IRI Medical Council News

Dr. Mohammadreza Zafarghandi, an accomplished academic medical physician and vascular & trauma surgeon (University Professor, former TUMS Chancellor & IRIMC President) has recently been made President of Iranian Medical Council.

Following unilateral US withdrawal from JCPOA and the re-imposition of sanctions against Iran which dramatically affects importing of live-saving medicines, IRIMC as the advocate of patients’ rights and one the main national health policy makers reacted promptly to protect Iranian patients. IRIMC senior directors penned a letter to UN Secretary General to draw his immediate attention to the health-related hardship caused by such sanctions for Iranians.

Mashhad hosts International Congress on Hypospadias and Disorders of Sexual Development from 25 to 27 October 2017.

On Thursday 19 October 2017, IRIMC President and Supreme Councilors hosted WHO representatives in the field of midwifery at IRIMC headquarters.

Organized by Iranian Cancer Association & sponsored by CFFSD, the 2nd West Asia Cancer Conference will be held on 30 November to 02 December in Tehran at Eram Grand Hotel.

The world’s leading forum for inpatient & outpatient medicine and the world’s biggest trade fair for the medical industry will be convened in Düsseldorf from 13-16 November 2017.

Joined by ministers and MPs, numerous prominent healthcare professionals, elected IRIMC officials and directors, Dr. Fazel inaugurated as the new IRIMC President and officially began a new term.

Dr. Iradj Fazel, an internationally acclaimed medical scientist and surgeon (Professor emeritus, President of Iranian Association of Surgeons and former Health Minister) has recently been made IRIMC President.

The 7th International Tehran Hepatitis Conference will be convened under the auspices of the European Association for the Study of the Liver.

Avicenna's birthday (23th August, Iranian month: 1st Shahrivar) is celebrated and commemorated as the National Day of Physicians. In recognition of Doctors' Day, IRIMC honors the physicians who have dedicated their professional lives to serving the nation & caring for patients.

Shiraz hosts the 4th Int’l Rhinology Course & 7th Int’l Congress of Pan Asian Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (PAAFPRS).

Seoul hosts the 77th FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences on 10-14 September 2017.

On Saturday 7 May 2017, there was an official meeting between IRIMC President & Prof. Dr. Thomas Szekeres & Dr. Anton Ofner; Presidents of Vienna Medical Council and Austrian Workers’ Compensation Board respectively.

In par with European and US Molecular laboratories, the most comprehensive Blood Group Genotyping Lab and the unique of its kind in the Middle East opened in Tehran.