Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini was born in 1949 in the village of Cheshme Chenar in Boyer Ahmed- Yasuj.
His father and ancestors were great scholars of the region. He spent his adolescence and youth in Yasouj and Shiraz, and after completing his secondary education, he was admitted to nomads Academy, and then returned to Yasouj and worked as a teacher in Mazdak village for two years.
He then participated in the entrance exam and entered the veterinary department of Tehran University. He, who had lost his mother due to liver disease, participated in the entrance exam again in the same year and was accepted into the medical department of Tehran University in 1974.
Immediately after completing his seven-year general medicine course, Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini entered the general surgery specialty of Shiraz University with a distinguished rank and gained knowledge and grace in the presence of professors such as Dr. Iraj Fazel.
He completed the sub-specialty course of kidney transplant and vascular surgery in Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran in 1987. In 1990 he went to the United States of America to undergo a liver transplant sub-specialty course, and in May 1992 he performed the first liver transplant in Iran and the Middle East and earned the title of the father of liver transplantation in Iran. He performed the first live-to-live liver transplant in Iran.
He completed the complementary course of liver transplantation in many countries including England. In the second course of lasting faces, he was recognized as a lasting face in the field of vital organ transplantation and vascular surgery.
Some of Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini responsibilities so far include:
- Head of Shahid Faqihi Hospital, Shiraz
- Head of Transplant Department of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Member of the specialized committee of surgery in the 9th Razi Medical Festival
- President of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Member of the Board of Trustees of Yasouj University of Medical Sciences
- Member of MESOT Middle East Association
- Member of European Transplant Society ESOT
- Member of TTS World Liver Transplant Society
- Editor-in-Chief of the Journal (Iranian Journal of Transplantation Medicine)
He has also been in charge of many charitable activities and services in the field of medicine and treatment.
Some of Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini responsibilities so far include:
- Professor of Surgery
- Director, Shiraz Organ Transplant Center, Avicenna Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- President, Iranian Society for Organ Transplantation
Dr. Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini's Education
1974–81: Internship, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
1982–86: General Surgery Resident, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
1987-88: Fellowship in kidney transplantation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
1990–92: Research fellow in liver transplantation, Pittsburgh, USA
2001: Research fellowship for six months, King’s College, London
Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini's Positions
1987–89: Director, Faghihi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran
1989 to date: Chief, Transplantation Section, Department of Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
1991 to date: Examiner, Iranian Board of General Surgery
1992–1994: Vice Chancellor, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
1994: Chancellor, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2001 to date: Member, Editorial Board, Archive of Surgery
2005 to date: Permanent Member, Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences
2005 to date: Member, the specializing committee in clinical-surgical branch of Razi Medical Festival
2010 to date: Founder and Editor, International Journal of Organ Transplantation Medicine
2010: President Elect, Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (MESOT)
2012: President, Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (MESOT)
2014 to date: Member, High Council Committee for Organ Transplantation
2015 to date: President, Iranian Society for Organ Transplantation
Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini Appointments
1982–1986: General Surgery Resident, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
1987–1997: Assistant Professor of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
1987–1988: Fellowship in Vascular Surgery and Renal Transplantation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
1989–1992: Visiting Surgical Fellow in liver transplantation, Pittsburgh, USA
1997: Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2001: Research fellow for 6 months, King’s College, London
2001: Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Dr Malek Hosseini's Surgical Activities
1987: Establishment of Organ Transplant Section, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
1992: The first kidney transplantation from a deceased donor
1993: The first liver transplantation in Iran
1998: The first partial liver transplantation in Iran
2002: The first liver transplantation from the right lobe (adult to adult)
Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini Awards
More than 100 Awards and letters of commendation in Iran
2002: Memorable figure in medicine in Iran
2005: “Nevzat Bilgin Award” for the best poster presentation in the 8th Meeting of the Turkish Transplantation Society, Ankara, Turkey
2011: The President’s Merit Badge (first class medal in science)
2012: MESOT Awards for establishment of the best deceased-donor transplant center
2012: Fars Province memorable face
2013: Professor Yalda Scientific Medal
2013: Professor Haberal Scientific Medal for advancing organ donation in Turkey
2018: For the second time, MESOT Awards for establishment of the best deceased donor transplant center
Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini Qualifications
1981: MD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
1986: Iranian Board of General Surgery
1988: Fellowship in Kidney Transplantation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
1992: Research fellow in liver transplantation, Pittsburgh, USA
Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini Achievements
- Establishing the largest transplant center in the world with no previous example, despite numerous obstacles, in a country where unrelated living donation and organ trade had been prevailed. Relying only on deceased donors, we transplant more than 500 liver transplants annually in the center. We crossed the world record and transplanted 638 liver transplants in the Center in 2017.
- Establishing a twin charity hospital: the 700-bed Avicenna Transplant Center including a large polyclinic and an 80-bed hemodialysis center, and a nearby 1000-bed hospital to care for patients diagnosed with cancer.
- Pioneer of deceased donor organ donation in Iran
- Founder of deceased donor organ donation in Iran
- Establishment of the most active deceased donor program in the Middle East and Asia
- Founder of Transplant Coordinator Network across Iran
- The most active person fighting against living unrelated renal transplantation and organ selling in Iran
- More than three decades activities to establish deceased donor program in Iran
- Training of more than 50 transplant fellows for Iran and Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (MESOT) states
- Founder of charity societies for kidney and liver disease in Fars province, southern Iran
- Founder of a charity for cancer in South of Iran
Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini Achievements
- Ahmad E, Malek Hosseini SA, Nezakatgoo N, et al. A report of 26 cases of renaltransplantation in children. Transplant Proc 1995;27:2570.
