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t m c ยป p u l s e | j u ly 2 0 1 4 8 A. OSAMA GABER, M.D., FACS, DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON METHODIST J.C. WALTER TRANSPLANT CENTER, SAT DOWN WITH TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER CHIEF STRATEGY AND OPERATING OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT WILLIAM F. McKEON TO TALK ABOUT HIS VISION FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS, AND THE MISSION OF THE FOUNDATION HE STARTED IN HIS DAUGHTER'S MEMORY. SPOTLIGHT Q | Tell us a bit about your formative years. A | I was born in Alexandria, Egypt. At that time, Alexandria was a beautiful Mediterranean city. It was just amazing. Very cosmopolitan. We lived in an apartment right on the Mediterranean, and we had two Jewish families, one Greek family, one Italian and then us. And actually, the owner of the apartment building was an older Jewish gentleman. He was one of the rea- sons I learned English so well. I could come home and speak to him. He also was a stamp collector and taught me that, so it was just a really beautiful time growing up in Alexandria. My father was in the textile business, but he was a lawyer by schooling. He never really worked as a law- yer. He worked in textiles, and he was very smart man. Self-taught, very hardworking, really wanted, from the very beginning, wanted us to explore the world and know about the world beyond Egypt. He was one of the first globalists; he believed the whole world was one place and that you really need to know all of it. He was a fantastic guy. Our family had four boys, and we went to the English boys school in Alexandria. Very British at the time. Really fun, and I played soccer. I was on the