Kamran Bagheri Lankarani

Kamran Bagheri Lankarani M.D., is Iran's Minister of Health and Medical Education.

Born in 1965, he finished medical school at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences [ [http://pearl.sums.ac.ir/research_centers/gehrc/lankarani.cv.html Kamran Bagheri Lankarani at SUMS] ] , and attained an advanced fellowship degree in Medicine from the same university. He specializes in gastroenterology.

Baqeri-Lankarani got his doctorate from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 1989. He received post-doctorate certificate in 1992 from the same university.He served as head of Shiraz Namazi Hospital (1993-94), deputy chancellor of Shiraz Medical SciencesUniversity (1994-1996) and manager of the university's domestic group (since 1996).He then served as a member of the presiding board of Shiraz Medical System Administration (1996-2000),secretary of Islamic Association of Fars province physicians and a member of the Islamic Society of Shiraz University Students. [http://www.iran-embassy-oslo.no/pdf_fil/Biografy%20of%20Iranian%20Ministers.pdf]

He is the founder and editor of Iran's first Journal of Medical electronics.

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External links

* [http://www.president.ir/farsi/ahmadinejad/cabinet/bagheri.htm Presidential Bio]
* [http://www.hbi.ir/english/en_ministry/en_ministry_bottom.htm Ministry of Health page]
* [http://www.mohme.gov.ir/ Health Ministry of Iran]