Millennium Magazine_7th Ed

226 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine HEALTH AND WELLNESS H ailing from a familial background in health care, Kourosh Naziri always boasted a fascination with the medical sciences. Earning a BA and MS in telecommunications and engineering, both from George Washington University, he went on to serve World Bank as a network specialist and technician before becoming a lecturer throughout the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Since 2003, he has notably served as the general manager of Naziri Dental Corporation. Alongside his primary wellness pursuits, Mr. Naziri is also an accomplished author, having written several books under the pseudonym Cyrus regarding health care and science fiction. He recently published two books in June 2020, one revolving around the topics of weight loss and improving health and the other titled “The Journal to Ultra Dimension,” a science fiction novel. Civically involved as well, he frequently donates to the Salvation Army. Looking toward the future, Mr. Naziri intends to take on more responsibilities as a general manager, as well as strive in the fields of management and electronics. Likewise, he desires to continue writing as a secondary career and publish more books in the future. GENERAL MANAGER Naziri Dental Corporation Los Angeles, CA A damant about pursuing a nursing degree, Dorothy Ray Scarbrough became a registered nurse in 1954 and the first certified gerontological nurse in Alabama in 1983. Holding a BSN and MSN from the University of Alabama, she served as a staff nurse, teacher, program director, consultant and lecturer across America. Ms. Scarbrough retired in 1994 while serving as an associate chief nurse of extended care at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center, where she started the first Geriatric Evaluation Unit. Her prior commitment to training staff to care for aged patients improved care nationwide and also provided new reality training films and materials cooperatively produced by the American Hospital Association. Published in several journals, Ms. Scarbrough was a chapter author for the first gerontological nursing textbook and published “I Am Still with You: Our Fight Against the Losses from Alzheimer’s and Dementia Diseases” in 2017, a memoir of her personal experience caring for her late husband. She was appointed a delegate at the 1971 White House Conference on Aging and received the 1993 Outstanding Nurse Administrator Award from the Alabama State Nurses Association. ASSOCIATE CHIEF OF EXTENDED CARE Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center Tuscaloosa, AL DOROTHY RAY SCARBROUGH, BSN, MSN, RNC KOUROSH NAZIRI