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1940s Baylor University College of Medicine moves from Dallas to Houston and becomes a member of the TMC in 1943. In 1948, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey accepts the chairship of the Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. 1950s In 1951, Dr. Denton Cooley joins the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine. Michael E. DeBakey performs first successful carotid endarterectomy in 1953, establishing the field of surgery for strokes. Denton Cooley and Dan McNamara start the Heart Center at Texas Ch...

A crowd of perhaps 100 people gathered near the coffin on a mild spring day. Friends, family and clergy spoke briefly and read from scripture.  Before and after the graveside memorial for legendary public relations lion Julian Read — advisor to six presidents — at the Texas State Cemetery, admirers, clad in dark hues, mixed among the marble and granite monuments that bedeck Republic Hill, where some of the states founders are buried. Read, who died May 8 at age 93 after a full life, had w...

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Houston healthcare in 1945 was mediocre. The rivalry between DeBakey and Cooley changed it forever FacebookTwitterEmail 2of7 NET science editor David Prowitt (left) listens as Dr. Michael DeBakey, a leading figure in the development of artificial hearts, explains how the synthetic device works on NETs science special "The Heartmakers." Study in Progress--Dr. Michael DeBakey, Houstons world-renowned heart surgeon, leads Ron Stone and the viewers through a fascinating TV tour of his world of rese...

Campaign that cheney was in good health with normal cardiac function. >> the normal cardiac function wasnt true. >> well, im not responsible for that. i dont know what took place between the doctors. >> this idea that you have this respected heart surgeon from texas who didnt see you, didnt examine you, and then writes something saying that you have normal cardiac function, that just wasnt true, mr. vice president. >> well, go ask denton cooley about that. >> but, sir, you saw it -- >> listen to...

Square, and the first gulf war. >> army, navy, air force, and marines prepare for one of the largest land assaults of modern times. >> looking back, do you think the stress affected your heart disease and your overall health? >> i simply dont buy the notion that it contributed to my heart disease. it was, in fact, that getting back to work, getting back to that job, whatever that job might be, was important enough that i, in fact, kept them separate, i guess, would be the way to think about it. ...

The collapse of communism, the uprising in chinas tiananmen square and the first gulf war. >> our army, navy, air force and marines prepare for one of the largest land assaults of modern times. >> looking back, do you think the stress affected your heart disease and your overall health? >> i simply dont buy the notion that it contributed to my heart disease. it was, in fact, that -- that getting back to work, getting back to that job, whatever that job might be, was important enough that i -- i,...

Hardiologist dr. jonathan reiner, dr. cooley told the bush campaign that cheney was in good health with normal cardiac function. the normal cardiac function wasnt true. >> well, im not responsible for that. i dont know what took place between the doctors. >> this idea that you had this respected heart surgeon from texas who didnt see you, didnt examine you, and then writes something saying that you have normal cardiac function, that just wasnt true, mr. vice president. >> ask dr. cooley about th...

0 we think we even saw the sergeant get a little misty as well. im don lemon, ill see you back here at the top of the hour. well go to sanjay for a little bit. and a programming note for uf, watch anthony bourdain "parts unknown south africa" at 9:00 p.m. eastern. ill see you back here live at the top of the hour. two big news making interviews to get to today including my candid conversation with former vice president dick cheney about his heart. well hear about the unprecedented move he ma...

Such a significant job separate? >> i did. >> but when george w. bush asked cheney to be his running mate in 2000, there was enough concern that the bush campaign sought out the opinion of world-renowned texas heart surgeon denton cooley. after speaking with cheneys cardiologist, dr. jonathan reiner, dr. cooley told the bush campaign that cheney was in good health with normal cardiac function. >> the normal cardiac function wasnt true. >> well, im not responsible for that. i dont know what took ...