Michael DeBakey

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Date: 1997 (cast 1998)

Artist: Peter Shapiro, 17 Jan 1933 - 16 Oct 2004
Sitter: Michael DeBakey, 7 Sep 1908 - 11 Jul 2008

Exhibition Label: Born Lake Charles, Louisiana; An innovative leader in the treatment of heart disease, surgeon Michael DeBakey helped inaugurate a new era in cardiovascular surgery. The pump he designed for use in blood transfusions proved critical to the development of heart-lung machines that made open-heart surgery possible. DeBakey also spearheaded the use of Dacron fabric for vascular grafts and tubing. In the 1960s, he led efforts to develop a mechanical pump—known as a ventricular assist device—to support patients with failing heart function. His work developing an early version of Mobile Auxiliary Surgical Hospital (MASH) units proved lifesaving during the Korean and Vietnam Wars.; Nacido en Lake Charles, Luisiana; El cirujano Michael DeBakey, pionero y líder en el tratamiento de enfermedades del corazón, inauguró una nueva era en la cirugía cardiovascular. La bomba de transfusión de sangre diseñada por él fue crucial para desarrollar máquinas cardiopulmonares que posibilitaron la cirugía de corazón abierto. También propulsó el uso del dacrón en injertos y tubos vasculares. En la década de 1960 lideró esfuerzos para crear una bomba mecánica (“dispositivo de asistencia ventricular”) que ayudara a los pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca. Su trabajo en una versión temprana de los “hospitales quirúrgicos auxiliares móviles” salvó muchas vidas durante las guerras de Corea y Vietnam.
Provenance: Peter E. Shapiro [1933-2004]; purchased NPG 1998

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Exhibition: 20th Century Americans: 1960-2000
On View: NPG, South Gallery 342

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery

Object number: NPG.98.35

Type: Sculpture

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Medium: Bronze bust
Dimensions: With Socle: 53.3 × 60.3 × 40.6cm (21 × 23 3/4 × 16"); Socle footprint: 60.3 × 40.6cm (23 3/4 × 16")

Metadata Usage: Usage conditions apply

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Record ID: npg_NPG.98.35