A surgeon and a maverick : the life and pioneering work of Magdi Yacoub / Simon Pearson and Fiona Gorman ; with a foreword by Dame Mary Archer.
"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...
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Cairo, Egypt ; New York, NY :
The American University in Cairo Press,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Plymouth, 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.