He obtained his internal medicine
speciality, endocrinology and methabolism subspeciality and nuclear medicine
speciality from Tufts University. Boston USA and passed three American Boards
of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Nuclear Medicine. He
was appointed as Chief of Endocrinology and acting-chief of Nuclear Medicine at
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital of Boston, Tufts Medical School from 1974 until 1979. He
is now a distinguished professor of endocrinology of Shahid Beheshti University
of Medical Sciences in Iran.
Professor
Azizi’s research contributions have been in various fields of endocrinology and
metabolism, in particular the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis. He directed IDD
programs to ensure sustained elimination of iodine deficiency in the last 30
years in Iran. He is also the PI of the national research project of Tehran
Lipid and Glucose Study.
Professor Azizi is the
Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. He
has 1858 publications including 1020 peer reviewed international and 700 Farsi papers
in Iranian medical journals and 30 full text or chapters in scientific books.
He is an invited reviewer for more than 26 scientific medical journals. He received
six awards from Presidents of I.R. Iran for “Distinguished Professor” and “Research
Excellence” in 1992, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2008 and 2012; also State of Kwait Prize
for excellence in diabetes in Eastern Mediterranean Region in 2007 and Nagataki
Prize from Asia-Oceania Congress of Endocrinology in 2009. He was selected, as
Distinguished Scienctist of the Year by Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences in
2011.
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Date (UTC+8) | Time (UTC+8) | Local Time | Hall | Session | Role | Talk Title |
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2020-12-16 | 17:00-17:30 | 2020-12-16,17:00-17:30 | Room 1 |
Recent Advances in Thyroidology |
Speaker | Thyroid Autoimmunity |