Denton Cooley Autographs
Denton Arthur Cooley (August 22, 1920 – November 18, 2016) was an American cardiothoracic surgeon famous for performing the first implantation of a total artificial heart. Cooley was also the founder and surgeon in-chief of The Texas Heart Institute, chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at clinical partner Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, consultant in Cardiovascular Surgery at Texas Children's Hospital and a clinical professor of Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Cooley was born August 22, 1920, in Houston, and graduated in 1941 from the University of Texas at Austin (UT), where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and the Texas Cowboys, played on the basketball team, and majored in zoology. He became interested in surgery through several pre-medical classes he attended in college and began his medical education at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He completed his medical degree and his surgical training at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, where he also completed his internship. At Johns Hopkins, he worked with Dr. Alfred Blalock and assisted in the first "Blue Baby" procedure to correct an infant's congenital heart defect. He is of Irish descent.
In 1946, Cooley was called to active duty with the Army Medical Corps and served as chief of surgical services at the station hospital in Linz, Austria. He was discharged in 1948 with the rank of captain and returned to complete his residency at Johns Hopkins, where he remained as an instructor in surgery. In 1950, he went to London to work with Russell Brock at the Royal Brompton Hospital.
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Current items with a signature of Denton Cooley
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Traded items with a signature of Denton Cooley
The most expensive item with a signature of Denton Cooley (DR. DENTON COOLEY SIGNED SKETCH DRAWING HEART SURGEON MEDICAL INVENTOR PSA/DNA) was sold in June 2017 for $999.00 while the cheapest item (Dr.Denton Cooley M.D Hand Signed Autograph 5X7 Photo) found a new owner for $0.01 in December 2013. The month with the most items sold (7) was February 2013 with an average selling price of $19.99 for an autographed item of Denton Cooley. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2018 with $749.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.75 was November 2021. In average, an autographed item from Denton Cooley is worth $17.99.
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| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Denton Cooley Signed, Autographed, 4x6 card. No Inscription, | $44.49 |  |
| Denton Cooley Signed, Autographed, 4x6 card. No Inscription, | $44.49 | |
| Denton Cooley Signed, Autographed, 4x6 card. No Inscription, | $44.49 | |
 | Denton Cooley Signed, Autographed, Postal FDC No Inscription, | $44.49 | |
| Denton Cooley Signed, Autographed, Postal FDC No Inscription, | $44.49 | |
| Denton Cooley Signed, Autographed, Postal FDC No Inscription, | $44.49 | |
 | DENTON COOLEY RARE BUSINESS CARD-SIGNED -1ST IMPLANTATION OF ARTIFICAL HEART COA | $75.00 | |
| DENTON COOLEY RARE BUSINESS CARD-SIGNED -1ST IMPLANTATION OF ARTIFICAL HEART COA | $75.00 | |
| DENTON COOLEY RARE BUSINESS CARD-SIGNED -1ST IMPLANTATION OF ARTIFICAL HEART COA | $75.00 | |
 | DENTON COOLEY RARE BUSINESS CARD-SIGNED -1ST IMPLANTATION OF ARTIFICAL HEART COA | $95.00 | |
| DENTON COOLEY RARE BUSINESS CARD-SIGNED -1ST IMPLANTATION OF ARTIFICAL HEART COA | $95.00 | |
| DENTON COOLEY RARE BUSINESS CARD-SIGNED -1ST IMPLANTATION OF ARTIFICAL HEART COA | $95.00 | |
| Reflections & Observations: Essays of Denton Cooley (SIGNED 1ST) (ENDS 3/13/25) | $107.00 | |
| Reflections & Observations: Essays of Denton Cooley (SIGNED 1ST) (ENDS 3/13/25) | $107.00 | |
| Reflections & Observations: Essays of Denton Cooley (SIGNED 1ST) (ENDS 3/13/25) | $107.00 | |
