LIFE IN PURGATORY

About LIFE IN PURGATORY

Enter the dark and tumultuous world of transgender people in Iran, as told through Dr. Cohanzad’s gripping memoir. With humane and intimate sensitivity, he shares the harrowing stories of his patients—a father who murders his own child, a rape victim who becomes a successful news anchor, a glamorous model, and a powerful executive who all struggle with gender dysphoria. But most astonishing of all is the tangled story of two transgender people who find love and marriage while navigating the confusion and stigma of their identities. Amidst all this, a mafia-like figure rises to power and a love story unfolds. This book captures the mystical dualism of good and evil, light and darkness, love and hate, peace and war in the lives of these individuals. For fans of powerful memoirs, this is a must-read.

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Author’s Biography:
SHAHRYAR COHANZAD
Certified urologist / sexologist
The University of Tehran / Faculty of Medicine
University of San Francisco/UCSF

Author (sole author) of the original articles:

1-Extended Metoidioplasty as a technique
Able to create…
ISSN number 0364-216X
DOI 10.1007/s00266-015-0607-4)

2-Improvement protocol in
Postoperative treatment of patients
Undergoing Metoidioplasty (Aesthetic Plastic Surgery)
ISSN number 0364-216X
(DOI 10.1007/s00266-016-0700)

3-Eight-year follow-up of the postoperative improvement protocol in comprehensive
Metoidioplasty in Transgender Patients: A Case Series (ISSN 2096-6911)

Author of the books (in Persian):

1-Pathophysiological interpretation of pain 1986
2- Gastrointestinal pathology 1984
3-Sketches in Impotence 1993
4-Urology at a glance 1994
5-Psychological aspects of impotence 1996
6-Therapeutic options for the treatment of impotence in urology 1998
7-Purgatory of the Body 2011

After more than 30 years of experience in sex reassignment surgeries, Dr. In 2015, Dr. Cohanzad changed the standard technique from “Metoidioplasty” to “Extensive Metoidioplasty”. After publication in the Aesthetic Plastic Journal, this adjustment received international recognition. He designed a highly effective protocol that improved the results of “Metoidioplasty” after surgery; which was also published in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in 2016.

Shahryar Cohanzad is also a gifted singer-songwriter-musician who has had the opportunity to perform his music on stage in front of hundreds of people in the audience, performed by an orchestra consisting of more than 100 members.