Note: In April 2012, a paper entitled “Impact of Quality Mentorship on Achievements of Shiraz Medical School in the 1970s and the Role of Professor Faramarz Ismail-Beigi” was published in Archives of Iranian Medicine. (Azizi MH, Nasseri-Moghaddam S.
Impact of Quality Mentorship on Achievements of Shiraz Medical School in the 1970s and the Role of Professor Faramarz Ismail- Beigi. Arch Iran Med.2012; 15 (4): 259-262.) The following papers describe the profound impact of two great medical mentors, Professors Khosrow Nasr and Asghar Rastegar on achievements of Shiraz School of Medicine in the same period.
Dr. Khosrow Nasr One of the major reasons I decided to join the faculty of Pahlavi University (now Shiraz University) was because of Dr. Khosrow Nasr. I met him in Baltimore, Maryland in 1971 during his short visit to the United States.