G. Michael Deeb is a Lebanese-American cardiothoracic surgeon. He serves as a Herbert Sloan Collegiate Professor of Surgery and Director of the Multidisciplinary Aortic Clinic at the

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. He has published 143 articles in journals and books and lectures both nationally and internationally on topics such as valve implantation and cardiac valve implantation.

Early life and education

Deeb received his bachelors degree from the

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in 1971 and his Medical Degree from the

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in 1975. From 1975 to 1982, he was a surgical intern at the University of Pittsburgh in both general and cardiothoracic

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Career

In 1982, he became the assistant professor of surgery at

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and helped to establish the Thoracic Surgery department there. In 1986, he became the assistant professor of surgery at the

and became an associate professor in 1991 and a professor in 1996. He was the first to be awarded with the Herbert Sloan Collegiate Professorship. His clinical appointments at the

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include: Director of Heart/Lung Transplant and Artificial Devices Program (1986-1995), Director of Adult Cardiac Surgery (1990-1999), and co-director of Heart Care Program (1996–present).

Surgery on Ronald Winans

Deeb was head of the surgery team who operated on

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. After a failed surgery, he told the assembled Winans family to say its goodbyes, but the family asked if they could

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for Winans instead.

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Marvin Winans laid his hands on the surgeon's head, prayed and said, "You go back and take my son off the heart-lung machine. He will live." Deeb was shocked but he complied. Winans lived, and Deeb later said that the experience had brought some

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to his practice.

Personal life

G. Michael Deeb was born in Pittsburgh, PA on July 25, 1949. He married his wife in 1988 and they have two children.

References

External links

University of Pittsburgh Biography

University of Michigan Biography
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