Doctors Michael Debakey and Denton Cooley made Houston the center of the heart surgery universe. What a legacy, measured in lives saved and extended.
I used to work in a lab near Debakey’s office at Baylor in Houston. I saw him a time or two. It was as if he was a demigod or hero at that place, with good reason. Cooley and Debakey were giants among us little people, and they were greatly respected.