{"podcast":{"title":"Reconnect","slug":"reconnect-7031867","podcast_index_feed_id":7031867,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66e990092865578764366c9b","website_url":"http://alumni.rbht.nhs.uk","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/66e990092865578764366c9b/1727191677563-915af7ab-1657-495c-9927-cbb4421bb13b.jpeg","author":"Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust","episode_count":10,"summary":"Our community at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals has been advancing heart and lung care for over 100 years. Each member of our team, past and present, has carefully nurtured our world-leading reputation through their commitment and invaluable contributions. Together, we have pushed boundaries of what’s possible in medicine. From developing new minimally invasive heart procedures, to innovative lung treatments that help patients do more of what they love. In our “Reconnect” series, we are proud to share with you stories that inspire and ideas that innovate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reconnect-7031867"},"episode":{"title":"Reconnect with Professor Magdi Yacoub","slug":"reconnect-with-professor-magdi-yacoub","published_at":"2025-06-13T14:14:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reconnect-7031867/reconnect-with-professor-magdi-yacoub","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reconnect-7031867","url":"https://shows.acast.com/reconnect/episodes/684c30726770b65af4ee9cfe","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66e990092865578764366c9b/e/684c30726770b65af4ee9cfe/media.mp3","summary":"Educated in his natal Egypt, Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub made his name at Harefield Hospital to become one of the world’s most eminent cardiothoracic surgeons. In 1983, he achieved worldwide recognition for performing the first heart and lung transplant in Europe and went on to develop many groundbreaking procedures. At Harefield, he established what was to become one of the largest and most successful heart and lung transplant units in the world. Join us as we discuss not only his over 60 years at our hospitals, but also his crucial role in research and cardiac surgery advances worldwide. Professor Yacoub was knighted for his services to medicine in 1991 and in 2014 he was granted the Order of Merit by Her Majesty the Queen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Educated in his natal Egypt, Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub made his name at Harefield Hospital to become one of the world’s most eminent cardiothoracic surge…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1782,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/reconnect-7031867/episodes/reconnect-with-professor-magdi-yacoub/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reconnect-7031867/reconnect-with-professor-magdi-yacoub.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}