Quote by: Magdi Yacoub

I always wanted to be a surgeon, because I had a lot of admiration for my father, who is also a surgeon. I also wanted to be a heart surgeon. That was motivated by the fact that my young aunt, a sister of my dad, died in her early 20s of a correctable heart disease.


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Author Bio


  • NameMagdi Yacoub
  • DescriptionEgyptian scholar
  • BornNovember 16, 1935
  • CountryEgypt
  • ProfessionSurgeon
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society