Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi (Persian: محمدرضا ظفرقندی; born 1 April 1958) is an Iranian physician and politician who has served as Minister of Health and Medical Education since August 2024.

[1][2][3] He is a specialist in vascular surgery and a full professor at Tehran University of Medical Sciences and his workplace is Sinai Hospital.

He has conducted researches in the field of treating trauma patients as well as chemically injured people of the Iran–Iraq War.

After returning from the war and completing the surgical residency course at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, he was awarded the degree of assistant professor in 1989, and then in 1991, he started the vascular and trauma surgery fellowship course at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, a field of his choice.

In 1374, Zafarghandi succeeded in setting up a trauma research center in Sinai Hospital, and in 1383 he was awarded the rank of professor of the entire university.