This book dives into the world of surgery and medicine through the eyes of Salah Abbas, a Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeon. Using his own life as a case study for medicine and its trials and tribulations, this work discusses essential topics such as; the influence of global regimes on medical professionals, the difficulties and uncertainties that surgeons encounter on a daily basis to make a decision, act on it and accept the consequences and the effects of emigration on the professionals themselves. This publication would be of interest to an array of professionals interested in understanding more about individual influences on surgical professionals as well as those in the history of Salah Abbas himself.