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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 Children’s Hospital in 1954. Denton Cooley performs first open-heart operation in 1956 1960s Texas H...

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 state's founders are buried. Read, who died May 8 at age 93 after a full life, had witnessed Texas history. Across a dinner table, he could recount details about the Nov. 22, 1963, a...

Annual Salute to Nurses honors nurse heroes (sponsored) FacebookTwitterEmail Last year’s National Nurses Week theme “The Year of the Nurse” continues for 2021, with front-line nurse caregivers fighting to save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic that began in early 2020. Then, as a winter storm hit in February this year, Texas nurses were confronted with the great challenge of power outages and water shortages but still rose to the challenge to provide top care for their patients. Nurses Week, May 6-12, 2021, brings to light a year that demanded changes in safety protocols throughout the...

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 NET's science special "The Heartmakers." Study in Progress--Dr. Michael DeBakey, Houston's world-renowned heart surgeon, leads Ron Stone and the viewers through a fascinating TV tour of his world of research into the workings of the human heart. Show MoreShow Less 3of7 4of7 The Texas Medical Cente...

Campaign that cheney was in good health with normal cardiac function. >> the normal cardiac function wasn't true. >> well, i'm not responsible for that. i don't know what took place between the doctors. >> this idea that you have this respected heart surgeon from texas who didn't see you, didn't examine you, and then writes something saying that you have normal cardiac function, that just wasn't true, mr. vice president. >> well, go ask denton cooley about that. >> but, sir, you saw it -- >> listen to me. i think the bottom line was, was i up to the task of being vice president? and there's no...