Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar

Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, MD

Professor of neurosurgery

Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center,

Sina Hospital, Hasan-Abad Square, Imam Khomeini Ave.,

Tehran University of Medical Sciences,

Tehran, 11365-3876, Iran

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CURRICULUM VITAE                                                                                  

VAFA RAHIMI-MOVAGHAR, M.D.

Professor Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar was neurosurgeon-in-chief and director of Neurosurgery at Zahedan University of Medical Sciences from 1994 to 2006. He completed his post doctorate “Research Neurotrauma Fellowship” at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre and the courses of spinal cord injury (SCI) research at the University of Irvine, USA in 2002. He moved to Sina Trauma & Surgery Research Center (STSRC) affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) in 2006. Since 2010, he is the research vice-chancellor of the centre. He was the AOSpine research council member of Iran from 2012 to 2014 and is AOSpine research officer of Middle East from 2015 to 2017 and AOSpine ambassador in the next three years. He guides PhD by research and post doctorate students in Neurotrauma all in experimental and clinical traumatic SCI. He holds the first rank prize of the 19^th RAZI Research Festival, the highest national medical award of the medical sciences in 2013 and prize of University of Tehran in 2015. He has written in neurosurgical and public health topics with 240 publications, six books and 12 chapters; 191 papers in PUBMED; 195 in scopus; Citation: 4097. http://isid.research.ac.ir/ shows rank 32^th among 18,543 medical science professors in Iran. H-index: 20; citation/paper: 21.01. He also has operative experience, which includes 3039 neurosurgical operations. He is now director of Neurotrauma in STSRC of TUMS; and director of national SCI registry in Iran. In May 2017, he achieves the 1% highest rank scientist of the world based on citations according to Essential Science Indicators (ESI).

 

Education of research:

Co-chairperson of AOSpine seminar for spine surgeons – Tehran, Iran – April 16 & 17, 2015

Chairperson of AOSpine seminar for spine surgeons – Lahore, Pakistan – April 29 & 30, 2015

Co-chairperson of AOSpine seminar for spine surgeons – Dubai, UAE – October 15 & 16, 2015

Chairperson of AOSpine seminar for spine surgeons – Baghdad, Iraq – August 11&12, 2016

 

Specialized technique he used 1^st time in Iran:

Karimi M, Rahimi-Movaghar V: Intradural electrode insertion in motor branch of sacral roots following rhizotomy for spastic bladder in complete cervical spinal cord injury. Oral and video presented in Iranian Urologic Society, 1995.

 

Addition to the science in the United states (US):

Rahimi-Movaghar V, Yan HQ, Li Y, Ma X, Akbarian F, Dixon CE: Increased expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in rat brain after traumatic brain injury. Presented in international congress of neuroscience and neurotrauma in Tampa, Florida, US, 2002 and in the J Neurotrauma. 19(10):1364, 2002 [Abstr] and published in Acta Medica Iranica. 43(1):7-10, 2005.

 

Addition to the science in Iran (45 highest original papers in journals with ISI impact factor (IF) > 1.2):

1. Rahimi-Movaghar V. Efficacy of surgical decompression in the setting of complete thoracic spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med. 28(5):1-6, 2005. [ISI, IF: 1.536]

2. Eftekhar B, Ghodsi M, Hadadi A, Taghipoor M, Zabihyan Sigarchi S, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Sherafat Kazemzadeh E, Esmaeeli B, Nejat F, Yalda A, Ketabchi E. Prophylactic antibiotic for prevention of posttraumatic meningitis after traumatic pneumocephalus: design and rationale of a placebo-controlled randomized multicenter trial. [ISRCTN71132784] Trials. 2006 Jan 18;7(1):2. [ISI, IF: 2.21]

3. Moghtaderi A, Alavi-Naini R, Rahimi-Movaghar V: Tuberculous myelopathy: current aspects of neurologic sequels in the southeast of Iran. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 113(4):267-272, 2006. [ISI, IF: 2.474]

4. Rahimi-Movaghar V. Vaccaro A, Mohammadi M. Efficacy of Surgical Decompression in Regards to Motor Recovery in the Setting of Conus Medullaris Injury. J Spinal Cord Med.  29(1):32-38, 2006. [ISI, IF: 1.536]

5. Rahimi-Movaghar V, Yazdi A, Karimi M, Mohammadi M, Firouzi M, Zanjani LO, Nabian MH: The effect of early time-dependent spinal cord decompression in traumatic paraplegia in rats. Int J Neurosci. 118(10):1359-1373, 2008. [ISI, IF: 1.216]

 

6. Rahimi-Movaghar V, Yazdi A, Mohammadi M. Usefulness of the tail-flick reflex in the prognosis of functional recovery in paraplegic rats. Surg Neurol. 2008;70(3):323-5. [ISI, IF: 1.67]

7. Saberi H, Moshayedi P, Aghayan HR, Arjmand B, Hosseini SH, Emami-Razavi SH, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Raza M, Firouzi M. Treatment of Chronic Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury Patients with Autologous Schwann Cell Transplantation: An Interim Report on Safety Considerations and Possible Outcomes. Neurosci Lett. 2008;443:46–50. [ISI, IF: 2.026]

