Samuel Rahbar
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Samuel Rahbar (born in 1929 in Hamedan, Iran) is an Iranian scientist who discovered HbA1C, a form of hemoglobin used primarily to identify plasma glucose concentration over time.
He obtained his MD from the University of Tehran in 1953 and a PhD degree in immunology from the same university in 1963.
From 1952 to 1960 Dr. Rahbar pursued mainly clinical activities in Abadan and Tehran returning to academic life as a postdoctoral fellow in 1959. Soon after earning his PhD, he was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1963 and to Associate Professor in 1965 in the Department of Immunology.
He spent 1968-1969 as visiting scientist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. That medical school was then an institution of extraordinary creativity and great dynamism. This was particularly evident in the Department of Medicine where Dr. Rahbar had the opportunity to collaborate with among others his brilliant lifelong friend Dr. Helen M. Ranney. After his return to Tehran Dr. Rahbar was promoted to full professor in 1970 and to director of the Department of Applied Biology in the University of Tehran Medical School in Tehran.
He is known for his landmark discovery of HbA1C and its application in monitoring diabetic patients.
