Surgical Legacy

Dr. Salem, wife Kay, and Walter Cronkite in New York City, 2002

Dr. Salem & Larry King, Jr. - Larry King Cardiac Foundation - 2011

Larry King, Jr., Dr. & Mrs. Salem, Mr. & Mrs. Jim Burkhart, Dr. Kelly Overley - Larry King Cardiac Foundation - 2011

Dr. Salem, 2009

Dr. Salem and Dr. Cooley - 2010, Houston, TX

Dr. Salem and Dr. Cooley Statue - Cooley Building, Texas Heart Institution, Houston, TX

Personal correspondence from Dr. DeBakey, 2008

Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Photo with Dr. Salem, 2008

Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Photo with Dr. Salem, 2008

Dr. DeBakey's letter to Dr. Salem thanking him for his being a Congressional Gold Medal recipient, 2007

Dr. DeBakey's account of his heart surgery in Moscow on Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia, 1996

Dr. DeBakey recovering from Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm surgery at 97 years old, 2007

Dr. George Noon, surgeon who operating on Dr. DeBakey. With Dr. Salem in Dr. DeBakey's office in Houston, 2007

Letter of commendation from Dr. DeBakey to Dr. Salem on his transition to CMO Emeritus, Covenant Health, 2007

Dr. Salem's letter to Dr. DeBakey commending him on his lifetime of heart surgery innovation, 2007

Newspaper account of the reconciliation between Drs. DeBakey and Cooley, 2007

Newspaper article and photo capturing the reconciliation between Dr. DeBakey and Dr. Cooley, 2007

The reconciliation of a lifelong professional feud between Dr. Denton Cooley and Dr. Michael DeBakey over the first implantation of DeBakey's first artificial heart, 2010

Dr. DeBakey in his operating room scrubs, 1995

Dr. Salem was the recipient of the Boy Scouts of America "Distinguished Citizen" award, 2007

Dr. & Mrs. Salem with Larry King - 2007 Larry King Foundation Gala

Dr. Wayne Isom and Dr. Salem with Larry King - 2007 Larry King Foundation Gala

Personal letter from Dr. Cooley regarding a meeting in Albuquerque attended Dr. Salem, 2006

Early photo of Dr. Denton Cooley in OR scrubs, 1970

Dr. Wayne Isom - 2006 Distinguished Lectureship

CV of Dr. Wayne Isom, New York City, second DeBakey Lectureship, 2005

Salem Library Dedications Covenant Health - 2010

Invitation to Distinguished Lectureship, 2004

Dr. Salem standing with the statue of Dr. DeBakey at the DeBakey Library, Baylor COM Houston, 2010

Dr. DeBakey signing autographs with Dr. Salem at the Inaugural DeBakey Lectureship, 2004

Signed program for the Inaugural DeBakey Lectureship featuring Dr. DeBakey on the cover of Time Magazine, 2004

Article covering the Inaugural DeBakey Lectureship, 2004

Dr. DeBakey's lifetime of achievements featured in Leading Medicine Magazine, 2003

Dr. Salem and Walter Cronkite in New York City, 2002

Kay Salem and Walter Cronkite in New York City, 2002