May 1, 2021
Mehdi Saghatol Eslami, M.D.
SOUTHBURY – Dr. Mehdi S. Eslami, 90, of Southbury, passed away peacefully, with family by his side, on Nov. 8, 2020, after a brave battle with COVID-19. He was the beloved husband of Judith A. Eslami.
Dr. Eslami was born in Kerman, Iran, on Sept. 1, 1930, son of the late Mohammad and Zahra (Morshedi) Saghatoleslami. He was the youngest of his father’s 16 children.
Dr. Eslami graduated from Alborz College and studied medicine at Tehran University Medical School, graduating in 1957. He arrived in the United States in 1958 for his internship at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn.
Dr. Eslami completed his residency in radiology at the Hospital for Joint Diseases and his residency in radiation therapy at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, both in New York City. He then completed a Fellowship in diagnostic radiology at Long Island Jewish Hospital. Dr. Eslami was certified by the American Board of Radiology: Radiology and Nuclea