The First Medical Journal of Tehran University

The School of Medicine of Tehran University was officially established in 1934. Then, in December 1939, Professor Charles Oberling (1895 – 1960), the famous French pathologist was appointed as the Dean of Medical, Pharmacy, and Dentistry Schools and a new era of medical education was ushered in. He suggested to the Ministry of Culture’s authorities to publish a medical journal; subsequently, the first Persian academic medical journal in Iran was founded and published in 1943. Herein, we present a brief account of this medical journal’s foundation as well as biographies of its founders and editorial board.