Homa Shaibany

Homa Shaibany (born in Tehran, Iran circa 1913),^[1] was Iran's first female surgeon.^[2]^[1]

In 1930, she received a scholarship to study medicine at London University and received a bachelor's degree in anatomy and morphology.^[1] She received her M.B.B.S. in 1939.^[1] She was licensed by the Royal College of Physicians.^[1] She worked in England until 1948, when she returned to Iran.^[1] She established a hospital for the Red Cross.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Windsor, Laura Lynn (November 2002). Women in Medicine: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 186. ISBN 978-1576073926.
^ Fahimi, M (July 1952). "Homa Shaibany, M.B.B.S.; first woman surgeon of Iran". Journal of the American Medical Women's Association. 7 (7): 272–3. PMID 12980861.

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[shai-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Windsor, Laura Lynn (November 2002). Women in Medicine: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 186. ISBN 978-1576073926.

[2] Fahimi, M (July 1952). "Homa Shaibany, M.B.B.S.; first woman surgeon of Iran". Journal of the American Medical Women's Association. 7 (7): 272–3. PMID 12980861.

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