Behrouz Boroumand ( fa, بهروز برومند) is an Iranian physician and political activist.

Early life and education

Boroumand was born in Qaemshahr, Mazandaran province, and obtained his medical degree from University of Tehran Medical School. He did his residency in

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and District of Columbia General Hospital, and gained a fellowship in nephrology and nephropathology at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.

Medical career

During the 1970s, Boroumand worked at the 'National Dialysis and Transplant Committee' of health ministry and collaborated in the first kidney transplantation service in Iran. From 1976 to 1980, he was the president of 'Iranian Society of Nephrology' and office he holds for the second spell since 2000. He is acclaimed as "the founder and leader of kidney disease treatment in the Middle East" by the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), and received the society's Pioneer Award in 2014.

Political activities

Boroumand has served in the leadership council of the

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Gallery

File:Behrooz Boroomand4.jpg, Behrouz Broumand at the art gallery File:Behrooz Boroomand1.jpg File:Behrooz Boroomand3.jpg, Behrooz Boroomand in

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References

Living people Nation Party of Iran politicians Year of birth missing (living people) People from Qaem Shahr University of Tehran alumni Georgetown University School of Medicine alumni Iranian nephrologists Iranian pathologists Iranian expatriates in the United States National Front (Iran) student activists {{Iran-med-bio-stub