middle east society for organ transplantation middle east society for organ transplantation the middle east society for organ transplantation (mesot) is an organization that promotes developments in the field of organ transplantation between medical centers in middle eastern, north african and some neighbouring asian countries. it was founded in turkey by mehmet a. haberal in 1987 and there are more than 29 countries that have membership covering a population of more than 600 million. middle east society for organ transplantationabbreviationmesotfoundermehmet a. haberalfounded atturkeyproductsexperimental and clinical transplantationmembership all arab countries, iran, turkey, pakistan and countries of central asiapresidentrefaat r. kamel (2018-2020)president electantoine barbarivice presidentyousuf al maslamaniimmediate past presidentbassam saeedwebsitemesot-tx.org with the aim of preventing transplant tourism and promoting ethical standards in organ transplantation, mesot organizes meetings and annual conferences on the improvement of transplantation practices in the asian region. its official journal is the experimental and clinical transplantation. past presidents 2010-2020 yearsnamecomments 2010-2012marwan masri 2012-2014s. ali malek-hosseini 2014-2016mehmet haberal 2016-2018bassam saeed 2018-2020refaat r. kamel