Following successful holding of the 1^st Tabriz International Pulmonary Hypertension Summit in June 2015, there has been an international admiration and great appreciation of the event among PH associations worldwide. In this respect Dr. Farid Rashidi, Executive Secretary of the conference, was highly admired by Julia Friederich (International Program Manager of American PH Association) and Rino Aldrighetti (President & CEO of American PH Association). He was invited to become a complimentary member of PH Clinicians and Researchers (PHCR) as well. Moreover, American PH Association has proposed the executive team of the summit to put Tabriz PH Summit on its event calendar which means that they are quite satisfied with scientific quality and organizational aspects of the summit.

Tabriz University of Medical Sciences congratulates all the executive staff, lecturers and attendants on this valuable success.