FALL 2019
Friendship Between
Doctor and Patient
Family Results
in Support for
Advanced Care.
How You
Treat
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any know Eddie DeBartolo as a The funds associated with the gift will be five-time Super Bowl champion used to help further the efforts of Dr. David as owner of the San Francisco Mason, chief of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Departments
49ers, or as a 2016 inductee into the Pro Transplantation at Baylor Scott & White, to Football Hall of Fame, or as a businessman support programmatic, education and/or and philanthropist. Now, through a research initiatives in thoracic surgery to 2
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relationship with a renowned physician advance the field.
and a health system committed to quality,
“On top of being a fantastic surgeon
DeBartolo and his wife, Candy, will be and a brilliant person, Dr. Mason is also a
making positive change in an entirely great man,” DeBartolo said.
different arena: lifesaving thoracic surgery.
The DeBartolo family recently made
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The DeBartolos first met Dr. Mason
several years ago at the Cleveland Clinic,
a generous gift to Baylor Scott & White where Dr. Mason treated a tumor on
Dallas Foundation, creating the Candy Candy’s lung. “They had found this small
DeBartolo Endowed Chair in Thoracic tumor that was in her lung, but it was
Surgery at Baylor Scott & White Health. behind her heart,” DeBartolo said, “and it
Dr. David
Park Mason
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was a really amazing situation. We went
straight to the best and talked to Dr. Mason.”
DeBartolo believes Dr. Mason’s direct
approach and excellent skills were a
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good fit to handle Candy’s care. Beyond White Dallas Foundation
that, the DeBartolos admire Dr. Mason’s Board Members
commitment to his patients, and his
genuine concern for their well-being.
Dr. Mason appreciated the way that
Eddie and Candy DeBartolo interacted with
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