Behrouz Boroumand
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Behrouz Boroumand | |
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| Born | Qaemshahr, Iran |
| Alma mater | |
| Political party | Nation Party of Iran |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Internal |
| Field | Nephrology |
| Institutions | |
| Sub-specialties | Nephropathology |
| Awards | ISN Pioneer Award (2014) |
| Website | www.instagram.com/behrouz.broumand |
Behrouz Boroumand (Persian: بهروز برومند) is an Iranian physician and political activist.
Boroumand was born in Qaemshahr, Mazandaran province, and obtained his medical degree from University of Tehran Medical School.[1] He did his residency in Hackensack, New Jersey and District of Columbia General Hospital, and gained a fellowship in nephrology and nephropathology at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.[1]
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.[2] From 1976 to 1980, he was the president of 'Iranian Society of Nephrology' and office he holds for the second spell since 2000.[3] He is acclaimed as "the founder and leader of kidney disease treatment in the Middle East" by the International Society of Nephrology (ISN),[4] and received the society's Pioneer Award in 2014.[3]
