Meet the Heart Doctor: Denton A. Cooley, MD

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Meet the Heart Doctor: Cardiovascular Surgery

Denton A. Cooley, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP
President Emeritus and Surgeon-in-Chief, Texas Heart Institute; Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
MC 3-258, PO Box 20345
Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-4932; FAX 832-355-3424

Hospital affiliation:
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital.

Academic appointment:
Clinical Professor, The University of Texas Medical School Houston.

Medical school:
Johns Hopkins University, 1944.

Specialty training:
Johns Hopkins University, Brompton Hospital for Chest Diseases (London).

Certification:
American Board Surgery, American Board Thoracic Surgery.

Specialty interests:
Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery.

Professional Philosophy and Interests Statement:
As founder in 1962 of the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal and Texas Children’s Hospital, I have been privileged to participate in most if not all advances in cardiovascular surgery and to develop a program in education and research that compares with any institution in the world.

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Updated November 2008

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