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Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub OM FRS (Coptic: Ⲙⲁⲅⲇⲓ Ϩⲁⲃⲓⲃ Ⲏⲁⲕⲩⲃ, 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.[1][2][3][4]
(Order of Merit) 2014
Yacoub's achievements include:
Establishing heart transplantation in the UK.
Establishing the 'Ross Procedure' or pulmonary autograft, including a randomised control trial.
Pioneering the modern arterial switch operation.
Promoting the use of left ventricular assist dev
Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub OM FRS (Coptic: Ⲙⲁⲅⲇⲓ Ϩⲁⲃⲓⲃ Ⲏⲁⲕⲩⲃ, 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.[1][2][3][4]
(Order of Merit) 2014
Yacoub's achievements include:
Establishing heart transplantation in the UK.
Establishing the 'Ross Procedure' or pulmonary autograft, including a randomised control trial.
Pioneering the modern arterial switch operation.
Promoting the use of left ventricular assist devices for the 'Bridge to Recovery' and establishing the largest experience in the world.
Establishing the Heart Science Centre, Magdi Yacoub Institute for research into the causes and treatment of cardiac disease.
Establishing the Chain of Hope Charity which provides Cardiothoracic Surgical care to the developing world.
Championing academic medicine, humanitarian surgery.
He was involved in the restart of British heart transplantation 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.
He is also the head of Magdi Yacoub heart foundation, which launched Aswan Heart project.[5]
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 This record was superseded by John McCafferty who received a transplant at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex on 20 October 1982 and survived over 33 years, until 10 February 2016.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 recognised as the world's longest surviving heart transplant patient by Guinness World Records in 2013. [6]
A March 1978 (Harefield Hospital) heart by-pass patient continues to live a very active and fruitful life (November 2017).
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