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This didn’t happen to me. But it is a great story which happens to be true.Dr. DeBakey was a pioneer in heart surgery. He invented several revolutionary surgeries. One of these was a way to repair a thoracic aortic aneurysm. It became known as the DeBakey procedure.When he was 97 Dr. DeBakey suffered an aortic dissection. Having invented the procedure he knew the risks and recovery involved and said he did not want the procedure.However, his surgical colleagues could not take no for an answer and as soon as he was unconscious they convinced his next of kin to consent to the surgery.Well now we get back to your question. The anesthesiologists for the hospital were around for all of this drama. To their everlasting credit, they refused to anesthetize him as they knew he had said he did not want the surgery. He was the most informed patient in the history of surgery.So they called the hospital’s ethics comittee together and they felt it was ethical to proceed. The hospital then gave emergency privileges to an anesthesiologist from a different hospital to anesthetize him for surgery.Houston Methodist hospital should be ashamed of this breach of medical ethics. Hopefully someday the anesthesiologists who did their best to honor a patient’s wishes will be given some credit for their very difficult decision.So what happened? After a 7-hour surgery, multiple complications and an 8-month stay, Dr. DeBakey was discharged and lived another year and a half.

Q. Can engineers become doctors?A. (Quora) Are there any engineers who are also doctors treating patients?New Physician Engineering School | Texas A&M TodayEnmed.tamu.eduTexas A&M Planning To Create Medical School For Physician Engineers At Houston Methodist HospitalTexas A&M University is planning to create an innovative engineering medical school at Houston Methodist Hospital to educate a new kind of doctor, pending appropriate approvals, who will invent transformational technology for health care, officials announced today.Fifty physician engineers would begin their studies in Fall 2017 at the new Texas A&M University Engineering Medicine School (EnMed) at Houston Methodist Hospital. EnMed would be an integrated educational and research medical school with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship and a part of the Texas A&M College of Medicine’s MD program and the College of Engineering. EnMed would initially hire 25 faculty members and utilize 75,000 square feet of instructional and research space in the Texas Medical Center.“The medicine of tomorrow will not be practiced in the way that it is today. Medicine is not just about biology, it requires technology development,” said John Sharp, Chancellor of The Texas A&M University System. “This school would not only train doctors, but allow them to invent new products and take their inventions to the marketplace. EnMed would expand the health care technology market at the Texas Medical Center. The potential economic impact to the region would be huge.”Responsive to the rapid advances in technology, this new type of medical education would prepare professionals with the clinical skills to diagnose symptoms and treat patients, along with the engineering mindset to solve problems, invent new technologies and rapidly move these innovative ideas to practice in patient care.“As a physician who has long been interested in engineering, I’m particularly excited that EnMed will train a new kind of medical doctor who will be able to design technology to tackle the most complex problems in medicine,” said Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist. “This new collaboration could quickly impact the future of health care.”An innovative translational research program in medical technology at Houston Methodist Research Institute would also will be part of EnMed.“Everything we do should be translational, with the end goal of bringing new solutions to our patients in a timely fashion,” said Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Houston Methodist Research Institute. “I have every confidence that our joint program will create the engineering-based ideas necessary to cure the most challenging diseases.”EnMed would blend translational research and commercialization opportunities with an innovative medical education model, said Michael K. Young, President of Texas A&M University.“The presence of a hands-on innovation center combined with an office of technology commercialization is another example of Texas A&M creating dynamic solutions to the great global challenges we face in health care today,” he said. This interdisciplinary learning environment would lead to research and discoveries that would impact the state, nation and the world, but most importantly, would create new transformational educational opportunities for our students.”And this focus, said Texas A&M Engineering Vice Chancellor and Dean of Engineering M. Katherine Banks, is what would make this school unlike any other.“This is a paradigm shift. The major health care challenges of the future will not only depend on bioengineering, but also require mechanical, chemical, electrical, and computer engineers,” she said. “There are other programs that link medicine with bioengineering, but this is different. All students in EnMed will be expected to invent something transformational before they graduate. These innovators, or “physicianeers”, will radically change the way that health care is delivered.For more information, see EnMed.tamu.edu.Ultrasound Elastography - a new twist on old technology to help doctors diagnose cancer earlier.When a woman discovers a lump in her breast, one of the first steps in diagnosis is a biopsy. But waiting for the results can create sleepless nights for the patient. Elastography is providing a faster, more accurate picture of what’s going on inside the patient. Raffaella Righetti, associate professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering has studied this technology since its inception.New technology developed at Texas A&M could improve diabetes managementA newly developed method for detecting glucose based on how it absorbs a specific type of light could spell the end of the painful, invasive finger-prick tests diabetics rely on to monitor their condition, says Dr. Vladislav Yakovlev, professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University.Superelastic adaptive alloy could improve the success rate of childhood scoliosis treatmentChildren with early-onset scoliosis often spend their entire childhood undergoing several surgical procedures to correct the curve in their spine. Dr. Ji Ma, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station assistant research scientist, and Dr. Ibrahim Karaman, Chevron Professor I and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, have designed a growing rod material that can significantly reduce the complications from corrective surgeries.

