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
- 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
 
      


