Original: Early life Michael Ellis DeBakey was born as Michel DabaghiAccording to the American Lebanese Medical Association ( ALMA ) in Lake Charles , Louisiana , to Maronite Lebanese immigrants Shaker and Raheeja Dabaghi ( later Anglicized to DeBakey ) .
Simplified: DeBakey was born as Michel DabaghiAccording to the American Lebanese Medical Association ( ALMA ) in Lake Charles , Louisiana on September 7 , 1908 .