Professor Nasser Simforoosh, is Founder and Chairman Department of Urology and kidney transplantation at Center of Excellence in Urology in Iran “Shahid Labbafinejad Medical Center”. He is currently president of Iranian Kidney Transplantation Society. He was program director of urology training in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran IR Iran for 30 years. He pioneered advanced laparoscopic urology in Iran. Over 10000 laparoscopic procedures are done in his department. As well, over 6000 kidney transplantations were performed during 35 years period.

He published highest number of laparoscopic donor nephrectomies from a single center (1510 cases, and over 3000 case is performed until now. His report of randomized clinical trial in donor nephrectomy was awarded winner in World Endourology Congress (WCE 2004) as “Best Laparoscopic Paper”. He has published over 204 scientific articles indexed in PubMed (H-index: 35) and was invited lecturers in 43 international congresses (SIU- WCE- AUA- EAU…) around the world. He has stablished an active urology site “iurtc.org.ir”

He has trained over 200 urology residents now practicing urology in Iran and abroad.  He has started first Endourology 2 years Fellowship program in the Middle east, graduating 97 Endourology fellows. He also founded kidney transplantation fellowship, graduating 41 transplant fellows. He has trained several fellows and observers from neighboring countries in laparoscopy and kidney transplantation (Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Tajikestan, Yaman and Nepal). He was member, board of chairman and invited speaker in Endourology Society Congresses and he was member, board of chairman and faculty member in SIU Congresses.