Department of Surgery

DeBakey Surgical Award

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Each biennial meeting year since 1978, the Awards Committee of the Michael E. DeBakey International Surgical Society has selected a DeBakey Surgeon to receive the DeBakey Surgical Award.

This is a singular honor bestowed only on the world’s most outstanding surgeons for their significant contributions to surgery.

DeBakey Surgical Award Recipients

  • 2022: Scott A. LeMaire, M.D.
  • 2020: Charles H. McCollum, M.D.
  • 2018: Joseph Coselli, M.D.
  • 2014: Kenneth L. Mattox, M.D.
  • 2008: George P. Noon, M.D.   
  • 2004: Norman M. Rich, M.D.    
  • 2000: John O. Ochsner, M.D.    
  • 1998: F. William Blaisdell, M.D.
  • 1996: Frank C. Spencer, M.D.    
  • 1994: C. Rollins Hanlon, M.D.
  • 1992: Henry Bahnson, M.D.    
  • 1990: E. Stanley Crawford, M.D.
  • 1988: John Kirklin, M.D.    
  • 1986: Norman Shumway, M.D.
  • 1984: David Sabiston, M.D.    
  • 1982: Frank Gerbode, M.D.
  • 1980: Alton Ochsner, M.D.    
  • 1978: Charles Dubost, M.D