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Homa Shaibany

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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]

References

  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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