Each biennial meeting year since 1978, the Awards Committee of the Michael E. DeBakey International Surgical Society has selected a DeBakey Surgeon to receive the DeBakey Surgical Award.
This is a singular honor bestowed only on the world’s most outstanding surgeons for their significant contributions to surgery.
DeBakey Surgical Award Recipients
2020 Charles H. McCollum
2018 Joseph Coselli, MD
2014 Kenneth L. Mattox, M.D.
2008 George P. Noon, MD
2004 Norman M. Rich, M.D.
2000 John O. Ochsner, M.D.
1998 F. William Blaisdell, M.D.
1996 Frank C. Spencer, M.D.
1994 C. Rollins Hanlon, M.D.
1992 Henry Bahnson, M.D.
1990 E. Stanley Crawford, M.D.
1988 John Kirklin, M.D.
1986 Norman Shumway, M.D.
1984 David Sabiston, M.D.
1982 Frank Gerbode, M.D.
1980 Alton Ochsner, M.D.
1978 Charles Dubost, M.D.