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born in Belbis, Ashraqya, Egypt
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studied at Cairo University and qualified as a doctor
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performed the first open heart surgery in Nigeria
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performed the UK's first heart and lung transplant at Harefield
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Bradshaw Lecture, Royal College of Physicians
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founded the UK charity Chain of Hope
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The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Heart Failure Summit
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had a house named after him at The Petchey Academy
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European Society of Cardiology Gold Medal
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Order of the Nile for science and humanity
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awarded the Order of Merit by HM The Queen