Shahrzad Ossareh
Iran
Pioneer Award: Middle East
The ISN Pioneer Awards, restricted to individuals from non-high-income countries, honor the ‘unsung heroes’ of nephrology: doctors who have made extraordinary efforts to advance nephrology in a specific country or region.
Professor Shahrzad Ossareh has many roles at the Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, in Tehran, Iran, including professor of medicine, head of the nephrology and hemodialysis section, and director of the Nephrology and Fellowship Program.
Professor Ossareh is president of the Iranian Society of Nephrology and editor-in-chief of the Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases. She was chair of the ISN’s Middle East Regional Board from 2019-2021 and a member of the ISN council from 2017-2021.
Professor Ossareh will receive the 2025 Pioneer Award for The Middle East at a regional meeting in 2025.