8. Rahimi-Movaghar V, Saadat S, Vaccaro AR, Ghodsi SM, Samadian M, Sheykhmozaffari A, Safdari SM, Keshmirian B. The efficacy of surgical decompression before 24 hours versus 24 to 72 hours in patients with spinal cord injury from T1 to L1--with specific consideration on ethics: a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2009 Aug 24;10:77. [ISI, IF: 2.21]

9. Rahimi-Movaghar V, Saadat S, Rasouili MR, Ganji A, Ghahramani M, Zarei MR, Vaccaro AR. The prevalence of spinal cord injury in Tehran, Iran. J Spinal Cord Med. 2009;32(4):428-31. [ISI, IF: 1.536]

10. Davatgaran K, Habibi R, Rasouli MR, Saadat S, Moghadam M, Vaccaro AR, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Factors associated with pressure ulcers in patients with complete or sensory-only preserved spinal cord injury: is there any difference between traumatic and nontraumatic causes? Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.2009 Oct;11(10):438-43.[ISI, IF: 1.403]

11. Saadat S, Javadi M, Sabet Divshali B, Tavakoli AH, Ghodsi SM, Montazeri A, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Health-related quality of life among individuals with long-standing spinal cord injury: a comparative study of veterans and non-veterans. BMC Public Health. 2010 Jan 5;10(1):6. [ISI, IF: 2.03]

12. Rahimi-Movaghar V,  Moradi Lakeh M,  Rasouli MR,  Vaccaro AR. Burden of spinal cord injury in Tehran, Iran. Spinal Cord. 2010 Jun;48(6):492-7. [ISI, IF: 2.071]

13. Rahimi-Movaghar V.Controlled evaluation of injury in an international safe community - Kashmar, Iran. “Public Health” 2010 Apr;124(4):190-7[ISI, IF: 1.267]

14. Rasouli MR, Saadat S, Haddadi M, Gooya MM, Afsari M, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Epidemiology of injuries and poisonings in emergency departments in Iran. Public Health. 2011 Oct;125(10):727-33. Epub 2011 Sep 8. [ISI_IF: 1.267]

15. Moradi-Lakeh M, Rasouli MR, Vaccaro AR, Saadat S, Zarei MR, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Burden of traumatic spine fractures in Tehran, Iran. BMC Public Health. 2011 Oct 11;11(1):789. [ISI_IF: 2.36]

16. Zare MA, Ahmadi K, Zadegan SA, Farsi D, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Effects of Brain Contusion on Mild Traumatic Brain-Injured Patients. Int J Neurosci. 2013 Jan;123(1):65-9. [ISI, IF: 1.216]

17. Beygi S, Saadat S, Jazayeri SB, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Epidemiology of pediatric primary malignant central nervous system tumors in Iran: A 10 year report of National Cancer Registry. Cancer Epidemiol. 2013 Aug;37(4):396-401. [ISI_IF: 2.232]

18. Rahimi-Movaghar V, Sayyah MK, Akbari H, Khorramirouz R, Rasouli MR, Moradi-Lakeh M, Shokraneh F, Vaccaro AR. Epidemiology of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review. Neuroepidemiology. 2013 Jun 13;41(2):65-85. [ISI_IF: 2.305] Both the paper and the author won the Razi Price.

19. Hafezi-Nejad N, Rahimi-Movaghar A, Motevalian A, Amin-Esmaeili M, Sharifi V, Hajebi A, Radgoodarzi R, Hefazi M, Eslami V, Saadat S, Rahimi-Movaghar V. A nationwide population-based study on incidence and cost of non-fatal injuries in Iran. Inj Prev. 2014 Feb 20. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-041127. [Epub ahead of print] [ISI_IF: 1.755]

20. Mirzaei R, Hafezi-Nejad N, Sadegh Sabagh M, Ansari Moghaddam A, Eslami V, Rakhshani F, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Dominant role of drivers' attitude in prevention of road traffic crashes: A study on knowledge, attitude, and practice of drivers in Iran. Accid Anal Prev. 2014 May;66:36-42. [ISI_IF: 1.964]

21. Kassebaum NJ, …Rahimi-Movaghar V, …Lopez AD, Naghavi M, Murray CJ, Lozano R. Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2014 May 2. pii: S0140-6736(14)60696-6. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60696-6. [Epub ahead of print] [ISI_IF: 39.207]

22. Murray CJL, Ortblad KF, Guinovart C, Lim SS, Wolock TM, Roberts DA, Rahimi-Movaghar V...Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 The Lancet 384 (9947), 1005-1070  [ISI_IF: 39.207]

23. GBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators. Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2015 Jan 10;385(9963):117-71. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61682-2. Epub 2014 Dec 18. [ISI_IF: 39.207]

24. Hafezi-Nejad N, Rahimi-Movaghar A, Motevalian A, Amin-Esmaeili M, Sharifi V, Hajebi A, Radgoodarzi R, Hefazi M, Eslami V, Karimi H, Saadat S, Mohammad K, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Population-based incidence and cost of non-fatal injuries in Iran: a consistent under-recognized public health concern. Public Health. 2015 Mar 3. pii: S0033-3506(15)00035-9. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.01.016. [Epub ahead of print] [ISI_IF: 1.267]

25. Jazayeri SB, Ataeepour M, Rabiee H, Motevalian SA, Saadat S, Vaccaro AR, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Prevalence of Spinal Cord Injury in Iran: A 3-Source Capture-Recapture Study. Neuroepidemiology. 2015 Jul 18;45(1):28-33. [ISI_IF: 2.305]

26. Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Collaborators. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2015 Jun 7. pii: S0140-6736(15)60692-4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4 [ISI_IF: 39.207]

27. GBD 2013 Risk Factors Collaborators, Forouzanfar MH, …, Rahimi-Movaghar V, … Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2015 Dec 5;386(10010):2287-323. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00128-2. Epub 2015 Sep 11. [ISI_IF: 39.207]

28. Haagsma JA, …, Rahimi-Movaghar V, … The global burden of injury: incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and time trends from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013. Inj Prev. 2016 Feb;22(1):3-18. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041616. Epub 2015 Dec 3. [ISI_IF: 1.755]

29. Azarhomayoun A, Chou R, Shirdel S, Lakeh MM, Vaccaro AR, Rahimi-Movaghar V.

Sequestrectomy Versus Conventional Microdiscectomy for the Treatment of a Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Systematic Review. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Dec;40(24):E1330-9. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001174. [ISI_IF: 2.297]

30. Hassannejad Z, Sharif-Alhoseini M, Shakouri-Motlagh A, Vahedi F, Zadegan SA, Mokhatab M, Rezvan M, Saadat S, Shokraneh F, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Potential variables affecting the quality of animal studies regarding pathophysiology of traumatic spinal cord injuries. Spinal Cord. 2015 Dec 22. doi: 10.1038/sc.2015.215. [Epub ahead of print] [ISI_IF: 1.804]

31. Pakpour AH, Rahnama P, Saberi H, Saffari M, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Burri A, Hajiaghababaei M. The relationship between anxiety, depression and religious coping strategies and erectile dysfunction in Iranian patients with spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. 2016 Feb 16. doi: 10.1038/sc.2016.7. [Epub ahead of print] [ISI_IF: 1.804]

32. Yousefifard M, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Nasirinezhad F, Baikpour M, Safari S, Saadat S, Moghadas Jafari A, Asady H, Razavi Tousi SM, Hosseini M. Neural stem/progenitor cell transplantation for spinal cord injury treatment; A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience. 2016 May 13;322:377-97.

33. Saadat S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Ekhtiari YS, Rahimi-Movaghar A, Motevalian A, Amin-Esmaeili M, Sharifi V, Hajebi A, Radgoodarzi R, Hefazi M, Eslami V, Karimi H, Mohammad K, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Incidence of fall-related injuries in Iran: A population-based nationwide study. Injury. 2016 Jul;47(7):1404-9.

34. Haagsma JA, Graetz N, Bolliger I, Naghavi M, .., Rahimi-Movaghar V, …Murray CJ, Vos T. The global burden of injury: incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and time trends from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013. Inj Prev. 2016 Feb;22(1):3-18.

35. GBD 2015 HIV Collaborators, Wang H, Wolock TM, .., Rahimi-Movaghar V, …, Lopez AD, Murray CJ. Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980-2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet HIV. 2016 Aug;3(8):e361-87.[ISI_IF: 8.364]

36. Mokdad AH, Forouzanfar MH, Daoud F, El Bcheraoui C, Moradi-Lakeh M, …, Rahimi-Movaghar V, …, Naghavi M, Vos T, Al Rabeeah AA, Lopez AD, Murray CJ. Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet Glob Health. 2016 Oct;4(10):e704-13 [ISI_IF: 14.722].

37. Hosseini M, Yousefifard M, Baikpour M, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Nasirinezhad F, Younesian S, Safari S, Ghelichkhani P, Moghadas Jafari A. The efficacy of Schwann cell transplantation on motor function recovery after spinal cord injuries in animal models: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Chem Neuroanat. 2016 Sep 5;78:102-111[ISI_IF: 1.8].

38. GBD 2015 SDG Collaborators. Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet. 2016 Oct 8;388(10053):1813-1850 [ISI_IF: 39.207]

39. GBD 2015 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators... Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet. 2016 Oct 8;388(10053):1459-1544 [ISI_IF: 39.207].

40. GBD 2015 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators… Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet. 2016 Oct 8;388(10053):1545-1602 [ISI_IF: 39.207].

41. GBD 2015 DALYs and HALE Collaborators… Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet. 2016 Oct 8;388(10053):1603-1658 [ISI_IF: 39.207].

42. GBD 2015 Risk Factors Collaborators… Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet. 2016 Oct 8;388(10053):1659-1724 [ISI_IF: 39.207].

43. GBD 2015 Child Mortality Collaborators… Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet. 2016 Oct 8;388(10053):1725-1774 [ISI_IF: 39.207].

44. GBD 2015 Maternal Mortality Collaborators… Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet. 2016 Oct 8;388(10053):1775-1812 [ISI_IF: 39.207].

45. Moradi AR, Heydari AH, Abdollahi MH, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Dalgleish T, Jobson L. Visual false memories in posttraumatic stress disorder. J Abnorm Psychol. 2015 Nov;124(4):905-17 [ISI_IF: 5.153].

