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 something that I find very interesting. — Magdi Yacoub Copy Share Image
As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family. — Magdi Yacoub Copy Share Image
My dad was a surgeon in Egypt. He was a general surgeon. As a little boy I always admired what he was doing, and… — Magdi Yacoub Copy Share Image
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… — Magdi Yacoub Copy Share Image
I have a charity called the Chain Of Hope, where we target children from poor areas where heart surgery is not available, and we… — Magdi Yacoub Copy Share Image
I actually consider myself as totally privileged to be able to serve science and medicine in a global fashion, because science and medicine know… — Magdi Yacoub Copy Share Image
It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries. — Magdi Yacoub Copy Share Image
As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family. — Magdi Yacoub Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a surgeon, because I had a lot of admiration for my father, who is also a surgeon. I also… — Magdi Yacoub Copy Share Image
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… — Magdi Yacoub Copy Share Image
Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love… — Magdi Yacoub Copy Share Image
What I worry about is the lack of understanding in society around the world that there is a divide in the world between those… — Magdi Yacoub Copy Share Image
The nanofibrillar scaffolds designed to guide the process of cellular repopulation is an important step towards prolonging life and enhancing the quality of life… — Magdi Yacoub Copy Share Image
