SocraticGadfly: Michael DeBakey — too late for his Nobel

July 12, 2008

Michael DeBakey — too late for his Nobel

Michael DeBakey, essentially the father of open-heart surgery, is dead at 99.

Yes, he received many other honors, such as the Congressional Gold Medal, but, for whatever reason, never received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.

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