Fereydoun Abolghassem Ala

Background

Ala, Fereydoun Abolghassem was born on March 17, 1931 in Paris. Son of Hossein and Fatemeh (Gharagozlou) Ala.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1952. Bachelor of Medicine, BChir, Edinburgh University, 1960.

Career

Associate professor Tehran University, 1965-1966, head hematology department, 1966-1974. Founder, national director Iranian National Blood Transfusion Service, 1974. Head International Hemophilia Training Center, Tehran, 1971-1974.

Chairman Medical Research Council, 1976-1981. Director West Midlands Regional Blood Transfusion Service, Birmingham, England, 1981-1996, National Blood Service, Birmingham, since 1996. Senior lecturer, consultant Birmingham University Department Hematology, since 1981.

Consultant World Health Organization, since 1974. Past chairman Standing Advisory Committee on Transfusion Transmitted Infection, 1991-1995. Visiting professor Chicago University, 1972.

Research fellow Wellcome Trust, 1963-1965. Member international committee for Standardization of Hematology, member expert panel on control of anti-coagulants, 1973. Director World Health Organization Collaborating Laboratory, 1975.

Achievements

• Fereydoun Abolghassem Ala has been listed as a noteworthy hematologist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal College Physicians, Royal College Pathology. Member World Federation Hemophilia (medical secretary 1970-1974), British Society Hematology, British Blood Transfusion Society, American Association Blood Banks, International Society Haemostasis and Thrombosis, International Society blood Transfusion (counsellor 1969-1975).

Connections

Married Ann Pelham Sealy. Children: Arjan, Souren, Tour.

Father:

Hossein Ala

Mother:

Fatemeh (Gharagozlou) Ala

Spouse:

Ann Pelham Sealy

child:

Arjan Ala

child:

Tour Ala

child:

Souren Ala