- Ahmad E, Malek Hosseini SA, Salahi H, et al. Experience with 300 renaltransplants in Shiraz, Iran. Transplant Proc 1995;27:2767.
- Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini, Javid R, Salahi H, et al. A case report of Kala-Azar in a kidneytransplant patient. Transplant Proc 1995;27:2715.
- Malek Hosseini SA, Lahsaee M, Zare S, et al. Report of the first liver transplants inIran. Transplant Proc 1995;27:2618.
- Malek Hosseini SA, Salahi H, Nezakatgoo N, et al. First report of nine consecutivemultiorgan cadaver donor transplants in Iran. Transplant Proc 1995;27:2770.
- Salahi H, Malek Hosseini SA, Ahmad E, et al. Mannitol infusion and decreasedincidence of allograf
- Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini, Ghahramani N, Behzadi S, et al. Incidence of posttransplanthypertension among renal allograft recipients. Transplant Proc 1998;30:775-6.
- Salahi H, Ghahramani N, Malek-Hosseini SA, et al. Religious sanctions regardingcadaveric organ transplantation in Iran. Transplant Proc 1998;30:769-70.
- Ahmad E, Ghahramani N, Malek-Hosseini SA, et al. Transplant outcome as relatedto prolonged chronic dialysis versus short-term pretransplantation dialysis.Transplant Proc 1999; 31:3135.
- Ahmad E, Malek-Hosseini SA, Salahi H, et al. Posttransplant urinarycomplications; a thing of the past after insertion of inexpensive ureteral stent.Transplant Proc 1999;31:3210.
- Ghahramani N, Behzadi A, Gholami S, et al. Postrenal transplant improvement ofsexual function. Transplant Proc 1999; 31:3144.
- Ghahramani N, Behzadi S, Malek-Hosseini SA, et al. Occurrence of hypertension and proteinuria among kidney donors in Shiraz Nemazee Hospital. Transplant Proc1999; 31:3139.
- Javid R, Ghahramani N, Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini, et al. Management of posttransplanterythrocytosis with enalapril. Transplant Proc 1999;31:3226.
- Nezakatgoo N, Malek-Hosseini SA, Salahi H, et al. Lessons learned from the firstsuccessful living-related liver transplantation. Transplant Proc 1999;31:3171.
- Salahi H, Malek-Hosseini SA, Ghahramani N, et al. Occurrence of renal graftfailure among 386 patients transplanted in Shiraz Nemazee Hospital 1989-1996.Transplant Proc 1999;31:3110-1.
- Ahmad E, Salahi H, Ghahramani N, et al. Simultaneous previously failed graftnephrectomy and the use of same vessels for vascular anastomosis in second renaltransplantation. Transplant Proc 2001;33:2669.
- Ghahramani N, Salahi H, Malek-Hosseini SA, et al. Transplant outcome in patientswith non-O blood groups who received kidneys from O blood group donors.Transplant Proc 2001;33:2841.
- Salahi H, Ghahramani N, Malek-Hosseini SA, et al. Effect of donor nephrectomyon renal function and blood pressure. Transplant Proc 2001;33:2654.
- Salahi H, Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini, Ghahramani N, et al. The efficacy of ureteral stentsin prevention of urological complications in renal transplantation. Transplant Proc2001;33:2668.
- Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini, Lahsaee M, Salahi H, et al. Living related liver transplantationin children: the Iranian experience. Transplant Proc 2003;35:377-8.
- Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini, Salahi H, Lahsaee M, et al. Initial experience with livertransplantation in Iran. Transplant Proc 2003;35:375-6.
- Mosallaci M, Ghahramani N, Malek-hosseini SA, Tavakoli AR. Renaltransplantation in diabetic nephropathy. Transplant Proc 2003;35:149-51.
- Farshad S, Alborzi A, Malek Hosseini SA, et al. Identification of Helicobacter pyloriDNA in Iranian patients with gallstones. Epidemiol Infect 2004;132:1185-9.
- Behzad-Behbahani A, Mojiri A, Tabei SZ, et al. Outcome of hepatitis B and C virusinfection on graft function after renal transplantation. Transplant Proc 2005;37:3045-7.
- Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini, Mehdizadeh AR, Salahi H, et al. Results of livertransplantation: analysis of 140 cases at a single center. Transplant Proc2005;37:3157-8.
- Raiss-Jalali GA, Mehdizadeh AR, Razmkon A, et al. Effect of body mass index attime of transplantation and weight gain after transplantation on allograft functionin kidney transplant recipients in Shiraz. Transplant Proc 2005;37:2998-3000.
- Roozbeh J, Mehdizadeh AR, Razmkon A, Malek-Hosseini SA. Incidence ofposttransplantation diabetes mellitus in kidney transplantation: a single-centerexperience. Transplant Proc 2005;37:3095-7.
- Salahi H, Razmkon A, Mehdizadeh AR, et al. Biliary tract complications after livertransplantation in a single center. Transplant Proc 2005;37:3177-8.
- Geramizadeh B, Roozbeh J, Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini, et al. Urine cytology as a usefulscreening method for polyoma virus nephropathy in renal transplant patients: asingle-center experience. Transplant Proc 2006;38:2923-5.
- Dr Seyed Ali Malek Hosseini, Salahi H, Bahador A, et al. Pediatric liver transplantation inthe Shiraz Transplant Center. Transplant Proc 2006;38:594-5.
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