Iraj Fazel
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Iradj Fazel is a prominent Iran
ian surgeon and academic. He was the president of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences
for 19 years until 2010. In the aftermath of the Iranian presidential election, 2009
, he wrote a public letter, protesting the way Iranian youth were being treated. Subsequently, he was removed as the president of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences by President Ahmadinejad.
Fazel studied Medicine at Tehran University and pursued his studies in the United States. He specialized in organ transplantation.
Fazel is a full professor at the medical school of National University of Iran. He is a former minister of health and medical education and president of Iranian Society of Surgeons.
Born in 1939, Fazel is a graduate of Tehran Medical school in 1964. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery
and professor of surgery at Beheshty University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran. He is a founding member of ranian Association of Surgeons and its current president, and president of Iranian Society for Organ Transplantation. He is also the founder of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences
and served in the capacity of life member and president for past 20 years. He is a prominent and highly specialized surgeon with an outstanding record of services in care of war casualties during Iran-Iraq war. He served as the minister of Higher Education in 1975 and minister of Health and Medical Education in 1989.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian surgeon and academic. He was the president of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences
Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences
The Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran was formally inaugurated in the winter of 1990. It had received its mandate from the High Council of Cultural Revolution and Legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran two years earlier and its existence had been foreseen in the 1986 Charter of the Ministry...
for 19 years until 2010. In the aftermath of the Iranian presidential election, 2009
Iranian presidential election, 2009
Iran's tenth presidential election was held on 12 June 2009, with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. The next morning the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's official news agency, announced that with two-thirds of the votes counted, Ahmadinejad had won the election...
, he wrote a public letter, protesting the way Iranian youth were being treated. Subsequently, he was removed as the president of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences by President Ahmadinejad.
Fazel studied Medicine at Tehran University and pursued his studies in the United States. He specialized in organ transplantation.
Fazel is a full professor at the medical school of National University of Iran. He is a former minister of health and medical education and president of Iranian Society of Surgeons.
Born in 1939, Fazel is a graduate of Tehran Medical school in 1964. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery
American Board of Surgery
The American Board of Surgery is an independent, non-profit organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training and knowledge...
and professor of surgery at Beheshty University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran. He is a founding member of ranian Association of Surgeons and its current president, and president of Iranian Society for Organ Transplantation. He is also the founder of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences
Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences
The Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran was formally inaugurated in the winter of 1990. It had received its mandate from the High Council of Cultural Revolution and Legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran two years earlier and its existence had been foreseen in the 1986 Charter of the Ministry...
and served in the capacity of life member and president for past 20 years. He is a prominent and highly specialized surgeon with an outstanding record of services in care of war casualties during Iran-Iraq war. He served as the minister of Higher Education in 1975 and minister of Health and Medical Education in 1989.
Representative publications
- Iraj Fazel et al. "Socioeconomic status of Iranian living unrelated kidney donors: a multicenter study." Transplant Proc. 39(4):824-5 (2007)
- Iraj Fazel et al. "Modified jejunoileal bypass surgery with biliary diversion for morbid obesity and changes in liver histology during follow-up." J Gastrointest Surg. 11(8):1033-8 (2007)