A Time for All Things: The Life of Michael E. DeBakey tells the remarkable story of a driven genius who some call the greatest surgeon of the twentieth century. Spread across a canvas stretching from rural Louisiana to the summit of academic medicine, into the courts of European royalty and the audience of Presidents and Popes, this long-awaited biography of one of cardiovascular surgery's towering pioneers depicts DeBakey's life and work in surpassing detail and drama.
A Time for All Things: The Life of Michael E. DeBakey tells the remarkable story of a driven genius who some call the greatest surgeon of the twentieth century. Spread across a canvas stretching from rural Louisiana to the summit of academic medicine, into the courts of European royalty and the audience of Presidents and Popes, this long-awaited biography of one of cardiovascular surgery's towering pioneers depicts DeBakey's life and work in surpassing detail and drama.
Craig A. Miller, MD, is an author and vascular surgeon who lives in Columbus, Ohio. His books have been published in several languages and editions. He has been a Scholar-in-Residence at the Ohio State University Medical Heritage Center and a Michael E. DeBakey Fellow in the History of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.
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1. Lake Charles: 1908-1926 2. Tulane University 1926-35 3. Strasbourg, Heidelberg and New Orleans 1935-1942 4. Washington, D.C. and New Orleans 1942-48 5. Houston 1948-1951 6. Houston 1951-1956 7. Houston 1956-1960 8. Houston 1960-1969 9. Houston 1969 The Artificial Heart 10. Houston 1970-1989 11. Houston 1990-2008 12. Epilogue