September-October 2018 Reviewer of the Issue - Farhad Pishgar
Farhad Pishgar

October 2018

Farhad Pishgar, MD MPH, is currently a senior 
research assistant at Non-communicable Diseases 
Research Center at Tehran University of Medical 
Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Farhad went to medical 
school there back in 2010, and in 2013, he was among 
the 40 scholars who were selected to study MPH in a 
dual degree program at the school. Completing these 
degrees, Farhad was provided with foundational 
knowledge and skills in clinical medicine as well as 
the science and practice of the public health. He was 
equipped with the necessary tools and knowledge to 
address the health challenges and complex health 
issues both on individual and population levels.
Farhad joined the scientific teams of Non-
communicable Diseases and Uro-oncology Research 

Centers at Tehran University of Medical Sciences back in 2015. His aspiration for public health 
and his knowledge in urological sciences led him to collaborate in several projects on estimating 
the burden of diseases, including the urological malignancies, at national and subnational levels 
at these centers. His works resulted in the publication of more than 25 peer-reviewed scientific 
papers, most of which are multicenter projects through collaboration with international 
institutes, including the University of Washington, the University of Southern California, the 
University of British Columbia, and the Johns Hopkins University.
Through his academic career, Farhad won several honors and awards; gold medal of national 
and silver medal of international student biology Olympiads, the prestigious Avecinna Award 
for the best medical researcher, and the Farin Kamangar Award for the outstanding medical 
research, to name some.
 “I view peer-review, not only as the basic tool to optimize scientific methods of articles 
and reporting of findings but also as an educational opportunity to authors and the reviewers 
themselves. I would like to appreciate the policies of the Urology Journal to engage early-career 
researchers in the journal’s peer-review practice.”
Farhad was chosen as the best reviewer of the issue by the editorial board of the Urology Journal 
for his valuable and timely review of manuscripts.