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Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MEDVAMC) is a hospital affiliated with and operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. [1] It is one of the department's largest hospitals, serving Harris County, Texas and 27 surrounding counties. [2]
Michael Ellis DeBakey (September 7, 1908 – July 11, 2008) was an American general and cardiovascular surgeon, scientist and medical educator who became Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President, and Chancellor of Baylor College of Medicine at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. [1] His career spanned nearly eight decades.
DeBakey High School, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District and is west of the Texas Medical Center. It is the only Houston magnet high school for health professions. The school was named after Michael E. DeBakey, a famous heart surgeon.
The hospital, later renamed the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, opened in 1946 and became a teaching facility for Baylor College of Medicine. In 1946, several projects were approved for inclusion in the Texas Medical Center including: Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center, built in the 1920s; Shriners Hospitals for Children
Contrast this with Dr. Michael DeBakey who at the age of 91 said, “I would not mind being operated on by a surgeon of 91,” which sounds like our aging politicians. There is no mandatory ...
Ben Taub General Hospital Houston Community College Coleman College for Health Sciences M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Children's Hospital John Sealy Hospital at UTMB-Galveston. This is a list of institutions of the Texas Medical Center.
A 30-bed medical unit at Houston Medical Center is currently closed due to the limited staffing. “We currently have a number of unfilled positions available,” Rowley said.
Heart surgeon Michael E. DeBakey (1908–2008), a faculty member and later Chancellor Emeritus of Baylor College of Medicine, performed the first removal of a carotid artery blockage (1950); the first aorto-coronary bypass surgery (1964); the first use of a ventricular assist device to pump blood and support a diseased heart (1966); and some of the first U.S. heart transplants (1968 and 1969 ...