 

US Patent

EFS ID: 28114707; Application Number: 15410670; Confirmation Number: 1557; Title of Intervention: Unilateral spinal cord compression; Receipt Date: 19-Jan-2017; Application Type: Utility under USC 111(a); RAM confirmation Number: 012317INTEFSW20041200; Declaration_RahimiMovaghar_Executed.pdf – 181316; Power of Attorney: POA_ RahimiMovaghar_Executed.pdf – 1165014; US patent: Attorney Docket No. 2000-046-1956; First name inventor: Mahdi SharifAlhoseini. Applicant for patent: Vafa RahimiMovaghar; Legal name of inventor: Vafa RahimiMovaghar

Second patent_Iran: First version of unilateral spinal cord compression

Third patent_Iran: Anterior cervical cord compression_Anima model_Similar to discopathy

 

Major Research Interest:

-     Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) research

-     SCI decompression in human and animal 

-     Evaluation of safety and efficacy of cell transplantation

-     Road traffic crashes injury prevention

-     Systematic review and meta-analysis

 

 Education:

• 1969 - 1981: Trained in Brilliant talent school and Intelligent School


• 1982 - 1989: Medical student in Iran University of Medical Sciences


• 1989 - 1994: Resident in Neurosurgery, Firouzgar General Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences.


• Sept 1, 2001 – Sept 1, 2002: Fellowship in Neurotrauma, University of Pittsburgh Medical Sciences (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA; and Reeve-Irvine institute of spinal cord injury research, University of California Irvine (UCI), Irvine, USA. Twelve months basic and clinical experience in the USA.


• Aug 9, 2003 – Oct 22, 2003: Education for Researchers, Undersecretary of Research, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran


• Nov 10-14, 2003: Week-long course of pediatric neurosurgery presented by professor A. Leland Albright, ZUMS


• Sept 11-12, 2006: Workshop of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells – Royan Institute, Tehran


• April 2 -23, 2009: Olfactory Stem Cell culture in mouse and human – Alan Mackay-Sim, National centre for stem cell research, Brisbane, Australia


• June 2011: Invitation and grant support by Washington University: Disaster preparedness


• 2013 – Evaluation of development of new course of PhD for Ergonomics


• 13_18_2013: Workshop of clinical guidelines for our own country – Tehran-Iran


• March 2014: Research Exchange Project Details: Education of systematic review for two analgesic drugs for pain complications of SCI- (Title: Evidence-based Medicine in Treatment of Spinal Cord Injured Patients) - International student education – Tommaso Pomerani Italian medical student in TUMS


• March 18, 2014: Basic science projects consultations and visit the laboratory of Charles Tator from U of T, Toronto, Canada


• May 28-30, 2016: Practicing NIH-standard proposal writing for clinical, epidemiological, and health services/policy/economics research – National Institute for Medical Research Development (NIMAD), Tehran, Iran


• April_June 2016: Effect size_sample size calculation by Stata – NIMAD – Shahraz, US

 

  Licensure and Certification:

• 1981: Diploma in Mathematics and Physics – Final score: 19.48 out of 20,


• 1982:  Diploma in experimental sciences. Score: “A”


• April 1988: Graduated from Doctorate in Medicine. Score:“A” Iran University Medical Sciences


•  1994: Iranian Preboard of Neurological Surgeons Certification: “The 1^st rank among all participants”


•   1994: Iranian Board of Neurological Surgeons Certification: “Distinguished”


• Oct 12, 2001: Education and certification program in research practice fundamentals. The University of Pittsburgh. (Certificate ID: resintnr25920)


• Jan 14-18, 2002: Successfully completed Principles and Practice of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Director: L. Dade Lansford, Douglas Kondziolka, John C. Flickinger in University of Pittsburgh.


• Nov 26-27, 2002: Excellence course of indications and surgical techniques for interbody and pedicle screw fixation in the cervical and lumbar spines.


• July 2002: Spinal cord injury research techniques. Director: Oswald Steward in Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California, Irvine


• Oct 25, 2003: Research fellowship in Neurotrauma: Confirmed by Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education


• Nov 30, 2003: Education for Researchers in Medicine: Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education


• Sept 12, 2006: Workshop of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells – Royan Institute, Tehran


• March – April 2009: A month in Adult stem cell research course – Brisbane, Australia


• Sept 16-18, 2010- 6^th international congress of stem cells in Royan


• 2015 – Workshop of OVID by Wolters Kluwer in TUMS.


• Nov 21, 2016 – Certification of completion - Analysis of Statistical Power; Mational Institute for Medical Research Development (NIMAD), Tehran, Iran - SAPHIR

 

Academic Appointments:

• 1994: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences


• February 28, 2001: Associate Professor of Neurosurgery confirmed by committee of Professor Promotion of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences.


• 2006-10-29: Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,  Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center


• 2006-10-29: Member of research council of Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center


• 2007-9: Member of evaluation of trauma fellowship – Surgical neurology division


• July 21, 2008: Associate professor of Neurosurgery confirmed in the research council of Tehran University Medical Sciences.


• August 26, 2013: Professor of Neurosurgery confirmed in the research council of Tehran University Medical Sciences.


