Obituary

The iranian pediatric hematology and oncology community has suffered a great loss as mina izadyar, m.d., passed away at the age of 63. she was a devoted, scientific-minded and distinguished pediatric hematologist-oncologistand had a broad spectrum of activities which included teaching, patient care and research. her outstanding and lifelong achievement to highlight was the collaboration with other colleagues in planning and setting-up programs to curb the incidence of major beta-thalassemia as amajor social health problem in iran.