Farrokh Saidi
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Farrokh Saidi (born November 22, 1929 in Tehran
, Iran
) is an Iranian
surgeon
, academician
, former Under-Secretary for Medical Education and Health Services of Iran, and former Dean of Medical School, Pahlavi University School of Medicine (now Shiraz University
), Shiraz
, Iran.
, Germany
and his high school in Tehran
, Iran and later in Montclair, New Jersey
in the United States
. From 1947 to 1950, he spent his years of undergraduate studies at Cornell University
, Ithaca
, New York
.
in Boston
, Massachusetts
and received his medical degree (M.D.) in 1954. He spent a year of internship in Internal Medicine at Duke University Hospital
in Durham
, North Carolina
. In 1955, he went back to Boston to start his residency in General Surgery
at Massachusetts General Hospital
, Harvard Medical School and completed his residency and a fellowship in Cardiac Surgery
at Massachusetts General Hospital
by 1960. He spent an additional year of training in Thoracic Surgery
at Frenchay Hospital
, Bristol
, United Kingdom
in 1961 under supervision of Professor Ronald Belsey.
as an attending surgeon and became an Associate Professor of Surgery at Pahlavi University School of Medicine in Shiraz
where he established a General Surgery Residency Program. He became Chief of Surgery at Saadi and Nemazee Hospitals in Shiraz and Professor of Surgery at Pahlavi University School of Medicine in 1963. Farrokh Saidi was the Dean of Medical School, Pahlavi University School of Medicine (now Shiraz University
) during 1968–1969. Again, he returned to Boston to complete a two-year fellowship in Pediatric Surgery
at Massachusetts General Hospital
. He moved to Tehran in 1972 and was Chief of Surgery at Hossein Fatemi Hospital, Rey, and subsequently Chief of Surgery at Bank Melli Hospital, both in Tehran, Iran. In 1985, he joined Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
as a Professor and Chief of Surgery, and established the Thoracic Surgery Fellowship program at Modarres Hospital in Tehran
.
During 1974–1975 and before the Iranian revolution
, Farrokh Saidi served as the Under-Secretary for Medical Education and Health Services of the Minister of Education, Abdol-Hossein Samiy (also Samii). He has been a permanent member of the Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences
since 1990. He has been a Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) since 1987. Farrokh Saidi has published extensively on surgical treatment of hydatid cyst and esophageal cancer
.
In the early-mid 1990s, he founded the Iranian Society for the Study of Esophageal Cancer (ISSEC) and conducted a few studies on esophageal cancer targeting one of the highest incidence cancers in the World in northeast Iran.
Farrokh Saidi is currently a Professor of Surgery Emeritus at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
and practices general and thoracic surgery at Iran-Mehr Hospital in Tehran.
, former Chair of Union of Concerned Scientists
.
In a correspondence to the Nature (journal)
in December 2009, he was among thirteen prominent Iranian academicians who deplored the cases of alleged plagiarism by Iranian scientists. The authors believed Iranian culture places an excessive emphasis on the value of academic credentials, both for advancement in official professions and in social standing and especially, Iran's political class has an unusual affinity for possessing academic distinctions and this accounts for a disproportionate share of academic fraud in this group.
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, Iran
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...
) is an Iranian
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...
surgeon
Surgeon
In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...
, academician
Academician
The title Academician denotes a Full Member of an art, literary, or scientific academy.In many countries, it is an honorary title. There also exists a lower-rank title, variously translated Corresponding Member or Associate Member, .-Eastern Europe and China:"Academician" may also be a functional...
, former Under-Secretary for Medical Education and Health Services of Iran, and former Dean of Medical School, Pahlavi University School of Medicine (now Shiraz University
Shiraz University
Shiraz University , formerly known as Pahlavi University, is a public university located in Shiraz, Iran. It is one of the major universities of Iran....
), Shiraz
Shiraz
Shiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor...
, Iran.
Education
Farrokh Saidi finished the elementary school in BerlinBerlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and his high school in Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, Iran and later in Montclair, New Jersey
Montclair, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,977 people, 15,020 households, and 9,687 families residing in the township. The population density was 6,183.6 people per square mile . There were 15,531 housing units at an average density of 2,464.0 per square mile...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. From 1947 to 1950, he spent his years of undergraduate studies at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Ithaca
Ithaca
Ithaca or Ithaka is an island located in the Ionian Sea, in Greece, with an area of and a little more than three thousand inhabitants. It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. It lies off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
Medical education
In 1950, he was admitted to Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
and received his medical degree (M.D.) in 1954. He spent a year of internship in Internal Medicine at Duke University Hospital
Duke University Hospital
Duke University Medical Center is a 924-bed academic tertiary care facility located in Durham, North Carolina. Since its establishment in 1930, the hospital has grown from a small regional hospital to an academic medical center...
in Durham
Durham
Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
. In 1955, he went back to Boston to start his residency in General Surgery
General surgery
General surgery, despite its name, is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal organs, e.g., intestines including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland . They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft...
at Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
, Harvard Medical School and completed his residency and a fellowship in Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac surgery
Cardiovascular surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease , correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease from various causes including endocarditis, rheumatic heart...
at Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
by 1960. He spent an additional year of training in Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic surgery
Thoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in the surgical treatment of diseases affecting organs inside the thorax . Generally treatment of conditions of the lungs, chest wall, and diaphragm....
at Frenchay Hospital
Frenchay Hospital
Frenchay Hospital is a large hospital situated in Frenchay, South Gloucestershire, on the outskirts of Bristol, England, part of the North Bristol NHS Trust....
, Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in 1961 under supervision of Professor Ronald Belsey.
Career
After his return to Iran in 1961, he joined Nemazee Hospital in ShirazShiraz
Shiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor...
as an attending surgeon and became an Associate Professor of Surgery at Pahlavi University School of Medicine in Shiraz
Shiraz
Shiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor...
where he established a General Surgery Residency Program. He became Chief of Surgery at Saadi and Nemazee Hospitals in Shiraz and Professor of Surgery at Pahlavi University School of Medicine in 1963. Farrokh Saidi was the Dean of Medical School, Pahlavi University School of Medicine (now Shiraz University
Shiraz University
Shiraz University , formerly known as Pahlavi University, is a public university located in Shiraz, Iran. It is one of the major universities of Iran....
) during 1968–1969. Again, he returned to Boston to complete a two-year fellowship in Pediatric Surgery
Pediatric surgery
Pediatric surgery or paediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults...
at Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
. He moved to Tehran in 1972 and was Chief of Surgery at Hossein Fatemi Hospital, Rey, and subsequently Chief of Surgery at Bank Melli Hospital, both in Tehran, Iran. In 1985, he joined Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services is a large medical school in northern Tehran, Iran.The school was founded in 1961 as part of Shahid Beheshti University, and was re-structured in 1986 when it separated off onto its own...
as a Professor and Chief of Surgery, and established the Thoracic Surgery Fellowship program at Modarres Hospital in Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
.
During 1974–1975 and before the Iranian revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...
, Farrokh Saidi served as the Under-Secretary for Medical Education and Health Services of the Minister of Education, Abdol-Hossein Samiy (also Samii). He has been a permanent member of the 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...
since 1990. He has been a Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) since 1987. Farrokh Saidi has published extensively on surgical treatment of hydatid cyst and esophageal cancer
Esophageal cancer
Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the esophagus. There are various subtypes, primarily squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma . Squamous cell cancer arises from the cells that line the upper part of the esophagus...
.
In the early-mid 1990s, he founded the Iranian Society for the Study of Esophageal Cancer (ISSEC) and conducted a few studies on esophageal cancer targeting one of the highest incidence cancers in the World in northeast Iran.
Farrokh Saidi is currently a Professor of Surgery Emeritus at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services is a large medical school in northern Tehran, Iran.The school was founded in 1961 as part of Shahid Beheshti University, and was re-structured in 1986 when it separated off onto its own...
and practices general and thoracic surgery at Iran-Mehr Hospital in Tehran.
Views
In November 1992, Farrokh Saidi, together with some 1,700 world's leading scientists, including the majority of Nobel laureates in the sciences, issued an appeal and warned that human activities inflict harsh and often irreversible damage on the environment and on critical resources and suggested a great change in our stewardship of the earth and the life on it, is required. This appeal was written and spearheaded by Henry Way KendallHenry Way Kendall
Henry Way Kendall was an American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990 jointly with Jerome Isaac Friedman and Richard E...
, former Chair of Union of Concerned Scientists
Union of Concerned Scientists
The Union of Concerned Scientists is a nonprofit science advocacy group based in the United States. The UCS membership includes many private citizens in addition to professional scientists. James J...
.
In a correspondence to the Nature (journal)
Nature (journal)
Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world's most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports...
in December 2009, he was among thirteen prominent Iranian academicians who deplored the cases of alleged plagiarism by Iranian scientists. The authors believed Iranian culture places an excessive emphasis on the value of academic credentials, both for advancement in official professions and in social standing and especially, Iran's political class has an unusual affinity for possessing academic distinctions and this accounts for a disproportionate share of academic fraud in this group.
Memberships
- Diplomate, American Board of SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryThe 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...
, American Board of Thoracic Surgery - Fellow, American College of SurgeonsAmerican College of SurgeonsThe American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons created in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice.-Membership:...
- Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandRoyal College of Surgeons of EnglandThe Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body and registered charity committed to promoting and advancing the highest standards of surgical care for patients, regulating surgery, including dentistry, in England and Wales...
- Hunterian Professor of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandRoyal College of Surgeons of EnglandThe Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body and registered charity committed to promoting and advancing the highest standards of surgical care for patients, regulating surgery, including dentistry, in England and Wales...
- Member, Royal Society of MedicineRoyal Society of MedicineThe Royal Society of Medicine is a British charitable organisation whose main purpose is as a provider of medical education, running over 350 meetings and conferences each year.- History and overview :...
, England - Founding Member, World Association of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
- Founding Member, Iranian Surgical Association
- Fellow, Third World Academy of SciencesThird World Academy of SciencesTWAS, until 2004 named Third World Academy of Sciences and now TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, is a merit-based science academy uniting 1,000 scientists in some 70 countries. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable development in...
- Permanent Member, Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences
External links
- Nemazee Hospital
- Pahlavi University School of Medicine
- Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences
- http://twas.ictp.it/