• 20.8.1395= Nov 10.2016-: Member of research council of brain and spinal cord injury research center (BASIR)

 

Hospital Appointments:

•  1994- 2006-10-29Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences


•  1994- 2006-10-29 Consultant in Neurosurgery, Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital


•  1994- 2006-10-29 Surgeon-in-Chief for Academic Affairs, Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital

 

Awards and Honors:

•   1983: Gold Prize in Perseverance Running in Iran Medical School


•   1983: Gold Prize in Perseverance Running in Iran Medical School and Hospital Personnel


•   1993: Prize for Compilation of a Book: “ Vertigo and its clinical Approach” (Persian)


• 1994: The 1^st rank Prize in Preboard Neurosurgical Examination, Iran University


• 2000: Teacher Award, Undersecretory for Education


•   2000: Researcher of the year Award, Undersecretory for Research, ZUMS, IRAN


•   2000: Best Doctors in Sistan And Balouchestan, Service of Insurance


•   2001: The first rank prize in clinical study in the first congress of pain in IRAN.


•   2003: Researcher of the year Award, Undersecretory for Research, ZUMS, IRAN


•   2004: The gold prize in the neurology congress in Tehran, poster presentation, Tehran


•   2004: Researcher of the year Award, Undersecretory for Research, ZUMS, IRAN


•   April 18, 2005: Appreciation of Chancellor of ZUMS for efforts on organization aims.


•   2005: Appreciation of Chancellor of medical faculty of ZUMS for efforts on education, research and treatment.


•   2006: Researcher of the year Award, Undersecretory for Research, ZUMS, IRAN


• 2011: Teacher award, Student's Scientific Research Center (SSRC), TUMS, Iran


• 2013: First award of first festival for prevention of spinal cord injury, Tehran, Iran


• 8_18_2013: Acknowledgement of SCIA (Spinal Cord Injury Association of Tehran)


• 12_24_2013: First Price of 19th RAZI research festival of the medical sciences – Clinical Surgery


• Dec 13, 2015: 24^th research festival 2015 University of Tehran -  Researcher of the year Award


• May 26, 2016: Documntation of life and ideas of the best professors of TUMS


• Jan 22, 2017: Acknowledgement of Ministry of Health and Medical Education for adaptation of Traumatic Brain Injury Guideline in Iran.


• Feb 23, 2017: Acknowledgement of research deputy of Ministry of Health and Medical Education for top scientists of the country (H-index >15).

 

Major Committee Assignments:

 Zahedan University of Medical Sciences:

•   1998- 2001: University Educational Council, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences (ZUMS)


•   1998: 2001: University Publications Committee, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences


•   2000- 2001: University Educational Programme and Quality Promotion Council, Zahedan


•   2000- 2001: Chief of University Committee on Evaluation and Internal Assessment, Zahedan


•   2001- 2001: Chief of Committee on Professor Promotion, ZUMS


• Jan 14, 2006: Committee of University Compilation and Translation, ZUMS

 

Ministry of Health- deputy for treatment

• Feb 2007 -2008: National trauma committee (5 sessions).


• August 23, 2007 -2008: The sessions for “Prevention” subcommittee.


• May 16, 2016: National committee of approval of national document to decrease burden of road traffic crashes

 

Ministry of Health – deputy for research and technology

• April 7, 2014-; National committee of health research in disasters and emergencies


• 2015-6: Director of National Spinal Cord Injury Registry of Iran (NSCIR-IR)


• Feb 20, 2017 (2.12.1395) – National committee of health for males related to road traffic injury and death

 

Ministry of Health

2014 – Member of musculoskeletal disease research network 

2016- Member of health research network in road traffic crashes

 

Zahedan Medical School:

•  1999- 2003: Research and Education Council, Zahedan Medical School


•  1999- 2001: Chief of Educational Programme and Quality Promotion Council, Medical School


•  2003-2006-10-29 : Research Council, Zahedan Medical school, ZUMS

 

 Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital:

•  1994- 2006-10-29Operating Room Committee, Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital


•  1994 – 2001: Chief and Coordinator of Weakly Scientific Conferences, Khatam-ol-anbia H.


•  2000 – 2001: Supervision Nucleus Committee, Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital

 

Memberships, Offices, and Committee Assignments in Professional Societies

•  2000: Scientific Committee of First National Iranian Congress of Addiction


•  2000: Scientific Committee of First National Iranian Congress of Critical Care


•  Oct 8, 2003: Secretary of the neurosurgery congress. One day re-education for G.P. ZUMS.


• June 11-13, 2007: Scientific Committee of 16^th international congress of Safe Community – Injury Prevention in Children.


• Feb 2007 – National Trauma Committee


• 2007- Member of committee – Evaluation of Schwann cell transplantation in the chronic SCI patients – Phase I and II.


• May 26, 2008 – Representative of EMS in national trauma committee


• May 27, 2008 – Establishment of Iranian Trauma Society (Developing team member - NGO)


• 2008-2014 – Two circles of elections for main members of Iranian Trauma Society


•  Health and Safety consulting Spinal cord injury center website – Internet Consulting


• August 21, 2013 – Establishment of Pre-hospital research center in TUMS (Team member)


• 4_24_2014 – Trauma Society Member in the sessions of NGOs and research centers – Invited by Minister of work and co-operation


• 2012-2016- Member of thinkers of traffic – health division – supervised by police

 

Collaborations

Center of Excellence for trauma – Baquiyatollah for NSCIR-IR – Feb 8, 2017 (20.11.1395)

 

Tehran University of Medical Sciences:

#2009 – Member of Research Council

#2009 - Research Vice-chancellors of Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center

