Who is Dr. Magdy Yaqoub?

Prof. Sir Magdy Yacoub

Dr. Magdy Habib Yaqoub is one of the most famous heart surgeons in the world. He was born on 16 November 1935 in Belbeis, Sharqia, Egypt to a family descended from Assiut. He has loved the medical profession since childhood and dreamed of becoming a surgeon. His passion for this exact specialty was to his father, who was in turn a general surgeon, and Dr. Magdi had a lot of admiration

He studied medicine at Cairo University and studied in Chicago. He moved to Britain in 1962 to work at Chest Hospital in London, then became Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Harvard Hospital (1969-2001) and Director of Research and Education (since 1992). He was appointed professor at the National Heart and Lung Institute in 1986. He was interested in the development of heart transplant surgery techniques since 1967. In 1980, he underwent heart transplantation for Drake Morris, who became the longest surviving European heart transplant patient until his death in July 2005.

He was one of the pioneers of heart transplantation surgery in the world. He performed many successful surgeries, which exceeded 2,000 operations worldwide. These operations saved the lives of thousands. To perform many free surgeries in developing countries for patients and children who do not have the money to do such operations.

Practical field

Jacob was a researcher at the University of Chicago in 1969, then as Head of Cardiac Surgery in 1972, a Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Brompton Hospital in London in 1986. He was President of the Heart Transplant Foundation in Britain in 1987 and a Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the University of London.
He was also the Director of Research and Medical Education and Honorary Advisor to King Adwar Medical College in Lahore, Pakistan, as well as the Chair of the UK Heart and Heart Transplantation Foundation.
· Jacob has published many outstanding international researches, more than 400 researches specialized in heart and chest surgery.
· When Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak issued a decree to form the Supreme Council for Science and Technology, a number of Egyptian symbols were included abroad, including Dr. Magdy Yaqub, Ahmed Zewail, Farouk Al-Baz, and other prominent scientists and public figures who worked to advance the science and technology process. Egypt.

· His achievements in the medical field

Dr. Magdy Yacoub has many medical achievements. In his work as a heart surgeon in British hospitals, Dr. Magdy Yacoub has been the second surgeon to undergo heart transplant surgery after Dr. Christian Bernard in 1967. Jacob has undergone about 2,000 heart transplants for 25 years.

Jacob was able to perform the first heart transplant surgery in 1980, and then carried out these operations at his expense and the expense of donors for a period of time, as this type of surgery is widespread at this time, and the cost of this process is subject to the system of health insurance for patients, Jacob successfully succeeded in the field of heart and lung transplant, and then planted the two at the same time in 1986. </ p> </ p> Dr. Jacob sought through his work as a doctor to penetrate everything that is difficult in the field of heart surgery, and work on the creation of new methods Helps and develops the skills of surgeons in a way that makes heart surgery easier than before.

</ p> This b In addition to his contribution to the Harvard Heart Research Center in Britain, the development of innovative methods of surgical treatment of acute heart failure, and the establishment of the World Heart and Lung Transplantation Program.

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He has been active in the charitable field since founding a charity in 1995 known as the "Chin of Hope" or "Chains of Hope", the institution in which he sought cardiac surgery for patients in developing countries. He has been very interested in conducting surgical procedures free of charge in a number of Which is headed by "Egypt" for children whose parents can not afford the cost of surgery and treatment for their children. He also established an integrated care unit in Al-Qasr Al-Aini Hospital in Egypt to treat congenital malformations in the heart.