award in Vascular Surgery (1954)
  • Task Force on Medical Services of the Hoover Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1949)
  • Legion of Merit, United States Army (1945)
  • Tulane Medical Alumni Association
  • International Health and Medical Film Festival
  • International College of Angiology
  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Academy of Medical Films