Denton Cooley, the Houston surgeon who performed thousands of heart operations
Houston native Denton Cooley founded the Texas Heart Institute in 1962 and performed the first U.S. heart transplant in 1968.
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Michael DeBakey built Houston into a heart surgery capital
Surgeon Michael DeBakey arrived at Baylor in 1948 and pioneered heart and blood vessel operations, helping grow the Texas Medical Center.
