Obituary

The Iranian Pediatric Hematology and Oncology community has suffered a great loss as Mina Izadyar, M.D., passed away at the age of 63. She was a devoted, scientific-minded and distinguished pediatric hematologist-oncologistand had a broad spectrum of activities which included teaching, patient care and research. Her outstanding and lifelong achievement to highlight was the collaboration with other colleagues in planning and setting-up programs to curb the incidence of major beta-thalassemia as amajor social health problem in Iran.