Iskandar Wahidiyat
Iskandar Wahidiyat | |
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| Director of the Postgraduate Programme of the University of Indonesia | |
| In office 1989–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Gunawan Ardhi Wardhana |
| Succeeded by | Farid Anfasa Moeloek |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 5, 1932 Serang, West Java, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | January 30, 2021 (aged 88) Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Spouse | Wasilah Iskandar |
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| Education | University of Indonesia (dr, Dr, Prof) |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Research on Thalassemia in Jakarta (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | Asri Rasad Achmad Husen Markum |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Medicine |
| Sub-discipline | Pediatrics |
Iskandar Wahidiyat (5 November 1932 – 30 January 2021) was an Indonesian academic and professor of pediatrics at the University of Indonesia. Iskandar was known for his research on thalassemia, which earned him the 2006 Bakrie Award, and as the head of the first successful conjoined twin surgery team in Indonesia, which earned him an award from the Minister of Education. Iskandar was the director of the University of Indonesia postgraduate program from 1989 to 1996.