Ali Asghar Khodadoust

Ali Asghar Khodadoust (Persian: علی‌اصغر خدادوست‎) (27 October 1935[1] – 10 March 2018) was an Iranian eye surgeon specializing in corneal transplantation, in whose honor the Khodadoust rejection line is named.[2] He worked at different eye clinics in the U.S. like the Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and at the Connecticut Ophthalmology Center in New Haven.[3] His medical reputation was the result of his extensive studies on corneal diseases and transplantation biology.

Ali Asghar Khodadoust
Born(1935-10-27)27 October 1935
Shiraz, Iran
Died9 March 2018(2018-03-09) (aged 82)
New York City, United States
NationalityIranian
CitizenshipIran
United States
Alma materShiraz University
ChildrenMarjan . Mehran . Maryam . Pooyan . Mojgan
Scientific career
FieldsOphthalmology

Death

Khodadoust died at NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital in New York City on March 9, 2018.[4] He was 82.[5]

References
  1. http://www.tourismonline.co/4747/هشتادمین-زادروز-دکتر-خدادوست.html%5B%5D
  2. Sajjadi, S; Fesharaki, H; Abtahi, ZA; Murray, RT; Fereidan-Esfahani, M; Mazloumi, M; Abtahi, SH (2013). "The Persian legend of ophthalmology: Ali Asghar Khodadoust and his everlasting lines". Arch Iran Med. 16 (6): 373–6. PMID 23725074.
  3. Sajjadi S et al.(2013): The Persian Legend of Ophthalmology: Ali Asghar Khodadoust and His Everlasting Lines. Arch Iran Med. 16: 373 – 376.
  4. "Ali Khodadoust". Find a Grave.
  5. "Father of Iran's ophthalmology dies at 82". theiranproject.com.


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