Memorial of Professor Jamal Gousheh (1930-2016): Biography of A Man with Effective Role in the Development of the Field of Plastic Surgery in Iran

MEMORANDOM It becomes necessary for every individual in his life to pause and look behind a man who had a positive impact on the lives of many patients, medical students and residents that may be the only thing a person can be proud of with high degree of confidence. We wish to write about him who had an immeasurable and indisputable contribution to the development of the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery in Iran. Professor Jamal Gousheh was born in April 1930 in Tehran. He was graduated from high school in 1949 and attended Tehran University as a medical student at that year. In the second year of his study, he became a medalist in body building tournament held in Tehran University. While he was a medical student, he also showed an interest in wrestling, and won a few medals in wrestling matches as well. He achieved the Doctor of Medicine degree in 1956 and continued his education in the field of general surgery. In 1959, he was graduated as a general surgeon, and after fulfilling the customary state mandatory services, he moved to and resided in the center of the Kurdistan Provence, Sanandaj, with his family for 10 years. During his stay in Sanandaj, in addition to performing thousands of operations, he founded the general surgery department, blood bank and transfusion center, and radiology ward for Pahlavi Hospital, as well as equipping the hospital with modern anesthesiology machines. Due to his remarkable improvements in Pahlavi Hospital, he was elected as the chief of the hospital. I, as one of the authors of this article, traveled to Sanandaj in 2005 and noticed that the street where Dr. Gousheh’s office was located was named after him, and up to this date is still known as “Dr. Gousheh’s Office Street”. Although more 40 years has passed since Professor Gousheh has left Sanadaj, people still feel his presence, feel proud that he lived and performed operation there, and recall him as noble and virtuous man. In 1969, professor Gousheh traveled to France and attended Salpetriire Hospital General Surgery Ward to improve his surgical skills for a one year period, and worked with his colleague, Professor Sicard. Performing challenging operations for years, Professor Gousheh became very interested in plastic and reconstructive surgery, particularly hand surgery, and traveled once more to France to improve his skills in the fields of his interest in 1973. Editorial