International Continence Society

Mohammad Sajjad Rahnama’i is born on May 18th 1979 in Tehran (Iran). After finishing elementary
school at the age of 12 in Iran, his family emigrated to the Netherlands, where he was sent to
the school for basic technical skills (LTS, Delta college in Brunssum), like all newly arrived, foreign
children. After figuring out the Dutch school system, he changed to a higher
level, in order to gain access to the university and study medicine. After 1 year of LTS and
1 year at a middle level high school MAVO, he was able to convince the school board to make
an exception and let him attend the Dutch grammar school (Atheneum, Rombouts College in
Brunssum), from which he graduated in 1998. In that year, his name did not turn up at the Dutch
national lottery for entering medical school. He therefore took the entrance exam and entered the medical school (Diepenbeek, Belgium).
He graduated in the first year with honours and returned to the medical faculty of the Maastricht
University in 1999, from where he graduated his bachelor in 2003 and master in 2005, both with
honours degree. He started his clinical work as a medical doctor at the intensive care unit in Heerlen
followed by one year at the surgery department in Sittard. In 2007, he started his PhD research at
the urology department in Maastricht, under the supervision of Prof. Van Kerrebroeck, Dr. Van
Koeveringe and Prof. Gillespie from Newcastle (United Kingdom). In 2008, he received a personal
Mozaïek grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). He was accepted
in the Dutch urology resident program in 2009 and started his training in 2011.
He finalized and defended his PhD in november 2013 Cum Laude.
Beside his research, he is a member of the city counsel of his hometown Heerlen from 2006 and has taken part in Persian music ensembles. He is a proud father of 2 sons and 2 daughters: Behzad, Niekdad, Dorzad and Mehrzad, born in '08, '10, '13 and '15 respectively.