Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi | |
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محمدرضا ظفرقندی | |
Minister of Health and Medical Education | |
Assumed office 21 August 2024 | |
President | Masoud Pezeshkian |
Preceded by | Bahram Eynollahi |
Personal details | |
Born | Tehran, Iran | 1 April 1958
Citizenship | Iran |
Political party | Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society |
Education | Alavi School |
Alma mater | University of Tehran Tehran University of Medical Sciences Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences |
Profession | CardiologistPolitician |
Cabinet | Pezeshkian Cabinet |
Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi (Persian: محمدرضا ظفرقندی; born 1 April 1958) is an Iranian physician and politician who is serving as Minister of Health and Medical Education since August 2024. Previously, he was the head of the Iranian Medical System Organization from 2018 to 2021.[1][2][3] He is a specialist in vascular surgery and a full professor at Tehran University of Medical Sciences and his workplace is Sinai Hospital. He has conducted researches in the field of treating trauma patients as well as chemically injured people of the Iran–Iraq War.[4]