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11 quotes by Magdi Yacoub

Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub Born (1935-11-16) 16 November 1935 (age 79) Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt Education Cairo University Known for Heart and heart-lung transplants. Medical career Profession Surgeon Institutions University of Chicago Harefield Hospital of Imperial College London Specialism Cardiothoracic surgery; heart transplantation Notable prizes Order of Merit Knight Bachelor Order of the Nile Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub, OM, FRS (Arabic:...
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I don't have any regrets. I consider myself really privileged to belong to medicine and do what I do. I would do it all again.

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My dad was a surgeon in Egypt. He was a general surgeon. As a little boy I always admired what he was doing, and I wanted to do surgery.

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I actually consider myself as totally privileged to be able to serve science and medicine in a global fashion, because science and medicine know no... →

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If I wasn't going to be a surgeon, I wanted to be a farmer or grow oranges or something like that. I grow flowers now - orchids. That is... →

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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and... →

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As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family.

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I have a charity called the Chain Of Hope, where we target children from poor areas where heart surgery is not available, and we offer our services.

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It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.

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The nanofibrillar scaffolds designed to guide the process of cellular repopulation is an important step towards prolonging life and enhancing the... →

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What I worry about is the lack of understanding in society around the world that there is a divide in the world between those who have and those who... →

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I always wanted to be a surgeon, because I had a lot of admiration for my father, who is also a surgeon. I also wanted to be a heart surgeon. That... →

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