Ernest Stanley Crawford (1922-1992) was an internationally renowned cardiovascular surgeon whose greatest technical work involved innovative surgical techniques in the treatment of complex aortic diseases and diseases of the heart. He was a tremendous innovator who became the co-inventor of…

Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey, pioneer heart surgeon and medical device innovator, died July 11, 2008, in Houston, about 2 months shy of his 100th birthday on Sept. 7. In his lifetime, Dr. DeBakey was renowned for his immense contributions to…