Iradj Gandjbaksh
Iraj Gandjbaksh | |
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Iraj Gandjbaksh | |
Born |
Tehran, Iran[1] | November 6, 1941
Nationality | Iran |
Alma mater |
Tehran University of Medical Sciences University of Paris |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Cardiac surgery |
Iradj Gandjbaksh (1941 Tehran - ) is an Iranian Cardiac surgeon who lives in France. He fitted a pacemaker to French former president Jacques Chirac.
Professional career
Gandjbaksh is a surgeon at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, where he heads the cardiac surgery department after Christian Cabrol. Gandjbaksh and Cabrol performed the first heart transplant in Europe on 27 April 1968. He has been a member of the National Academy of Medicine since November 13, 2001. In 2010, he is president of the National Academy of Surgery. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University Foundation,[2] where he teaches. He also belonged to the National Council of Universities for the medical, dentistry and pharmaceutical disciplines.[3]
Works
- Heart transplants, with Christian Cabrol and Alain Pavie, Médecine Sciences, Flammarion, 1996.
- Wounds and trauma of the thorax, with Jean-Pierre Ollivier and René Jancovici, Arnette, 1997.
- Pathologies of the aorta, collective, dir. With Jean-Pierre Ollivier, Med-Line, 2004.
Honors
- Officer of the Order of Merit
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
References
- ↑ "Dr Iradj Gandjbaksh". Academy of Medicine of Islamic republic of Iran (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2016-07-01.
Birthplace:Tehran
- ↑ "Missions et gouvernance - Fondation partenariale". fondation.upmc.fr. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ↑ "Décret portant son remplacement". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
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