Iranian optometrist Mehran Zarei Ghanavati was declared the best eye specialist in the exam conducted by the International Council for Optometry (ICO).
He passed successfully the exam, which is specially designed for optometrists, and received the Dr. Piter Vatson award, which includes a cash prize of $6,000, IRNA reported.
The council also awarded him a scholarship to pursue his studies.
The first such exam was held in 1995 and eye specialists from across the world participate in the exam every year.
The International Council of Optometry is an international optometric organization representing 250,000 optometrists from 96 member organizations in 65 countries.
This year over 2,000 optometrists from 111 eye clinics of the world participated in the exam.
The Iranian optometrist previously topped the Iranian exams conducted by the universities of medical sciences and pre-internships.
Ghanavati ranked second in the optometrists board exams and first in fellowship cornea exam.
Source: www.iran-daily.com