Masoud Mahmoudzadeh flips through pages of documents in his quiet north-side Fredericton home. Bright stamps and signatures flash by, showing degrees and certifications he and his wife earned in Iran, their home country. When asked what made him want to become a neurologist, he stops and smiles.
"I think the brain is the most complex system in the universe," he said. "I really like the challenge." Former neurologist Masoud Mahmoudzadeh says he feels sad that he can't contribute more of his skills to his community.
(Michael Heenan/CBC) But Mahmoudzadeh isn't working as a a neurologist in New Brunswick. He's a registered massage therapist. His journey started in Tehran, at a school he calls "the best medical school in Iran.
" He spent seven years studying medicine to become a GP and then four years to become specialized in neurology. He said his medical school had U.S.
standards, with most professors having been educated there. WATCH | 'I can do a lot more than what I am doing right now': He was a neurologist in Iran. Now, he's working as a massage therapist in NB 7 minutes ago Duration 3:43 Masoud Mahmoudzadeh moved to Canada for a higher quality of life after working for more than a decade as a chief neurologist and head of an ICU in Iran.
Now working as a massage therapist in Fredericton, he says the physician-licensing process is keeping many internationally educated health professionals from serving their communities. After graduating in 1999, Mahmoudzadeh worked for over a.
