Magdi Yacoub practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Magdi Yacoub as Egyptian surgeon.
Magdi Yacoub was born at Belbis in 1935. His recorded nationality is Egypt. He trained at Cairo University and University of Chicago.
Antibiotics, imaging and the randomised trial defined twentieth-century medicine; evidence replaced authority as the standard.
His posts were held at Imperial College London.
The recorded fields of work are thoracic surgery and heart transplant.
Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
Recognition followed: Fellow of the Royal Society, Lister Medal (2015), Order of the Nile (2011) and Order of Merit (2014).
That the work was done from Egypt matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Achievements
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Lister Medal — 2015
- Order of the Nile — 2011
- Order of Merit — 2014
- Knight Bachelor — 1992
- Held posts at Imperial College London
- Fields: thoracic surgery and heart transplant