2013 – 2015: Member of council of higher level education

2014 – 2017: Professor of Research Assistants

2016-:  Member of research council of Brain and Spinal Injury Research Center (BASIR)

 

NGO:

2005 - Scientific Trauma Society: Developer, maintenance, and secretary of the society

2006 – Scientific Traffic Society of the Country - Member

 

Professional Societies:

•  1989- Iranian Medical Society


•  1990- Society of Iranian Neurological Surgeons


•  2011- Iran Scientific Trauma Society (Active role in establishment, development and promotion of Iranian Trauma Society)

 

Editorial Boards:

• 2000 – 2001: Editorial Board, Scientific Bulletin of Zahedan Medical School (Persian)


• 2005-: Editorial Board, Iranian Journal of Psychiatry


• 2007-09-10 Reviewer of Journal of Birjand University of Medical Sciences (Persian)


• 2009-03-03 Reviewer of Journal of Research in Medical Sciences


• 2012-2013 Section Editor of Surgery/Neurotrauma in J Medical Hypotheses and Ideas


• 2013- Section Editor of Surgery/Neurotrauma in Acta Medica Iranica


• 2013- Section Editor of Surgery/Neurotrauma in Med J I.R.Iran


• 2014-Science Publishing Group (Science PG)


• 2015 – Journal of Epidemiological Research (JER)


• 2015 – Section Editor of Trauma Monthly


• 4_7_2015 - International Editorial Review Board of Case Studies in Surgery (CSS)

 

Research Funding Information: Past and Present:

2.1.2000 – 3.1.2001: Prevalence of Opioid Misuse and its Predisposing Factors in Patients with Pain; ZUMS

2.9.2002 – 3.11.2004: The effect of early time-dependent spinal cord decompression in traumatic paraplegia in rats; ZUMS – Grant No. 3179 – 2.9.2002

21.6.2002 – 22.11.2004: The role and timing of decompression in acute spinal cord injury (Clinical study); ZUMS

11.11.2004-10.11.2006: The effect of histopathology in early time-dependent spinal cord decompression in traumatic paraplegia in rats; TUMS Grant No. 0015 - 26.12.83 – 16.3.2005

1.1.2005- 10.10.2005: Prospective Clinical study on the role and timing of decompression in acute spinal cord injury

1.1.2005-2008: Randomized Controlled Trial comparing Ceftriaxone and Azithromycin for prevention of meningitis in the pneumocephalus following traumatic basilar skull fracture (Multicenter study conjoined with TUMS)

10.10.2006-: Comparison of the Efficacy of Surgical Decompression in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury before 24 hours and from 24 to 72 hours (Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial) Primary report of 35 cases was performed with one-year follow-up (12.2012)

10.10.2006-5.9.13: Evaluation of Olfactory ensheathing cell on spinal cord injury in rats.

6.3.2007-4.4.2009: Quality of life in spinal cord injured patients in Iran-Iraq war. (Conjoined with Janbazan). Contract signed with Janbazan Center at 20.5.1387 – August 2, 2008. Grant number 86p/103. (Aug 2.2008-Oct 11, 2008).

10.  2011-2012: Qualitative assessment of quality of life in spinal cord injured patients

11.  30.9.2007-10.10.2008: Spinal cord injury frequency in Iran – data from 9480 patients registered in Behzisti (conjoined with welfare).

12.  4.4.2007-4.7.2010: Co-author of Firouzi M et al., In: Combinational effect of Schwann and olfactory ensheathing cell on contused rat spinal cord. Sina Trauma Research Center and IBB.

13.  5.5.2007- 2008: Population-based prevalence of spinal cord injury in Tehran. Sina Trauma Research Center

14.  4.5.2007-12.12.2008: Co-author of Saadat S. In: Population-based prevalence of burn injury in Chahar shanbeh souri in Tehran. Sina Trauma Research Center

15.  5.5.2007-2009: Population-based Quality of life and burden of spinal cord injured patients in Tehran. Sina Trauma Research Center

16.  5.5.2007-9.9.2008: Road traffic crashes mortality and morbidity in last 10 years in Iran. Sina Trauma Research Center

17.  10.9.2007-2.2.2009: Situation analysis of Tehran city hospitals based on Arizona Trauma Center Standards. Sina Trauma Research Center

18.  2007-2008: Regional Trauma System. Zargar M, Karbakhsh M, …, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Sina Trauma Research Center

19.  1.7.2008-9. 9.2011: Survey of spinal cord injury decompression in 3 groups of 3-seconds, 1-minute, 10-minutes in rats. Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center

20.  1.7.2008-8.8.2011: The comparison of knowledge, attitude and behavior related to driving among the drivers in Zahedan and Tehran and associated factors in 2008.

