The Rheumatology Division in the Department of Internal Medicine at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences) (former Pahlavi University) (was established by Dr. Ali-Asghar Eghtedari in 1970. Drs. Mohammad Salami and Hadi Hedayati joined this division in 1973 and 1974, respectively. Since 1980, Dr. Akbar Rajaee has been in charge of this division. In 1986, the rheumatology subspeciality training p...

Hakim Ali Gilani was a native of Gilan. He was a distinguished physician and medical writer. He wrote commentary on canon of Avicenna. He came to India during Akbar's time and served two Mughal rulers, Akbar and Jahangir. He was praised very much by the medical historians for his vast knowledge, curiosity and intelligence. A brief account of his achievements has been given in this article.

Farukh MAKHMADOV*, Davlatmurod SADULLOEV, Akbar MURODOV, Abdurakhmon ASHUROV, Faridun SAFAROV, Fazlidin NAJMUDINOV. Ann Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2023;27:S283. https://doi.org/10.14701/ahbps.2023S1.EP-16