Nadey Hakim and the bust of Donald Trump that he sculpted and presented to the president. (Photos sent by Hakim, collage by L'OLJ)
We set out to meet a medical luminary — a top surgeon who, over three decades of breakthroughs, has pushed the boundaries of his field while making Lebanon, his homeland, shine with him. We planned to profile the man who, with seven colleagues, performed the world’s first hand transplant in 1998.The man who, in 2000, took part in the first double-arm transplant on an amputee. The man who, in 1995, carried out the first pancreas transplant in London, launching southeast England’s first program at St. Mary’s Hospital. The man who, at the height of the Iraq war, performed five kidney transplants in one day in Aden, Yemen. The man who led the first kidney transplant in Nigeria at Garki Hospital, with eight transplants in five days, using a technique he pioneered.Yet sitting across from Nadey Hakim as he reflects on medicine, it feels more...
We set out to meet a medical luminary — a top surgeon who, over three decades of breakthroughs, has pushed the boundaries of his field while making Lebanon, his homeland, shine with him. We planned to profile the man who, with seven colleagues, performed the world’s first hand transplant in 1998.The man who, in 2000, took part in the first double-arm transplant on an amputee. The man who, in 1995, carried out the first pancreas transplant in London, launching southeast England’s first program at St. Mary’s Hospital. The man who, at the height of the Iraq war, performed five kidney transplants in one day in Aden, Yemen. The man who led the first kidney transplant in Nigeria at Garki Hospital, with eight transplants in five days, using a technique he pioneered.Yet sitting across from Nadey Hakim as he reflects on medicine, it feels...
Humanitarian convoy reaches Rmeish, Ain Ibl, Dibil despite obstacles