Shiraz

Last week I had an e-mail form a classmate; Majid Aminzadeh. He has kindly sent a photo of his younger brother (!) and some other mates!

Good news is that it's not just me who has gray hairs and bad news is that none of them are in propecia-deficiency state, yet ;-)

Enjoy!

From left to right: Majid Aminzadeh, Morteza Mahmoodi, Saeid Aslanabadi, Mohsen Akha

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Nowruz

Nowruz, or new day, is the first day of spring and the most cherished of all the Iranian festivals.
Tradition dates Nowruz as far back as 15,000 years ago and what we have today as Nowruz with its' uniquely Iranian characteristics has been celebrated for at least 3,000 years and is deeply rooted in the rituals and traditions of the Zoroastrian belief system in the Sassanid period.

Nowruz is also the beginning of the new year for Persians. This year, it will be in March 20,2008, 09:18:19 AM.
I wish you a new year, full of happiness and success.

If you are interested to know more about Nowruz, these links would help;
http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Celebrations/norooz.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz

Happy Nowruz!
Omid

Thank you letter for input!

Dear friends!

Many thanks for your kind words (including off-blog posts!).
I did some minor changes according to what you suggested.

To survive, every blog needs to be visited , so please don't spare clicking and sending your comments. Another issue is posting new stuffs. I beleive for us, nosy Iranians!, nothing is more interesting than photos. All of us would like to see how our friends are dealing with their bald scalp or periorbital wrinlkling. (for me this has some conflicts of interest, certainly!).

Anyway, today is friday and a good oppurtunity to say your dear spouse that you're busy with serious works! and then digging your albums....In my opinion "friday" is one of the biggest inventions of the human! It divides our life to bearable fractions....

When we were med students

I just dug out this photo; taken 21 years ago. Definitely we were much handsomer than what you can see in this photo!

Share your old photos...or new ones, if you think you're younger now!

From left to right:

Soheil Mehdipoor, Afshin Salemi, Omid Zargari, Omid Setayesh

Who, What, Where

Afshar Reza, Nephrology, Iran

Ahmadi Mandana, Ophthalmology, Iran

Ahmadi Mahdieh, Gynecology, Iran

Akbari Esmaeel, Dermatology, Iran

Akhavan Mohsen, Ped. Nephrology, Iran
Amin Shahriar, Intensivist, USA
Aminzadeh Majid, Ped. Endocrinology, Iran
Amirzadegan Alireza, Cardiology, Iran

Ardeshiri Maryam, Endocrinology, Iran
Arefi Soheila, Gynecology, Iran

Arman-Khorsandi Parisa, Pediatrics, USA

Aslanabadi Saeid, Ped. Surgery, Iran
Aslani Maryam, Radiation Oncology, Canada
Azadmanesh Elham, Neurology, Iran

Babaei Mahnoush, Internal Medicine, USA
Babakifard Katayoon, Gynecology, Canada
Bamdad Kathayoon, Gynecology, Iran
Basir Tahereh, Pediatrics, Iran

Behjati Mohammad-Reza , Pathology, Canada

Beydokhtinejad Azita, Pediatrics, Sweden

Bozorgmanash Afshin, Internal Medicine, USA

Chehrazi Mahin, General practice, Canada

Djalali M. Nima, Psychiatry, France
Fakheri Tabassom, Hematology/Oncology, Iran

Ebrahimi-Adib Tanaz, Gynecology, USA

Ebrahim Zadeh Azadeh, Infectious Disease, Iran

Eslaminasab Ramin, Homeopathy, Iran

Farhangi Farahnoush, Internal medicine/ Fellowship of cardiology, Iran

Ghadimi Nasiri Fariba, Gynecology, Iran

Hadaegh Farzad, Endocrinology, Iran

Haghitarkhani Mehrnaz, General practice, Iran

Hojatdoust Mehri, General practice, Iran

Hojatti Ramin, Internal Medicine, USA

Hoseinpanah Farhad, Endocrinology, Iran

Imani Khoshkhoo Marzieh, General practice, Iran
Izadnia Shahram, General Practice, Iran
Jafroodi Maryam, Ped. Hem/Oncology, Iran
Jebraeili Fatemeh, Internal Medicine & Fellowship of Infectious Disease, USA

Johari Davood, Internal Medicine & Fellowship of pulmonary and Critical diseases, USA

Kargar Faranak, Cardiac Surgery, Iran
Karkhaneh Furozandeh, Gynecology, Canada
Katiraee Sepehr, General Practice, USA

Khorsandi Amin, Internal Medicine, USA

Kianinejad Bahram, General Surgery, Iran
Koolaian Maziar, General Practice, New Zealand

Mahdavian Mani, Gastroenterology, USA
Mahmoudi Morteza, Ped. Surgery, Iran
Mastali Kourosh, Interventional Cardiology, USA
Mehdipoor Soheil, Orthopedic Surgery, Iran
Mirsaieed Ghazi Bijan, General practice, Iran
Moeini Sousan, Pediatrics, Iran

Mohammadi Siamak, Cardiac Surgery, Canada
Mohamadzadeh Afsaneh, Gynecology, Iran

Montaseri Mina, Infectious Disease, Iran
Morshedi Hamid, Emergency Medicine, Iran
Mousavi F. Taha, General Practice, Iran

Najafi Katayoon, Pulmunology, Iran

Nanaiee Fereydoun, General Sugery, Iran
Nassiri Amir A., Nephrology, Iran
Norouzi Jalal, Cardiology/Fellowship of Interventional Cardiology, Iran
Olangian Ali, Anesthesiology, Iran

Pashaee Hamed, Internal Medicine, USA

Pazoki Mehdi, General Practice, Iran

Pezeshkian Nayereh, Cardiology, USA
Pirouzi Saeid, Dermatology, Iran
Razavi Jafar, General Practice, Iran

Rezaei Elham, Gynecology, Canada
Rohani Golshan, Infectious Diseases, Turkey
Rohanifar Ramin, Anesthesiology, Iran
Rostami Alireza, Cardiac Surgery, Iran

Rostampour Sara, Ophthalmology, Iran

Royvaran Zahra, General practice, Iran

Sabouri Sassan, General Practice, USA

Sadeghi Soosan, Radiology, USA

Sadr Elham, Infectious Disease, Iran

Safaei Afshin, Ped.Nephrology, Iran

Sakhaii Nahid, General practice, Iran

Salemi Afshi, Radiology, Iran
Seifi Behnam, General Practice, Iran

Setayesh Omid, General Surgery, Iran

Shahidi Shohre, Infectious Disease, Iran

Shamsali Pouran, Cardiology, Iran

Sharifi Faranak, Endocrinology, Iran

Shenavar Mojgan, Reumatology, Iran

Shiari Reza, Rheumato/Immunology, Iran

Shokouhei Mitra, Anesthesiology, Iran

Solooki Mehrdad, Internal Medicine/Fellowship of Lung Diseases, Iran

Tabiban Samira, Nephrology, Iran

Taghva Parisa, General practice, Iran
Vaghefi Parisa, Pathology, France
Yavari Azita, Infectious Diseases, USA
Zargari Omid, Dermatology, Iran

600 Doctors

We entered in medical school in 1985. We were 600!
After graduation we dispersed in the world and now after two decades, one may see our footprints in every single inch of this globe!