*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding Author: Mohammad Hossein Azizi, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran, Tehran, Iran. Tel:+98 21 229398, Fax:+98 21 229398, E-mail: , Email:
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Abstract
Abdulkarim Vessal, a distinguished professor of the Shiraz School of Medicine, was the founder of the “Archives of Iranian Medicine Journal” and a permanent member of the “Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences”, who finally, after five decades of efforts to promote radiology and medical journalism in Iran, passed away on February 18, 2022 in Shiraz. His demise is a great loss for the Iranian medical community, especially in Shiraz. In the present paper, his life and career are briefly reviewed.