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As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family.

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I don't have any regrets. I consider myself really privileged to belong to medicine and do what I do. I would do it all again.

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What I worry about is the lack of understanding in society around the world that there is a divide in the world between those who have and those who do not.

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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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I actually consider myself as totally privileged to be able to serve science and medicine in a global fashion, because science and medicine know no boundaries.

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If I wasn't going to be a surgeon, I wanted to be a farmer or grow oranges or something like that. I grow flowers now - orchids. That is something that I find very interesting.

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It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.

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The nanofibrillar scaffolds designed to guide the process of cellular repopulation is an important step towards prolonging life and enhancing the quality of life for patients with advanced heart disease with defective valve.

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I have a charity called the Chain Of Hope, where we target children from poor areas where heart surgery is not available, and we offer our services.

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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.

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Biography

Nationality: Egyptian

Type: Scientist

Born: November 16th, 1935

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