Dr. Yahya Adl, who was the father of modern surgery and anesthesiology


During his tenure, the operating rooms at the above hospitals became training classrooms for future persian surgeons.2 Prof. Adl was a masterful surgeon and was the first person to perform cardiac, thoracic, and spinal surgeries in homeland. He established an Emergency Department at Sina (Avicenna) hospital,6 and taught his residents to evaluate and resuscitate all surgical consults in the emergency room.