Naser Kamalian
Nasser Kamalian is an Iranian medical scholar who can be considered the father of modern neuropathology in Iran. He has published around 60 major articles in prominent Iranian and international medical journals, and has for 40 years been associated with Tehran University.
Education and career
Kamalian received his MD degree from Tehran University in 1958, completing a residency in Anatomical Pathology at the same institution in 1964. Remaining at the university he served as a lecturer in Anatomical until 1968, before moving to the University of Wisconsin, USA, from 1969–1974, where he obtained his specialty board in Anatomical Pathology and his sub-specialty board in Neuropathology. He has been a full professor of pathology at Tehran University since 1974.Alongside his academic career he has held administrative positions, including as founder and head of the pathology department of Shariati Hospital, Dean of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Director of the pathology group of TUMS, member of the High Council of the Iranian [Blood Transfusion Organization], and President of Shariati Hospital in Tehran.