Date: 10/25/2011
TUMSPR News: At the commencement of the 2nd International Congress on Recent Advances in Medical Sciences, Professor Alireza Yalda’s lifelong achievement, ethical practice of medicine and teachings were honored by the Health Minister, TUMS Chancellor and a large number of academics on October 24, 2011.
Professor Alireza Yalda’s lifelong achievement, ethical practice of medicine and teachings were praised at the commencement of the 2nd International Congress on Recent Advances in Medical Sciences at Imam Khomeini Conference Hall under Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) in Tehran. The congress is held annually by Professor Alireza Yalda’s Academic Foundation. This year the participants included the Health Minister, Dr. Marzieh Vahid-dastjerdi, TUMS Chancellor, Dr. bagher Larijani and a large number of academics, residents and students on October 24, 2011.
Dr. Alireza Ranjbar, the congress president, on honoring Professor Yalda said, the professor’s unique characteristics pulled together all his enthusiasts among the authorities and academics inside and outside the country.
On the success of the Foundation, Dr. Ranjbar said by TUMS Chancellor’s supports the Foundation was gathering popularity and reputation nationally and internationally just three years of its foundation.
He then described the medals of Honor dedicated in five different categories to researchers and clinicians: innovation, young researchers, professional responsibility, distinguished professors and to internationally renowned figures.
In his speech on introducing the Alumni Office of the University, Professor Moslem Bahadori emphasized on the recognition of TUMS academics and researchers that had gained reputation for the institution in the world. He disclosed the Office’s intention to get in touch with more than 100 thousand alumni of the University haaving overcoe the obstacles in the early days of its establishing. At the present that the Office has a building of its own a bilingual website and branches in TUMS schools which have been made possible by the help of the Chancellor he said.
Honoring the elite professor of the University, TUMS Chancellor said alumni members like Professor Yalda were essential for the development of the institution. Recognizing Dr. Yalda as a model of education he said dignitaries such as Professor Bahadori, Professor Shams Tarighat Torbaghan, Professor Aghighi, etc were constellation of stars in the University who helped the University prosper in the past fifty years in education, research and new technologies. He called Professor Yalda a model for knowledge-oriented teaching.
Referring to the University’s 77 years of brilliant past history, the Minister of Health said that the graduates of TUMS were the founder of other universities in Iran and she personally was proud of being an alumnus of the Unuiversity.
On the importance of ethics the Minister said “We teach medicine to student but we know medical ethics is as important for the students and the universities”.
Finally, Professor Yalda gave his brief speech and described worst teachers as the ones who maintained the teacher-student relationship to his former students as they could not overtake him in knowledge. He likened a teacher to somebody who kept on helping children to safely land on the other bank of a river while they were moving up the ladder of science.
He later expressed his gratitude for the meeting and two plaques of appreciation and distinguished professorship were dedicated to him by the Minister and the Chancellor.
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