Abdol Hossein Samii

Background

Samii, Abdol Hossein was born on June 20, 1930 in Rasht, Iran. Son of Mehdi Ebtehaj and Zahra (Mojdehi-Akbar) Samii. came to the United States, 1947.

Education

Student, Stanford University, 1947-1949; Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1950; Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1956.

Career

Intern, New York Hospital, New York City, 1956; assistant in medicine, New York Hospital, New York City, 1956-1958; assistant in physiology, Cornell Univercity Medical School, New York City, 1958-1959; resident and senior resident, New York Hospital, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1959-1961; Adjunct Professor medicine, Cornell Univercity Medical School, 1973-1979; professor clinical medicine, Cornell Univercity Medical School, since 1979; research fellow, Harvard University, Boston, 1959-1960; professor medicine, National University Iran, Tehran, 1963-1968; medical director, Pars Hospital, Tehran, 1968-1973; director division medicine, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical College, White Plains, since 1979. Chancellor Reza Shah Kabir Graduate University, Tehran, 1973-1978. Consultant medical research World Health Organization, Geneva, 1973-1979.

Vice president Imperial Academy Science, Tehran, 1974-1978.

Achievements

• Abdol Hossein Samii has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Deputy minister, Ministry of Health, Tehran, 1963-1965. Minister, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Tehran, 1973-1975. Fellow Royal Society of Medicine.

Member New York Academy of Medicine, Harvey Society, International Society Nephrology, American Federal Clinical Research.

Interests

• Avocations: music, antiques.

Connections

Married Shahla Khosrowshahi. Children: Ali, Golnaz.

Father:

Mehdi Ebtehaj Samii

Mother:

Zahra (Mojdehi-Akbar) Samii

Spouse:

Shahla Khosrowshahi

child:

Ali Samii

child:

Golnaz Samii