Magdi Yacoub
| Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub | |
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| Born |
16 November 1935 Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian/British |
| 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 |
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Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub OM FRS (Arabic: مجدى حبيب يعقوب [ˈmæɡdi ħæˈbiːb jæʕˈʔuːb]; born 16 November 1935) is an Egyptian-British cardiothoracic surgeon. He is Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Imperial College London.
Yacoub's major achievements may be summarised:
He was involved in the restart of British heart transplantion in 1980 (there had been a moratorium following the series of three performed by Donald Ross in 1968), carried out the first British live lobe lung transplant and went on to perform more transplants than any other surgeon in the world. A 1980 patient, Derrick Morris, was Europe's longest surviving heart transplant recipient until his death in July 2005. This record was superseded by John McCafferty who received a transplant at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex on 20 October 1982 and survived over 33 years, until 10 February 2016. He was officially recognised as the world's longest surviving heart transplant patient by Guinness World Records in 2013. A March 1978 heart by-pass patient continues to live a very active and fruitful life (as of November, 2016).He is also the head of Magdy Yacoub heart foundation, which launched Aswan Heart project.
The son of a surgeon of a Coptic Christian family, Yacoub was born on 16 November 1935 in Belbis, Al Sharqia, Egypt. He studied at Cairo University and qualified as a doctor in 1957. He reportedly said he decided to specialise in heart surgery after an aunt died of heart disease in her early 20s. He moved to Britain in 1962, then taught at the University of Chicago. He became a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Harefield Hospital in 1973. As a visiting professor to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Yacoub, Fabian Udekwu and others performed the first open heart surgery in Nigeria in 1974.
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