14 Facts About Reza Malekzadeh

Reza Malekzadeh is an Iranian medical scientist and gastroenterologist.

Reza Malekzadeh continued his studies to become specialized in Internal Medicine in Shiraz University where he did as well his fellowship in gastroenterology.

Reza Malekzadeh is an Honorary Professor at University of Birmingham, UK.

Reza Malekzadeh was the Minister of Health of Iran's government from 1991 to 1993.

From 2000 to 2004, Malekzadeh was the secretary of the Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences [2], and since 2005, the academy's vice-president for research.

Reza Malekzadeh is the director of Digestive Disease Research Center [3], and was appointed as the director of Shariati Hospital [4] in 2007.

Dr Reza Malekzadeh is the Deputy-Editor of Archives of Iranian Medicine [5].

Reza Malekzadeh is working on a big cancer cohort in Bandar-Turkeman, Golestan Province of Iran to investigate the environmental and genetic causes of oesophageal cancer.

Besides being a renowned gastroenterologist, Professor Reza Malekzadeh has been instrumental in designing and executing an efficient and practical way of diagnosing cancerous and benign esophageal lesions in Iran, applicable to urban and rural areas.

Reza Malekzadeh was elected as a member of TWAS in 2004.

Reza Malekzadeh received the "Permanent Personages Award" in the Third Permanent Personages session held on October 22,2003.

Reza Malekzadeh has numerous reputable scientific publications in gastroenterology and liver diseases.

Dr Reza Malekzadeh was born in the village of Baladeh in Fars.

Reza Malekzadeh has been married for 31 years, and since then has had 4 children, three girls and one boy, three of which have followed his footsteps in the study of medicine and one who is currently studying architecture.