The second congress of the Patriotic Doctors of Iran was held on Saturday, 9 Khordad 2585 (30 May 2026), in Hamburg.
The congress was hosted by Dr. med. Atash Majlessi (radiology, Hamburg, Germany) and Prof. Dr. med. Hojjat Ahmadzadehfar, M.Sc. (nuclear medicine, Dortmund, Germany).
The talks focused on sharing experience and exploring ways to support Iran’s healthcare system and to cooperate with physicians and healthcare staff in the country during and after the transition period – in particular solutions for war and crisis situations and the treatment of war casualties and torture survivors.
Highlights of the congress:
- “Structure and characteristics of trauma centres in the post-revolutionary period: challenges and solutions”, Prof. Dr. med. Siroos Mirzaei, nuclear medicine, Vienna, Austria
- “‘When time stands still’: managing cardiac emergencies in war or when the health system collapses”, Dr Paris Zandian, cardiology, Frankfurt, Germany
- “Collective trauma, depression and resilience”, Dr. Dipl.-Psych. Mohammad Tabatabai, clinical psychology and psychotherapy, Wiesbaden, Germany
- “Brain injuries after imprisonment, torture and violence”, Dr Somayeh Farhadi, neurology, Vienna, Austria
- “Emergency and trauma care in Iran, especially after the war”, Dr Behzad Mokri, radiology with a focus on liver cancer diagnosis, London, UK
- “Controlling infectious diseases during and after a crisis”, Prof. Kamiar Alaei, global health policy, Long Beach, California
- To close the congress, the cultural talk “The history of the Lion and Sun emblem and some questions”, Prof. Kamyar Sarshar, informatics management, Hamburg, Germany
