"Dear Dr. Broumand,

This is to congratulate you on your wining the 2015 ISN Pioneer Award for your consistent effort and outstanding contributions to the development of nephrology in Iran as well as our region. Let me congratulate you personally as well as on behalf of all Iranian health care professionals for your praiseworthy accomplishment. You are credited as the Father of Nephrology in Iran because of your earnest attempt & endeavor to initiate and promote nephrology and kidney transplantation in our country. I highly appreciate your dedication to the medicine which has improved people's lives. Once again, I extend the warm congratulations of all Iranian health care professionals to you for this felicitous & merited honor.

Dr. Alireza Zali

IRIMC PRESIDENT"