Portrait of Michael DeBakey, looking to the right
- Title:
- Portrait of Michael DeBakey, looking to the right
- Creator:
- Karsh, Yousuf
- Date:
- 12 April 1969
- Description:
- At the time this portrait was done, Dr. DeBakey was working on several cardiac assist devices as well as a total artificial heart, and also exploring the possibilities and limitations of heart transplants. See, for example, "Human Cardiac Transplantation," "Orthotopic Cardiac Prosthesis: Preliminary Experiments," and "Current Directions in the Artificial Heart Program." His total artificial heart prototype (slightly modified) had just been implanted in a human patient by Dr. Denton Cooley without DeBakey's knowledge or permission, an event that destroyed their professional relationship. The creator of this photo, Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002) was an Armenian-Canadian photographer renowned for his distinctive, revealing portraits. His subjects include many of the twentieth century's political and scientific leaders, along with other celebrities.
- Location:
- Box: 28
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of the estate of Yousuf Karsh.
- Genre:
-
Photographic prints
Portraits - Format:
- Still Image
- Extent:
- 1 pages
- Legacy ID:
- FJBBQH
- NLM ID:
- 101743405X256
- Profiles Collection:
- The Michael E. DeBakey Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X256
- Story Section:
- New Directions for Cardiac Surgery and for Baylor, 1963-2008