title: The Persian legend of ophthalmology: Ali Asghar Khodadoust and his everlasting lines.
abstract: This is a brief celebratory overview of the fruitful life and scientific endeavors of Professor Ali Asghar Khodadoust (b.1935), a world renowned ophthalmologist, Persian icon of modern ophthalmology and an international pioneer of eye research. The global reputation of Dr. Khodadoust is rooted in his extensive studies on corneal diseases and transplantation biology. As a result of his truly deserved world renown, several famous American ophthalmologists have recognized him as the world's best corneal graft surgeon. Due to his exceptionally impressive achievements in this field, a clinical finding has been named in his honor, the "Khodadoust rejection line", a sign indicative of a chronic focal transplant reaction.
authors.affiliation: Isfahan Eye Research Center, Feiz Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Sepideh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sajjadi
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fesharaki
authors.forename: Zahra-Alsadat
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Abtahi
authors.forename: Richard T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: Mahboobeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fereidan-Esfahani
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazloumi
authors.forename: Seyed-Hossein
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Abtahi
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007492:Iran; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*