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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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