Who is the better of cardiac surgeons - Dr.Denton Cooley or Dr. Michael Debakey?
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Dr. Cooley is 86 y/o and Dr. Debakey is 96 y/o.  Both still have major influence in the treatment of cardiac disease and surgery....Dr. Cooley (I think) has done more cardiac surgery than Debakey, but both are/were excellent surgeons who are resposible for traing excellent surgeons.  I think I would accept either for consultation, but then would ask to have one of their proteges do the actual surgery.
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Absolutely.  He has to be monitoring vital signs and understanding what the implications and ramifications are when those vital signs change beyond certain limits.  Fortunately, the surgical team does most of the actual monitoring, but the surgeon has to deal with it when those signs change.\n\nWhat about his other patients?  Suppose while he is doing an appendectomy on someone, one of his other patients, say you, or your mom, goes code blue.  Do you want him to NOT check his beeper?
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I know for sure that Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN does valve replacements and has an almost perfect success rate with open heart and by-pass surgeries.  I'm not real sure where the other response got his information about the hospital in St. Louis being in the top 10 in the country.  Most polling agencies do not rate hospitals like that, the top hospitals are ranked in a broader range like 100 or 500 with no placement on exact rank given.  Anyways, not the point.  Go to Jackson, Memphis, or Vanderbilt in Nashville...they are all good sources for heart surgeries.
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I dream to be a better person in life...and a good cardiologist or neurosurgeon
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Oh.  I thought it was Phyllis Diller!  And I heard that it's the _doctors_ who get younger as you get older.
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Bibler, Michael C DO - Kearney Heart & Lung Surgeons \n(308) 865-2370 3219 Central Ave Ste 105, Kearney, NE\n\nCarroll, E Scott DO - Kearney Heart & Lung Surgeons \n308) 865-2370 3219 Central Ave Ste 105, Kearney, NE\n\nYork, Stacey - Kearney Heart & Lung Surgeons\n308) 865-2370 3219 Central Ave Ste 105, Kearney, NE \n\nNebraska Heart Institute \n308) 236-9438 1911 Avenue H, Kearney, NE \n\nGoli Heart & Heart Center PC\n(308) 237-5068 1709 W 39th St, Kearney, NE \n\nGood Samaritan Heart Center \n(308) 865-7521 10 E 31st St, Kearney, NE \n\nI hope you find what you're looking for!
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Cooley School of Law--Lansing, Michigan
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go back and see the surgeon that done the eye operation
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Hi Ebony!\nI've heard about the Joyner, Donald R MD. He's a good family man but has a bad habit at the race track. He welshed on a loan so, some goons had to be sent out to collect a payment. When the good doctor couldn't cough it up, they had to tie his fingers together in a most unpleasant way.\nEbony, my girlfriend was unfortunate to be in the waiting room thumbing through the Ladies Home Journal when she had to witness the unfortunate events. I don't know if Joyner, Donald R MD is still practicing medicine or not.\n-Justin
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What is your question?  Michael Byron Filisky died 3/16/06 from heart attack (59 years of age).  Lived in Arlington.  Gave up career in performing arts to go into science.
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Hi Pdubie!\nI've heard about the Dr. WJ Billett. He's a good family man but has a bad habit at the race track. He welshed on a loan so, some goons had to be sent out to collect a payment. When the good doctor couldn't cough it up, they had to tie his fingers together in a most unpleasant way.\nPdubie, my girlfriend was unfortunate to be in the waiting room thumbing through the Ladies Home Journal when she had to witness the unfortunate events. I don't know if Dr. WJ Billett is still practicing medicine or not.\nBrett
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In 1893, the first successful American open-heart surgery was performed by a Black Doctor. \n\nDr. Daniel Hale Williams completed the operation on a young man named James Cornish. He had been rushed to Provident Hospital in Chicago with a stab wound.
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It is a heart surgeon. They make a little over half a million dollars each year. They operate only on the heart.
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DOCTORS.......who else can know u better
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neuro surgeon or baglady
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My father has had 5 open heart surgeries and was temporarily on the transplant list at Westchester Medical in NY. Once they determine you are a candidate - there is a very specific process and protocol that needs to be considered for you to first qualify for the list and second actually get on the list. The hospital itself wil provide you with ample info , along with a cardiologist(s) and most hospitals have a transplant "team" to help you through the process. At your age, unless you have congenitive failure - it is likely a pacemaker/defib can be placed to thwart off the transplant. Of course I am not a Dr, but my father has had 5 procedures, over the past 23 years and is not only a miracle to be alive - but has had the pacemaker/defin for 4 years now - and is no longer on the list, with just having his battery changed, same day procedure and everything going as best as it can for him. \nThey will walk you through every option available, including cost, coverage and availability. If you can - Emory is the best in Georgia for heart surgeries, transplants and pioneer some great solutions opposed to  transplants.\nGodspeed to you.
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a medical supply representative goes into hospitals and Dr. offices to endorse their product to the company.  I worked in Orthopedic surgery for 2 years and a major company was DePuy that we did business with.  If we were doing a case where there was a total knee replacement, the rep would come in and show their tools and implants that assists better in surgery.