Iradj Fazel

Iradj Fazel (Persian: ایرج فاضل, also romanized as "Īraj Fāżel"; born 24 April 1939) is a prominent Iranian surgeon and academic.

He was the president of the Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences for 19 years, until 2010.

He is a former minister of health and medical education and president of the Iranian Society of Surgeons.

He is a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery and professor of surgery at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran.

He also served two terms as the president of Iran Medical Council in 1991-1996 and 2017-2019.