Eiman Jahangir:

Physician/Director of Cardio-oncology & general cardiology, Vanderbilt Medical Center

About Eiman Jahangir:

I was born in Iran and moved to Nashville, TN at age four. I have been fascinated with space and medicine since I was a child and pursued a career in medicine and space exploration. I earned a Bachelor of Arts at George Washington University and a Medical Doctorate from the University of Tennessee. I then went on to train in Internal Medicine at Boston University Medical Center and a Cardiovascular Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. I also completed my Master in Public Health. I am a Cardio-oncologist helping manage people who have cardiovascular side effects from cancer treatments at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. I also continue to do research and have published over 40 peer reviewed manuscripts. I have pursued his interest in human space flight for over 15 years, including two finalist interviews for NASA's Astronaut Candidate program. I have training in various aspects of space exploration and served as the medical officer for the Inclusion 1 mission at Biosphere2's Space Analog for the Moon and Mars. I am a Future MoonDoa astronaut set to fly on Blue Origin New Shepard.

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