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100 1 _aPearson, Simon,
_d1961-
_eauthor.
245 1 2 _aA surgeon and a maverick :
_bthe life and pioneering work of Magdi Yacoub /
_cSimon Pearson and Fiona Gorman ; foreword by Dame Mary Archer.
264 1 _aCairo ;
_aNew York :
_bThe American University in Cairo Press,
_c2023.
300 _axviii, 412 pages :
_bphotographs ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPlymouth, Southwest England, 1983 -- Early Years -- Growing Ambitions --The Road Ahead -- Lord Brock -- Trial by Sherry -- The Man Who Dared -- New Horizons -- So Long, Marianne -- The American Way -- The France -- On the Shoulders of Giants -- A Promise Fulfilled -- Pushing Boundaries -- Magic Hands --- The Boy and the Baboon -- Legal Aid -- Give Them Sunshine -- An Unexpected Gift -- Enemies at the Gate -- The Tide Turns -- Through the Lens -- Lives Transformed -- Meanwhile, at Home . . . -- Heart-Lung Transplants -- A Question of Ethics -- Deliverance -- The Triumph of Science -- Held to Account -- The Domino -- Greek Odyssey -- Spreading the Word -- The Ross Procedure -- Signs of Success -- Chain of Hope -- Dr. Zhivago -- The Queen of Hearts -- The Generous American -- Peer Review -- The Reluctant Pensioner -- A Kindred Spirit -- Into Africa -- Good Morning Egypt -- The Girl with Two Hearts -- Taking the Podium -- Pain and Loss -- Haile's Story -- Universally Acknowledged -- Capital Investment-- Legacy.
520 _a"Veteran journalists Simon Pearson and Fiona Gorman follow Magdi Yacoub's remarkable life from his formative years in Egypt, through spectacular success at Cairo University, and his decision to pursue his career in Britain, where he challenged the medical establishment and was awarded the highest honor in the gift of the Queen, the Order of Merit. Written with unprecedented access and drawing on extensive interviews and research, the biography recounts how Yacoub transformed the treatment of children with congenital heart disease. He performed some of the first heart transplants in Britain and the first heart-lung transplants in Europe. At London's Harefield Hospital, he created the greatest heart transplant center in the world. Among his patients are men and women who are still thriving more than thirty-five years after he gave them new hope. This story is also about science, the development of new medical techniques, and a deeper understanding of how the human body works. Today, at an age when most people have long since retired, Yacoub is still pushing the boundaries of scientific understanding and surgical know-how. He is also taking heart surgery to places that until now have had little access to cardiac treatment, developing centers of excellence across Africa, including in Egypt, where his hospital in Aswan has an international reputation, and a new center is rising in Cairo. Yacoub's life is one of triumph and tragedy, success and failure, fierce criticism and high praise-it is also an enthralling journey through the worlds of scientific research and medical politics and ethics at the highest levels."--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 7 _aYacoub, Magdi.
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650 7 _aHeart surgeons
_zEgypt
_vBiography.
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650 7 _aSurgeons
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650 7 _aHeart surgeons
_zGreat Britain
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650 7 _aSurgeons
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653 _cFebruary2024
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655 7 _aBiographies.
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700 1 _aGorman, Fiona,
_eauthor.
700 1 _aArcher, Dame Mary,
_eauthor of introduction.
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