Dr Saeed Reza Ghaffari (Persian: دکتر سعید رضا غفاری) is an Iranian scientist and physician born in 1962, Fasa, Iran.
He received his MSc and PhD degrees in medical Genetics from Glasgow university, UK.
He is the first Iranian doctor who obtained MSc, MD and PhD in medical genetics.
[5] Dr Ghaffari has pioneered the Down syndrome [6] and newborn screening programs using Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) in Iran.
[7] "Iranian Genetic Core Facility" designed and established by Dr Ghaffari was opened officially in February 2010 in Imam hospital, Tehran, Iran.