{"product_id":"a-surgeon-and-a-maverick-the-life-and-pioneering-work-of-magdi-yacoub-9781649034052","title":"A Surgeon and a Maverick: The Life and Pioneering Work of Magdi Yacoub","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"remarkable\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003elife story of legendary cardiac surgeon and scientist Magdi Yacoub, an outsider who succeeded against the odds, now available in paperback\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Veteran journalists Simon Pearson and Fiona Gorman follow the remarkable life of heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub from his formative years in Egypt, through spectacular success at Cairo University, to his long and distinguished career in Britain. Although at times he clashed with the medical establishment in London, Yacoub pioneered great advances in heart surgery. He was knighted in 1992, and in 2014, he was awarded the highest honor in the gift of the Queen, the Order of Merit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with unprecedented access and drawing on extensive interviews and research, the biography recounts how Yacoub transformed the treatment of children with congenital heart disease. He performed some of the first heart transplants in Britain and the first heart-lung transplants in Europe. At London's Harefield Hospital, he created the greatest heart transplant center in the world. Among his patients are men and women who are still thriving more than thirty-five years after he gave them new hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis story is also about science, the development of new medical techniques, and a deeper understanding of how the human body works. Today, at an age when most people have long since retired, Yacoub is still pushing the boundaries of scientific understanding and surgical know-how. He is also taking heart surgery to places that until now have had little access to cardiac treatment, developing centers of excellence across Africa, including in Egypt, where his hospital in Aswan has an international reputation, and a new center is rising in Cairo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYacoub's life is one of triumph and tragedy, success and failure, fierce criticism and high praise-it is also an enthralling journey through the worlds of scientific research and medical politics and ethics at the highest levels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Pearson\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eFiona Gorman\u003c\/b\u003e (Authors) are a husband-and-wife team of author-editors who worked for \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003enewspaper in London for more than thirty years. A former executive editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Simon is the author of three books, including the bestselling biography \u003ci\u003eThe Great Escaper. \u003c\/i\u003eFiona has written on a range of subjects including mental health, and Simon contributes obituaries for \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e. They live in Suffolk, UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Archer \u003c\/b\u003e(Foreword) is a British scientist specializing in solar power conversion. In 2012, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her services to the National Health Service.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"American University in Cairo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52033954545938,"sku":"9781649034052","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cd4bdbca-f298-4152-bc48-2f0546bed4ae.jpg?v=1770981496","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-surgeon-and-a-maverick-the-life-and-pioneering-work-of-magdi-yacoub-9781649034052","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}