Dr. Micheal DeBakey

Research Essay on Doctor Michael E. DeBakey Doctor Michael DeBakey’s life began on September 7, 1908, in Lake Charles, Louisiana; He was the oldest child of four children. His parents were Shaker Morris and Raheega DeBakey; they were French speaking immigrants from Lebanon. Dr. Debakey’s mother was a compassionate woman who was always trying to help someone. His father was a successful pharmacist and businessman, who owned drug stores, farms, and real estate. His parents encouraged his keen intellect from an early age. To reward Dr. DeBakey for doing wee on his school work his parents would let him read the Encyclopedia Britannica; he completed them before entering high school. Dr. DeBakey didn’t limit his self to only excel in his school work; he played several musical interments, participated in sports, sewed, and maintained a beautiful garden with his brother. So as you can see everything Dr.DeBakey touched was a success from an early age, and his parents encouragement on his keen intellect was the reason for that. After graduating from high school Dr. DeBakey attend Tulane University in New Orleans. He played the saxophone in the Universities band and orchestra; he also became an accomplished billiards player in college. By the end of Dr. DeBakey sophomore year he had earned enough credit to enter medical school, at the age of 23. While in medical school he also completed his baccalaureate degree, along with his first invention the “roller pump”. The “roller pump” was a device that provided continuous blood flow during operations. Some 20 years later, the pump was crucial part of the heart-lung machine that made open heart surgery possible. At the rip age of only 24, in 1932 Dr. DeBakey had his medical degree in hand. He then moved on to complete two year of surgical training at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. Before World War II, Cardiovascular surgery was mainly in Europe, so Deakey wet to study I