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Mohammad Gharib was born on 5 July, 1909 in Tehran, Iran,, is an Iranian pediatrician (1909-1975). Discover Mohammad Gharib's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Occupation Pediatrician University Professor
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 5 July 1909
Birthday 5 July
Birthplace Tehran, Iran,
Date of death 1975
Died Place Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iran

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1909

Mohammad Gharib (‎; 5 July 1909 – 20 January 1975) was an Iranian physician, clinician, distinguished university professor and a pioneer of pediatrics in Iran.

Gharib is known as the father of pediatrics in Iran.

He was a graduate of Paris University Medical School.

Gharib was born in Tehran, Iran, into a family from Tafresh, on July 5, 1909.

1927

After completing high school in 1927, he went to Reims, France, where he studied at École de Médecine de Reims for 2 years and then enrolled at the Paris University Medical School.

An honor student at the medical school, he passed the difficult examinations for an externship and later those for the coveted and highly competitive interne des hôpitaux de Paris.

1935

During a summer trip to Tehran in 1935, he met and married Zahra (Zari) Gharib, daughter of Ostad Abdolazim Gharib, a noted university professor and Persian language expert.

Gharib and his wife Zari had four children: Nahid, Maryam, Hossein, and Mohsen, and ten grandchildren all of whom live in the U.S.: Niloofar, Parinaz, Fatemeh, Ameneh, Soheyla, Mohammad, Yasaman, Mahmood, Kimya, and Ali.

1937

He received an M.D. degree in 1937 and, after one year of training in pediatrics with Professor Ribadeau-Dumas at Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, he returned home.

On his return to Iran, Gharib was appointed the first professor of pediatrics at Tehran University by Dr. Charles Oberling, a French educator who was dean of the medical school.

1941

In 1941, he was the author of the first Persian textbook on diseases of children.

Throughout his career, he edited or co edited numerous volumes on pediatric problems and progress in Iran, and published many articles in Persian, French, and American medical journals.

He also maintained a thriving pediatrics practice that usually focused on problem cases.

During a span of 37 years, Gharib taught the medicine of childhood to thousands of undergraduate and graduate students.

Many of his pupils subsequently held important positions in Iranian medical education, including the chairmanship of most of the pediatrics departments in the numerous medical schools in Iran.

1950

Because of his endeavors and influence, the field was recognized as a specialty in 1950 and a Pediatrics Specialty Board was created in 1955.

1954

In recognition of his impressive achievements, the French government conferred on him the Cross of the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour) in 1954.

1960

In 1960, he and his colleagues founded the Iranian Pediatrics Society, of which he was president until 1974.

1965

The American magazine M.D., in a series of articles on prominent physicians worldwide, featured Gharib of Iran in its May 1965 issue.

Every year, his colleagues and the Iranian Pediatric Society commemorate him by a week long seminar entitled "Doctor Gharib Memorial Pediatric Conference" as a postgraduate course in pediatrics.

1968

He was a member of the Advisory Board of the International Pediatrics Association from 1968 to 1974.

1970

In 1970, he was instrumental in the planning and building of the 150-bed Children's Hospital Medical Center in Tehran, and he served as its medical director from 1971 to 1975.

Gharib was respected as an effective, colorful, and extremely popular teacher by his students; recognized as a superb clinician by his colleagues; and regarded as a dedicated physician by his patients.

He was an influential figure in modern Iranian medicine and regarded by the medical community as the "Father of Iranian Pediatrics".

1972

In 1972, Gharib underwent surgical treatment and radiotherapy for bladder carcinoma.

1975

Subsequently, Gharib became chairman of the pediatrics department, a post he held until his death in 1975.

He died of recurrent cancer in Tehran on Jan. 20, 1975.

1991

For his lifetime of service, he was honored on a stamp issued by Iran on October 10, 1991.

1998

A biography of his life and work, "Yadnameh Dr. Mohammad Gharib," was prepared in Persian by his son, Hossein Gharib, and published in Iran in 1998.

In 2021, Dr. Hadi Bahar and Dr. Hossein Gharib, prepared "Mohammad Gharib, MD: His Inspiring Life & Legacy," a book in Persian language highlighting his medical education in France, his significant contributions to pediatrics in his country, his lasting legacy as an inspiring medical teacher and educator in modern Iran, his long service as a compassionate doctor, and his impact as a political activist, and a man of arts, literature and religion.

This book will be available through www.store.bookbaby.com, www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

His parents were both from the village Garakan in Tafresh.

He was a first degree cousin to the linguist Badr al-Zamān Qarīb (Badrozaman Gharib) and son-in-law of Ostad Abdolazim Gharib.

Roozegar-e Gharib (Gharib's Story) is the name of an Iranian TV Series which was made describing his life from childhood to death.

It was directed by Kianoush Ayari.

Gharib is a recipient of the Legion of Honour, see List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur by country.

2007

His personal, professional, and political life, detailed in a 36-part television series entitled "Roozegar Gharib" or "Times of Gharib," was first shown on Iranian TV in 2007 and twice more, due to popular demand.

2009

After Iranian Revolution, Zari Gharib moved initially to France, and later to U.S., where she died in 2009 and was buried in Virginia.

Hossein Gharib is a famous endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, Mohsen Gharib a practicing radiologist in Washington, D.C., Niloofar Ziai, an ophthalmologist in Virginia, and Mahmood Gharib, a physical medicine physician at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN.