Hamid Ahmadieh is an Iranian

ophthalmologist Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgery, surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Followin ...

, medical scientist, and pioneer specializing on the

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of the eye. He is also the founder of Iranian Vitreoretina Society. He is currently a professor of ophthalmology at

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences ( fa, دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی-درمانی شهيد بهشتی, ''Danushgah-e 'lum-e Pezeshki-ye vâ Xedâmat-e Behedashti - Dârmani-ye Shihid Beheshti'') is o ...

. He is also the director of vitreoretinal service at Labbafinejad Medical Center.

Early life and education

Hamid Ahmadieh was born in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

but spent his early life in

Yazd Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Wor ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, since his father had a career as a physician there. He received his diploma in Natural Sciences from Iranshahr High School in 1971 getting the first rank in the whole country. Ahmadieh obtained his M.D. degree from

Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) ( fa, دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران, ''Danushgah-e 'lum Pezeshki-ye Tehran'') is the largest and most highly ranked medical university of Iran. In September 2008, Iran's Mini ...

in 1978. Then he did residency in ophthalmology at Farabi Eye Hospital from 1979 to 1982. Afterwards, he started a vitreoretinal fellowship at Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 1984 and finished it in 1986.

Career

Ahmadieh began his academic job by joining

Faculty as an

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of ophthalmology in 1986. At the same time he became the director of Vitreoretinal Service at Labbafinejad Medical Center and improved it scientifically making it a center from which many well known

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Specialists were graduated. Ahmadieh was promoted to an

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of ophthalmology in 1993 and to a

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of ophthalmology in 1999. Ahmadieh was the director of Residency Training Program (Ophthalmology) at Labbafinejad Medical Center and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences from 1989 to 1996. He was a member of Iranian Board of Ophthalmology from 1987 to 2008 and was a member of the executive committee of Iranian Society of Ophthalmology (IrS

from 1986 to 1996. As the president of the first Iranian Congress of Ophthalmology, he played a substantial role in the establishment of the annual meetings of IrSO. Ahmadieh founded Iranian Vitreoretina Society in 2007 and has been the head of it since then. He is also a member of the Board of Middle East Vitreoretina Society (MEAVRS

at present. Ahmadieh is the founder and

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of the ''Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research'

and is a reviewer for '' Ophthalmology (journal), Ophthalmology'', ''Acta Ophthalmologica'', ''Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology'', ''Retina'' (journal), ''Ophthalmic Research'' (journal) and ''Indian Journal of Ophthalmology''. He is also on the editorial board of ''ISRN Ophthalmology Journal''. Ahmadieh is currently the research deputy of the Ophthalmic Research Cente

Ahmadieh has published many papers in well-known international medical journals. He has also given numerous presentations at international meetings of ophthalmology. Due to his publications and presentations, he has received two prestigious awards, namely, International Achievement Award in 2006 from the American Academy of Ophthalmologybr>
and Honor Award in 2010 from the American Society of Retina Specialists.

Honors and awards

* International Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 200

* Honor Award, American Society of Retina Specialists, 2010 * Best Paper Presenter, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, 2008 * Best Poster Presenter, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, 2007 * Distinguished Ophthalmologist Award, Iranian Society of Ophthalmology, 2003 * Distinguished Researcher Award, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 2003 * Distinguished Researcher Award, The 9th Razi Research Festival in Medical Sciences, 2003 * Outstanding Researcher with High Citation, The 12th Razi Research Festival in Medical Sciences, 2006 * Distinguished Researcher Award, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 2009 * Distinguished Researcher Award, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 2011

References

External links

* Hamid Ahmadieh's webpage on Ophthalmic Research Center (Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

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