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| Name | Eiman Jahangir |
| Nationality | USA |
| Bio | Eiman Jahangir is an Iranian-American who grew up in Nashville, TN. He obtained a Bachelors of Arts in Religious Studies at the George Washington University (Washington, DC) as a University Honors Program Scholar, a medical degree at the University of Tennessee (Memphis, TN), and a Master’s of Public Health at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN). He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Boston University Medical Center (Boston, MA) and his Fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine at Vanderbilt University. He then completed advanced training in epidemiological research as a National Institute of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellow (FICR-F) in Buenos Aires, Argentina studying the prevalence of hypertension in the Southern Cone (Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay). In August of 2024 Eiman became the first Iranian-born man to go to space and the first physician on a commercial space flight when he flew a sub-orbital mission with Blue Origin on NS-26. |
| Academic Background | 5/2001: Bachelor of Arts, Religion; The George Washington University, Washington, DC |
| Professional Interests | Eiman Jahangir’s daily clinical interests are in prevention of cardiovascular disease with a focus on cardiac-oncology. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Nuclear Cardiology, and Echocardiography. He was the founder and co-director of the Cardio-Oncology Clinic at Ochsner Medical Center in 2013. He is currently an Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and spearheading the cardio-oncology service. He has published over 40 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, many on the topic of cardio-oncology and has served on the American College of Cardiology’s Round Table in cardio-oncology. He is also a medical educator and focuses on mentoring and coaching medical students and housestaff through their training, preparing them for their future careers as doctors. He is actively involved in various aspects of the medical education at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Eiman is also interested in human space flight and interviewed twice as a finalist for the Astronaut Candidate position at NASA (2009 and 2013). He believes that human space flight is important for the scientific and technological discoveries that are made through the endeavor, while also fulfilling our innate need to explore. |
| Certifications | Open University Student |