21.  1.7.2013-: The survey of Trauma Registry in Shariati Hospitals in 2013. Sina Trauma Research Center

22.  26.7.2008-7.7.2011: Survey prevalence and associated factors on driving with high-speed in Tehran-Hamedan road. Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center (Grant No 69 – 13.8.87)

23.  1.11.2008 – 1.7.2009: Review and compare injuries and violence in Kashmar Safe Community. Sponsored by a proposal of JPRM – WHO

24.  3.1.2009 – 3.10.2009: Co-Investigator in Dr Saadat's proposal entitled smoking among drivers known guilty in a car crash compared to other drivers: a population based study. Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center

25.  2.2.2009 -26.5.2009:  Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rasouli MR, Smith H, Vaccaro AR. Book: Handbook of Spinal Cord Injuries: Types, Treatments, and Prognosis. Chapter XXIV: An evidence-based spinal cord injury decompression in experimental animals and human studies

26.  2009 -2010 :  Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rasouli MR, Vaccaro AR. Book: Traffic Safety Chapter: Safety promotions for motor vehicle crashes-related spinal column and cord injuries

27.  2010 – 6.2011: Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rasouli MR, Vaccaro AR. Book: The Sciatic Nerve: Blocks, Injuries and Regeneration Book chapter: Discogenic sciatica: epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, and management

28.  1.3.2009 -4.2011 : Epidemiologic study of 2,991,966 injuries in 3 years of 2005-2007 in Iran

29.  2010-2011: A book chapter entitled "Prehospital trauma patient transport". In: Transport. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York

30.  2010-2011: Writing a book entitled pituitary adenoma – InTech

31.  10.10.2008-3.2011: Co-investigator in: Injury surveillance system modification in Iran supported by ministry of Health

32.  3.3.2009 - : Saadat S, Montazeri A, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Estimation of the effect of burn of face on the life of victims

33.  10 19 09-: Saadat S, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Road traffic injury in Iran – Systematic review.

34.  10 15 09-8.2011: Electron Microscopy in time-dependent SCI decompression in rat –TUMS

35.  10 18 09-: Global burden of SCI – Sina Trauma Research Center

36.  2011-2012: Burden of traumatic spine fractures in Tehran

37.  2009-2010: Incidence of head injury in Tehran-a population based study

38.  10 17 09-9.2011: Systematic review – Epidemiology of SCI in the developing countries - Sina Trauma Research Center

39.  2011-2012: Hospital based evaluation of SCI in Tehran in 16 months

40.  2012-2013: Guidelines for mild traumatic brain injury

2012-2014: Minimally invasive discectomy versus microdiscectomy/ discectomy for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation

3. 3.2010-3.2.2013: (12 12 1388) Trauma cost in Iran – A national population based study

9. 20. 2010 – 2.2011: Medical and surgical management of Pott's disease – Review

2012-2013: Capacity building for self-care in spinal cord injured patients– HSR1-Evidence-based complications: Diagnosis, prevention and management

2012-2013: Spinal arteriovenous fistula (AVF) – a book chapter

2012-2013: CNS tumors in Iran – a systematic review

2013-2014: Capacity building for self-care in spinal cord injured patients– HSR2- Profile of service for spinal cord injured patients

9. 20. 2010-10.2011: 10-year outcome of 100 SCI patients from S& B.

2011-2012: Epidemiology of SCI in developing countries

50. 2010-2011: Underline causes of paresthesia. Book chapter - InTech

51. 10.11.10-5.6.13: Roksaneh Mirkazemi, Dr. Gholamreza Habibi - Comparison of a gap in publications between developed and developing countries.

52. 12 6 10-12 5 12: Maheronnaghsh – A clinical decision support system (CDSS) for low back pain (LBP)

53. 5.8.13-: Evaluation of incidence of spinal cord injury (SCI) in the world considering data imputation

54. 2011-2012: Book of Epidemiology of SCI –Nova

55. 2011-2012: Sexual dysfunction in SCI

56. 2011-2012: Musculoskeletal complications in SCI

57. 2011-2012: All publications of Iranian neurosurgeons in Farsi and English languages

58. 2012-2013: A comprehensive review of the published experiences of the Iranian neurosurgeons during Iraq-Iran conflict and review of the related literature.

59. 2012-2014: Comparison of cognitive-executive performance on neuropsychological tests in two groups of moderate traumatic brain injury patients with and without frontal contusion

60. 2013- 2015 Designing a unilateral cervical compression model of spinal cord injury in rat and surveying the role of timing in results of decompression of traumatic cervical spinal cord injury in rats

61. 2013-: Time-dependent evaluation of SCI pathophysiology – a systematic review

62. 7.2013-: Preparation of an injectable scaffold containing neurotrophic factor in order to promote regeneration after spinal cord injury

63. 2_2014 – 2_2015 - Evaluation of incidence and prevalence of spinal cord injury in the world

64. 3_2014_3_2015 - Adaptation of clinical guideline for family physicians- Head Injury (Triage, assessment and early management)

65. 4_2014 – 6_2015 - The survey of one-year mortality and complications in traumatic patients admitted to Shariati hospital between 2012 and 2014

66. 5_2014 – 2016 - Comparison of changes in the biological marker S100B and RhoA in spinal cord following time-dependent pressure in immunohistochemistry in spinal cord injured rat

67. 6_2014 – 2016 - Comparison of changes in the biological marker of P75NTR and RhoA in spinal cord following time-dependent pressure in spinal cord injured rats

68. 7_2014 – 7_2015 - Indications for brain computed tomography scan after Mild traumatic brain injury – a book chapter

69. 8_2014  - 8_2015 - Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for metastatic spinal lesions (Cochrane review)

70. 9_2014- 9_2015 - A comrehensive checklist to Appraise the Quality of Spinal Cord Injury Studies in Animals: Applicable for systematic review

