The College of Medicine University of Baghdad, formerly known as the Iraqi Royal Medical College, was established in 1927.
In 1927,
Harry Sinderson
Sir Harry Chapman Sinderson (9 June 1891 – 20 November 1974) was an England, English medical doctor. He was Doctor to the royal family of Iraqi Kingdom, Iraq in the period (1923–1946), and founder and first Dean of the College of Medicine Un ...
helped to establish a new medical school in
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...
, which became the Royal Medical College when the King opened its new building in 1930. From 1923, Sinderson was personal physician to Iraq's Kings.
Harry Sinderson
Sir Harry Chapman Sinderson (9 June 1891 – 20 November 1974) was an England, English medical doctor. He was Doctor to the royal family of Iraqi Kingdom, Iraq in the period (1923–1946), and founder and first Dean of the College of Medicine Un ...
served as Dean of the Medical College from 1927 until 1934, and again from 1941 until 1946.
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External links
Baghdad College of Medicine ForumsBaghdad University – Al-Kindy Medicine
University of Baghdad
Medical schools in Iraq
1927 establishments in Iraq
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