Background
Hamid Ahmadieh was born in Tehran but spent his early life in Yazd, Iran since his father had a career as a physician there.
Hamid Ahmadieh was born in Tehran but spent his early life in Yazd, Iran since his father had a career as a physician there.
Afterwards, he started a vitreoretinal fellowship at Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 1984 and finished it in 1986. At the same time he became the director of Vitreoretinal Service at Labbafinejad Medical Center and improved it scientifically making it a center which many well known Retina Specialists were graduated from.
He is currently a Professor of Ophthalmology at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. He is also the director of Vitreoretinal Service at Labbafinejad Medical Center. He received his diploma in Natural Sciences from Iranshahr High School in 1971 getting the first rank in the whole country.
Ahmadieh obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 1978.
Then he did residency in ophthalmology at Farabi Eye Hospital from 1979 to 1982. Ahmadieh began his academic job by joining Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Faculty as an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology in 1986.
Ahmadieh was promoted to an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology in 1993 and to a Professor of Ophthalmology in 1999. Ahmadieh was the director of Residency Training Program (Ophthalmology) at Labbafinejad Medical Center and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences from 1989 to 1996.
As the president of the first Iranian Congress of Ophthalmology, he played a substantial role in the establishment of the annual meetings of IrSO. Ahmadieh founded Iranian Vitreoretina Society in 2007 and has been the head of it since then
He is also on the Editorial Board of ISRN Ophthalmology Journal. Ahmadieh is currently the Research Deputy of the Ophthalmic Research Center. Ahmadieh has published many papers in well known international medical journals.
He has also given numerous presentations at international meetings of ophthalmology.
Honors and
He was a member of Iranian Board of Ophthalmology from 1987 to 2008 and was a member of the Executive Committee of Iranian Society of Ophthalmology (IrSO) from 1986 to 1996. He is also a member of the Board of Middle East Vitreoretina Society (MEAVRS) at present.
Married Gisoo Ohadi, September 1977. Children: Azadeh, Arman.