71. 10_2014 – 10.2015 - Systematic review of mortality and related associated factors of mortality in patients with traumatic thoracolumbar spinal cord injury

72. 11_2014 – 8.2015 - Converting the dissertation/thesis to an article for publication in journals

73. 12_2014 – 2016 - Developing a protocol for responding spinal cord injury patients questions regarding the outcomes and long term secondary complications for each system

74. 1_2015-4.2015 - Authoring a book chapter as “The basic database content & how to perform a spreadsheet database

75. 2.2015 – 6.2015  Estimating the prevalence of Spinal Cord injury in Iran using capture-recapture method

76. 3_2015-1.2016 - Comparison of outcome, recurrence rate and complications between patients who had undergone disc sequestrectomy and discectomy surgery due to lumbar disc herniation – Azarhomayun-Shirdel

77. 4.2015 - Evaluation of safety and efficacy of hydrogels in treatment of traumatic spinal cord injuries: systematic review

78. 5.2015 - Measurement Properties of Outcome measures for Spinal Cord Injury

79. 6.2015 – 2016 Animal models in spinal cord injury: A systematic review

80. 7.2014 -2015 Evidence-based prevention and treatment of osteoporosis after spinal cord injury: A Systematic Review

81. 8.2014 – Development of national traumatic spinal cord injury registry – supported by research deputy of ministry of health

82. 2015_10_23-Outcome assessment of laminectomy on Lumbar Spinal Stenosis patients after 5 years– a systematic review

83. Evaluation of effect of Tai Chi Chuan on severity of neuropathic pain of spinal cord injured patients – RCT – Fatemeh Niseh

84. 2015-2016 – Middle East Principle Investigator of Access to Care and Timing (ACT) Project study docused on describing the current and system processes of health care delivery for people with traumatic SCI – 6_15_2016

85. 2014-2016 – Co-investigator in national trauma registry of Iran supported by deputy of MOH

86. 6_18_2016- Preparation of guideline for assessment and cognitive neurorehabilitation of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) according to Ministry of Health supported (grant) by scientific deputy of the president

87. 1_20_2017 – Pitfalls of acute care in combat – grant from Baqiyatollah Trauma Research Center.

88. 1_20_2017 – Comparing minimal invasive surgery versus open surgery for thoracolumbar spine fracture – A systematic review

89. 1_20_2017 – Comparing minimal invasive surgery versus open surgery for cervical spine fracture – A systematic review

90. 1_20_2017 – Global economic cost/burden of traumatic spinal cord injury – A systematic review

91. 1_20_2017 – Spinal injury in motorcycle drivers based on NSCIR-IR.

92. 1_20_2017 – Co-investigator: Preventable trauma death – pilot study in Sina

93. 1_20_2017 – Inflammatory cells in SCI –SR – Hassannejad

94. 1_20_2017 – Design and preparation of android application for ASIA impairment Scale calculator and AOSpine fx classification – Rahimi-Safdarian

 

Principal Clinical and Hospital Service Responsibilities:

1994-2006-10 Neurosurgical attending for the ward service, Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital

1994-2006-10-29 Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital

2000 – 2001: Undersecretary for Education, Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital

 

Major Administrative Responsibilities:

1994-2006-10-29 Chairman, Neurosurgical Service of the Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital

1994-2006-10-29Director, Medical Student Program in Neurosurgery, Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital

 

Local Contributions and Lectures:

   1994-2006 Course Director for “Neurosurgery” in past 23 terms to the all of Medical and other Faculty Students of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences

   Brain cutting workshop. Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital, 1994.

   Course Director for “Research Neurotrauma” since 11.5.1386 for residents of Neurosurgery in Sina Hospital of Tehran University of Medical Sciences

   Course Director of “Research Neurotrauma” for PhD by research of Dr. Mahdi Sharif-Alhoseini since 20-Feb-2012 in SinTRC, TUMS.

   12_2_2013 Pain management and neurosurgery for medical students, PhD student and post Doctorate student Neurosurgery in Sina Hospital of Tehran University of Medical Sciences

   5_1_2014- Publications ethics – A lecture in Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center

 

Protocols:

Tracheostomy and decannulation (Removal of tracheostomy) in head injured patients in the Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital, 2003.

Approach to the patient with mild head injury in the Khatam-ol-anbia Hospital, 2004. 

Guidelines - Sina CT Head Rule for Head Injury Sept 26, 2007

Brief guidelines on care and use of laboratory animals. Research Center for neural repair, IBB, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran. July 26, 2008

Guidelines for mild traumatic brain injury – Prepared/confirmed by Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center. 2012-2013

 

Lectures in National / International congress:

1. Neurosurgical emergencies. Zahedan University, Zahedan, June 12-14, 1995.


2. Surgery in blepharospasm. Annual Society of Iranian Neurological Surgeons, Tabriz University, Tabriz, October 23-26, 1995.


3. Psychiatric complications following head trauma Zahedan University, Zahedan, April 28-30, 1997.


4. Infectious diseases of neurosurgery in Zahedan.  Zahedan University, Zahedan, Dec. 11 1997.


5. Brain death and prognosis of coma. Zahedan University, Zahedan, December 22, 1997.
   
   
   
   1. Neuroophthalmic complications of neurosurgery. Zahedan University, February 22, 1998.
   
   
   2. Facial pain. Zahedan University, Zaheda