Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi

Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi

Hashemi in 2016
Minister of Health and Medical Education
Assumed office
August 15, 2013
President Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by Hassan Tarighat Monfared
Personal details
Born Seyyed Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi
(1959-03-21) March 21, 1959
Fariman, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Political party Independent[1]
Spouse(s) Leyli Kouchakzadeh[2]
Children Fatemeh
Maryam
Alireza
Alma mater Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Occupation Associate professor
Profession Ophthalmologist
Cabinet Rouhani Cabinet
Religion Islam
Signature
Website Official website
Military service
Allegiance Iran Iran
Service/branch Jahad-e Sazandegi
Years of service 1980–1984
Unit Combat engineering
Battles/wars

Iran-Iraq War

Seyyed Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi (Persian: سید حسن قاضی‌زاده هاشمی‎‎; born 21 March 1959)[3] is an Iranian ophthalmologist and associate professor of Tehran University of Medical Sciences,[3] who is currently serving as Ministry of Health and Medical Education in the administration of President Hassan Rouhani.[4]

He has previously served as advisor to former minister Mohammad Farhadi from 1997 to 2001 and Chancellor of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine.[4]

Ghazizadeh Hashemi is known as the designer of "Health evolution plan" (Persian: طرح تحول سلامت‎‎), also called “Rouhani-Care”,[5] a plan designed to reform Iran's Healthcare system by "granting the public fair access to healthcare, enhance equity, cover health costs and promote the quality of healthcare services that people receive".[6]

Hashemi is also head of Noor Ophthalmology Complex, which he founded in 1993[7] and a co-founder of "Nooravaran Salamat Charity Foundation" (Persian: بنیاد خیریه نورآوران سلامت‎‎),[8] a philanthropic NGO which provides free healthcare and surgeries to people in deprived parts of Iran via mobile clinics.[9]

Education[3]

References

  1. ↑ Political affiliation of Rouhani Cabinet members, Mehr News Agency
  2. ↑ گفت و گوی متفاوت با وزیر بهداشت، درمان و آموزش پزشکی
  3. 1 2 3 "Faculty of medicine / Academic staff / Dr Seyed Hasan Ghazizade Hashemi / Public information". Tehran University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Biography of proposed minister of health, medicare and medical education". Islamic Republic News Agency. May 8, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  5. ↑ "The best and worst of worlds: Tehran's public hospital wards". Guardian. January 28, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Health Evolution Plan in the Islamic Republic of Iran". Ministry of Health. October 14, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Q&A: I Came, I Saw". The Business Year International Inc. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Introduction to Nooravaran Salamat Charity Foundation". Nooravaran Salamat Charity Foundation. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  9. ↑ High prevalence of refractive errors in a rural population: 'Nooravaran Salamat' Mobile Eye Clinic experience. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (Impact Factor: 1.95). 01/2013; 41 (7). DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12071
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