Hassan Hashemi

Hashemi was born in March 1959 in Fariman (Khorasan Razavi Province), where he completed his primary education. He completed his secondary education at Danesh Bozorg-nia High School in Mashhad. He was accepted into medical school at Ferdowsi University in Mashhad after taking the national entrance exam of 1976 – 77. In 1989, he completed his residency training in ophthalmology at the same university, ranking first among his cohort, and in 1990, he completed his fellowship in Cornea and Anterior Segment at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran. He has also completed numerous post-graduate training courses in North America and Europe on the latest methods of corneal surgery, cataract surgery, and correction of refractive errors.

Ant segment and Cornea Fellowship, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (1991)

Ophthalmology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (1989)

Medical Doctorate, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (1985)

After graduation, Hashemi spent more than 30 years at Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Farabi Hospital. During his academic tenure, he has trained a large number of medical and allied health students, including more than 200 ophthalmologists and 50 anterior segment fellows. He has also organized numerous training courses for ophthalmologists in the past three decades.

In May 1992, he established Noor Eye Clinic (the very first private-sector ophthalmology clinic) in Motahari Street, Tehran. In 2006, he established Noor Eye Hospital on Esfandiar Boulevard, Tehran. Now, Noor Ophthalmology Complex comprises 2 hospitals, 4 clinics, and sub-specialty polyclinics in Iran and Oman, all of which are run under his close supervision.