Rashid Massumi
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Rashid Abdol Massumi (January 21, 1926 – May 29, 2015) was an
General
Rashid Ali Massumi was born in
Education
Massumi left Nain for
Early career in America
After serving as an instructor in cardiology at Yale University Medical Center from 1957 to 1960, he was invited to establish a modern cardiology laboratory at District of Columbia General Hospital, George Washington University section. During Massumi's tenure as associate professor of medicine at George Washington University and Head of Cardiology at D.C. General Hospital from 1960 to 1970, there were over 50 scientific contributions published in the field of cardiology.[failed verification][6]
From 1970 to 1974, as Professor of Cardiology at the
Return to Iran
From 1974 to 1980, Massumi returned to Iran by invitation from the Shah's Court to bring modern cardiology to Iran and establish modern techniques in the 350-bed cardiology center being constructed at the time.
Simultaneously, as Professor and Chief of the Department of Cardiology at
The tumult of the 1979 Iranian Revolution led Massumi to decide to take his family back to the United States, where he has continued his career as a preeminent cardiologist since 1980.
Impact on cardiology
During his career, Massumi authored over 200 papers, 130 of which he was senior author,
Final years
Prior to his death, Massumi was practicing in Beverly Hills, California
Publications
- Massumi, Rashid; Shehata, Michael (2010). "Doubling of the Ventricular Rate by Interpolated Junctional Extrasystoles Resembling S2CID 20203141.
- Daly, J. J.; Gray, F. G.; Massumi, R. (1962). "Circulatory Effects of the Valsalva Maneuver in Emphysema and the Influence of Ganglionic Blockade". Chest. 41: 34–40. PMID 13883263.
- Wenger, R; Massumi, RA; Kuramoto, K (1955). "A comparative study of esophageal and direct auricular electrocardiography in dog". Cardiologia. 26 (4): 193–208. PMID 14379202.
References
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