J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;121:0001-0002
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2000 AATS Scientific Achievement Award RecipientDenton A. Cooley, MD
Delos M. Cosgrove, MD
From The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
Received for publication Sept 19, 2000. Accepted for publication Sept 19, 2000.
Address for reprints: Delos M. Cosgrove, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (F25), 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195.
The Scientific Achievement Award is presented by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery to individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to our specialty. Previous recipients include Drs John W. Kirklin, Norman E. Shumway, and Michael E. DeBakey. We are very pleased to present this award to a surgeon internationally recognized for his surgical skills, innovations, and leadership, Dr Denton A. Cooley.
Dr Cooley was born and reared in Houston and attended the University of Texas, where he played varsity basketball and graduated with highest honors and Phi Beta Kappa. He matriculated to the University of Texas Medical School at Galveston. After . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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