CIBMTR awards Iranian scientist Professor Ardeshir Qavamzadeh
 Fars Foundation News Agency: Iranian scientist Professor Ardeshir Qavamzadeh has won the 2012 award of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR).

Professor Qavamzadeh was honored as the best researcher in oncology and blood-related cancers. He will receive the CIBMTR Distinguished Service Award during the five-day BMT Tandem Meeting on February 2, 2012.
The BMT Tandem Meetings are the combined annual meetings of CIBMTR and the American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT) that are held in San Diego, United States.
Professor Qavamzadeh is a faculty member of Tehran University of Medical Sciences and the Head of TUMS Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center (HORCSCT).
He is also the Chief of Oncology-Hematology and BMT at Shariati Hospital in Tehran, where he began his work in stem cell transplantation in 1980 and has continued his activity until now.
He is currently serving at an Executive level on the Boards of Asian Pacific and Eastern Mediterranean Registries and has been the Chief of the Iranian Board of Hematology since 1991.
Professor Qavamzadeh has been praised worldwide for the successful development of a stem cell transplantation program and for his vital role in advancing the field of transplantation.
Fars Foundation News Agency