Houston Methodist comprises a leading academic medical center in the Texas Medical Center and six community hospitals serving the Greater Houston area. Each hospital is staffed by committed personnel who exemplify our I CARE values: integrity, compassion, accountability, respect and excellence. Patient safety, quality and service are our highest priorities.Houston Methodist Hospital, the system's flagship, is consistently listed among U.S. News & World Report's best hospitals, and we extend that same level of quality care across the system. Other available centers include Houston Methodist Emergency Care Centers, the Houston Methodist Imaging Center, the Houston Methodist Breast Care Center and the Houston Methodist Outpatient Center.Houston Methodist Research InstituteHouston Methodist Research Institute is home to some of the world’s brightest physician-scientists, working in a collaborative environment on more than 800 clinical trials. The goal of the research institute is to quickly translate what is discovered in the lab into treatments for patients. The research institute is making great strides, bringing us even closer to medical breakthroughs in cardiovascular disease, cancer, infectious disease, neurosciences, diabetes and more.The Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation and EducationThe Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation and Education (MITIE), Houston Methodist Hospital's 35,000-square-foot surgical training center and virtual hospital, provides ongoing physician education and surgical training in the latest techniques and technologies. MITIE employs advanced simulators, technical trainers, robotics and image guidance devices to enable cutting-edge surgical training in a safe and effective environment.Houston Methodist Hospital FoundationHouston Methodist Hospital Foundation accepts all gifts on Houston Methodist's behalf and can assist with choosing an area to apply your donation. As a nonprofit organization, we view donor contributions as essential to our continued growth and success. Our achievements can be attributed to the generosity of our donors, who support our Leading Medicine vision.Houston Methodist Community BenefitsAt Houston Methodist, caring for our community means more than providing quality health care at our seven hospitals — it means supporting individuals and organizations that touch the lives of those who make up our community. Based on our I CARE values, our programs provide financial and medical assistance to more than 150,000 patients every year. In addition, this support also helps foster confidence, peace of mind and compassion to those individuals who are rebuilding their lives.Houston Methodist Specialty Physician GroupDoctors in our Houston Methodist Specialty Physician Group are employed by Houston Methodist and have offices located on our campus. These physicians are deeply rooted in an academic and research environment where teaching, continuing education and collaboration are strongly encouraged. Membership in the organization provides an affiliation with Houston Methodist Research Institute and opportunities for Weill Cornell Medicine faculty appointments.Houston Methodist Primary Care Group With locations throughout the Greater Houston area, Houston Methodist Primary Care Group is dedicated to providing quality patient care for the entire family. Houston Methodist Primary Care Group is proud to be a part of Houston Methodist and its family of hospitals, ensuring efficient access to specialty and hospital services whenever the need arises.At Houston Methodist our Health Information Department is dedicated to maintaining a high level of privacy and confidentiality with all patient records. We keep all health information private and secure in accordance with federal and state regulations.If you are a patient and would like to access your records, contact the Houston Methodist facility where you received services. The request for access to medical records must be in writing. The Patient Access – Request for Records form can be completed and sent to the respective facility. Although the form is not required, it is a tool to ensure the Houston Methodist facility receives all information necessary to process your request most efficiently.If you are not the patient but would like to request medical records of a patient, download the Authorization for Use and Disclosure of Health Information form and mail or deliver it to the Houston Methodist facility where services were rendered. The form must be filled out by the patient or the patient's guardian/legal representative.LocationContact InformationHOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITALMailing Address:Houston Methodist HospitalAttn: Release of Information/ Medical Records6565 Fannin, ST-520Houston, TX 77030Physical Location:Scurlock Tower6560 Fannin, 5th Floor, Suite 520Houston, TX 77030Click here for more detailed information about medical records at our Texas Medical Center location.Phone: 713.441.2401Fax: 713.441.0095hmh_requestrecords @houstonmethodist.orgHOUSTON METHODIST CONTINUING CARE HOSPITALMailing Address:Houston Methodist Continuing Care HospitalAttn: Release of Information/ Medical Records1701 Fry Rd.Katy, TX 77450Phone: 832.522.7285Fax: [email protected] METHODIST CLEAR LAKE HOSPITALMailing Address:Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalAttn: Release of Information/ Medical Records18300 St. Houston Methodist Dr.Nassau Bay, TX 77058Phone:281.333.8832Fax: 281.333.8872hmstj_requestrecords@ houstonmethodist.orgHOUSTON METHODIST BAYTOWN HOSPITALMailing Address:Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalAttn: Release of Information/Medical Records4401 Garth RoadBaytown, TX 77521Phone: 281.420.8760Fax: 281.428.4543hmsj_requestrecords@ houstonmethodist.orgHOUSTON METHODIST SUGAR LAND HOSPITALMailing Address:Houston Methodist Sugar Land HospitalAttn: Release of Information/ Medical Records16655 Southwest Freeway, Suite 529Sugar Land, TX 77479Phone: 281.274.7814Fax: 281.274.8300hmsl_requestrecords@ houstonmethodist.orgHOUSTON METHODIST WEST HOSPITALMailing Address:Houston Methodist West HospitalAttn: Release of Information/ Medical Records18500 Katy FreewayHouston, TX 77094Phone: 832.522.3040Fax: 832.522.3041hmwh_requestrecords@ houstonmethodist.orgHOUSTON METHODIST WILLOWBROOK HOSPITALMailing Address:Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalAttn: Release of Information/ Medical Records18220 State Highway 249Houston, TX 77070Phone: 281.737.1602Fax: 281.737.1616hmwb_requestrecords@ houstonmethodist.orgHOUSTON METHODIST THE WOODLANDS HOSPITALMailing Address:Houston Methodist The Woodlands HospitalAttn: Release of Information/ Medical Records17201 Interstate 45 SouthThe Woodlands, TX 77385Physical Location:Main Hospital Building - 1st Floor, Registration Bay #6Phone: 936.270.2191Fax: 936.270.2730hmtw_requestrecords@ houstonmethodist.orgHOUSTON METHODIST PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATIONMailing Address:Houston Methodist Physician OrganizationAttn: Release of Information/ Medical Records6565 Fannin, ST-520Houston, TX 77030Physical Location:Scurlock Tower6560 Fannin, 5th Floor, Suite 520Houston, TX 77030