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Amir A. Afkhami
George Washington University
Occupation
Associate Professor
Contact
Secondary Phone: (202) 741-2889
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
2120 L Street, NW Suite 600
Washington DC 20037
United States
ABOUT
Amir A. Afkhami, MD, PhD, is an associate professor with joint appointments in psychiatry, global health, and history at the George Washington University where he is the director of preclinical education. Afkhami's doctoral level education in both history and medicine has allowed him to take a multidisciplinary approach to historical scholarship and to solving some of our most pressing contemporary challenges in health and diplomacy as an advisor to the U.S. Departments of State, Defense, and the U.S. Senate. Prior to joining GWU, Afkhami was a lecturer in the global history of public health at Yale University.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
History Of Medicine
19th-21st Centuries
Iranian Studies
Foreign Relations
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Islamic World
Specialties
Iranian Hist - 19-20th C
Medical Hist
Languages
Arabic (elementary)
French (advanced)
Persian (advanced)
Spanish (elementary)
Kurdish (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2003 | History | Yale University
MD | 2003 | Medicine | George Washington University
MPhil | 1998 | History | Yale University
MA | 1997 | History of Medicine | Yale University
MA | 1997 | History | Yale University
BA | 1995 | Echols Scholar (Interdiciplinary) | University of Virginia
Abstracts
Cholera and Revolution in Qajar Iran