Esmail Koushanpour, Ph.D., D.H.L.
Esmail Koushanpour, Ph.D., D.H.L., is Advisor to the Foundation on Islamic Affairs and Distinguished Service Professor of American Muslim Relations at the Foundation from which he received the Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa. He served as Executive Director of the Islamic Cultural Center of Greater Chicago in Northbrook, Illinois from 2000 to 2008, and directed their interfaith program from 1992 until 2010. He is Emeritus Professor, having retired in 1999 after serving 36 years on the faculty of Northwestern University Medical School. While at Northwestern, he served as Chairman of numerous university and medical school committees dealing with educational and administrative issues, and served as President of the Medical School Faculty Senate. The third edition of his textbook, “Renal Physiology: An Integrative Approach,” is scheduled for publication by Springer Publishers in 2012. Dr. Koushanpour has traveled extensively within the United States and abroad to lecture, present papers, and chair scientific sessions at international scientific meetings. As a result of his scientific achievements, he served as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Active in interfaith programs and building bridges between Islam and other religions, Dr. Koushanpour has served as Vice-Chair of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago and as co-Chairman of their Catholic-Muslim Dialogue Committee. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Gilead Outreach and Referral Center of Chicago and has been honored by the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation with their Faith in Community Award for building bridges between faiths. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Northbrook, Illinois and served as the co-Chairman of their local polio eradication program which is part of an international project of Rotary Clubs around the world. Dr. Koushanpour has served on the Board of Directors of the North Suburban YMCA in Northbrook, IL. He currently serves on the Board of the International Center for Deafness and the Arts in Northbrook, Illinois.News
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