Dr. Gholam Hossein Marvasti was born in Yazd in 1912. His father, Mirza Mohammad Alim Marvasti, as a teacher of religious sciences, was teaching a course of jurisprudence in the Theological School of Yazd. In the beginning years of Reza Shah and the formation of Judiciary, he joined the judiciary and continued to serve as a public prosecutor in Isfahan, Kerman and Kashan until his death.
After completing the religious sciences at Yazd Theological School on 1931, Dr Marvasti moved from Yazd to Tehran where he obtained a high school diploma. He succeeded the entering exam of medical science in the University of Tehran and continued to study medicine in that university.
After six years, he received a doctorate in medicine from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tehran, and then chose to continue his study in the field of ENT at Amir Alam Hospital under the supervision of Professor Max Meyer, a former German professor of ENT diseases. Later he left for France for further studies.
He joined the academic staff of the University of Tehran as an assistant professor and later was appointed director of the ENT clinic where he succeeded in establishing of the ENT department of the 1000-bed Pahlavi Hospital.( the current Imam Khomeini) and until his retirement, he was in charge of the above department ,which fortunately, is still continues to provide services to specialists and surgeons in this field.
One of the admirable works of Dr Marvasti  which was achieved by contribution of other colleagues,  is the addition of plastic (cosmetic) nose surgery to ENT surgery in the department under his supervision in Hezar Takhtkhah Hospital when the professor was a member of the Disciplinary Council in the Organization of the Iranian Medical System.
Dr. Marvasti's writings include books on ear diseases (760 pages), diseases of the nose and throat, larynx and salivary glands (1152 pages), and hearing tests, all of which have been published several times by the University of Tehran.
In 1946 (more than half a century ago) Dr. Marvasti decided to demolish his house located on Nofel Loshato Street in Tehran in order to build a private hospital with modern standards of that day in seven floors, including inpatient wards and four operating rooms, a maternity ward (including maternity and neonatal wards), and a radiology and laboratory ward, all equipped with a central air conditioning system equipped with a patient elevator and supplies.
Finally, in 2014, after receiving the necessary permits, by presence of his wife and children the hospital was donated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences and now after renovation and re-equipment provides necessary service of treating patients with full capacity.