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Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub ((アラビア語:مجدى حبيب يعقوب) ; born 16 November 1935) is a British-Egyptian cardiothoracic surgeon. He is Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Imperial College London. Yacoub's major achievements may be summarised: * establishing heart transplantation in UK and becoming the world's leading transplant surgeon * establishing and becoming a master of the 'Ross Procedure' or pulmonary autograft, including a randomised control trial * pioneering the modern arterial switch operation * promoting the use of left ventricular assist devices for the 'Bridge to Recovery' and establishing the largest experience in the world * establishing the Heart Science Centre, Magdi Yacoub Institute for research into the causes and treatment of cardiac disease * establishing the Chain of Hope Charity which provides cardiothoracic surgical care to the developing world * championing academic medicine, humanitarian surgery and becoming an example of a minority surgeon who has flourished in an institution-dominated field. He was involved in the restart of British heart transplantion in 1980 (there had been a moratorium following the series of three performed by Donald Ross in 1968), carried out the first British live lobe lung transplant and went on to perform more transplants than any other surgeon in the world. A 1980 patient, Derrick Morris, was Europe's longest surviving heart transplant recipient until his death in July 2005. A March 1978 heart by-pass patient continues to live a very active and fruitful life. ==Early life and career== The son of a surgeon of a Coptic Christian family, Yacoub was born on 16 November 1935 in Belbis, Ashraqya, Egypt. He studied at Cairo University and qualified as a doctor in 1957. He reportedly said he decided to specialise in heart surgery after an aunt died of heart disease in her early 20s. He moved to Britain in 1962, then taught at the University of Chicago. He became a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Harefield Hospital in 1973. As a visiting professor to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Yacoub, Fabian Udekwu and others performed the first open heart surgery in Nigeria in 1974.〔John C. Eze, Ndubueze Ezemba ,(Open-Heart Surgery in Nigeria Indications and Challenges ), Tex Heart Inst J. 2007; 34(1): 8–10.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Magdi Yacoub」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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