“Enthralling and outspoken.”
—The Times
“It’s funny, sad, uplifting and hopeful. Samer Nashef’s writing style is easy for the lay person to understand (his description of how to do a heart transplant is unforgettable) but is also interesting to those who have some knowledge of cardiology…Whether you work in medicine or are just interested in how heart problems can be corrected by surgery, this is a great read. I read this book in a couple of days because the stories were so varied and enthralling.”
—Sam Still Reading
“[Nashef's] honest, unvarnished writing about his life and death work has given his readers new insights into the reality of life inside the operating theater.”
—BBC World News
Praise for The Naked Surgeon:
“A Malcolm Gladwell-esque look at what happens in operating theaters…Nashef’s humanity and compassion shine through.”
—The Times
“One can’t help but think of Henry Marsh when reading Samer Nashef…[He] writes clearly, with plentiful moments of humour.”
—The Independent
“[The Naked Surgeon] takes a scalpel to the medical profession and asks if patients get the standard of care they have the right to expect from their surgeons…A valuable resource.”
—Irish Independent
Praise for Samer Nashef:
“The question one is asked most frequently as a newspaper feature writer, alongside “how do you get your ideas?” and “do you actually get paid for writing that crap?”, is “who’s the most interesting person you’ve interviewed?” In my case the answer changes and, while the experiences of meeting Bill Clinton and Bros are obviously right up there, I usually settle on the heart surgeon Samer Nashef. He left a deep impression not only because I watched him conduct emergency surgery and save a man’s life, and because as co-creator of the Euroscore system, a safety and monitoring tool that predicts the outcomes of heart surgery, he has arguably saved thousands of other lives too, and because he also compiles cryptic crosswords for The Guardian and the Financial Times under a pseudonym in his spare time, but because he taught me about how people have a tendency to be overly in awe of authority figures like him.”
—Sathnam Sanghera, The Times
