Ahmad Pour-Rashidi

ü Contact Information

v Surnames: Pour-Rashidi

v  First name: Ahmad

• Address: Iran, Tehran, Ashrafi Esfahani Highway, Taleghani Street, 17^th Alley, No 4, Unit 7. Post Code: 1469995968
• Country: Iran
• Telephone: Fixed: +982144846106, Mobile: +989124870553
• E-mail:
  [email protected]
• https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uTRSh54AAAAJ&hl=en
• ORCID QR code:    

• Web of Science Researcher ID: AAU-3733-2020

ü Personal information

• Nationality: Iranian
• Date of birth: 17.08.1989
• Place of birth: Anar
• Gender: Male
• Mother tongue:
  Persian
• Marital status: Married
• Academic position: Assistant professor, Member of AOSpine MENA
• Other language

-          English (professional)

-          French (Amateur)

-          Persian

v Skills

• Software

-          Professional Experience with SPSS, Endnote, and Microsoft Office program

• Clinical Methods

-          Awake craniotomy

-          Brain mapping

-          Neurological surgery

• Lab Methods

-          Basic information and hands on experience with: PCR, RT-PCR, and Cell culture

-          Retro-orbital Blood Sample Collection in Rats

-          Permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion stroke model

-          Brain extraction from Rat and TTC staining

• Soft Skills

-          Coordinated and goal-directed

-          Excellent teamwork, team management and conflict resolution according to my colleagues

-          Time management, punctuality and never missing a deadline!

-          Flexibility and adaptation regardless of the prestige of the project/position/job

v Interests

-          Research in neuro-oncology fields

-          Awake craniotomy

-          Brain mapping

-          Glial cell biology & biomarkers

-          Glial surgery 

• Education

v Conferences presentations

v Awards

v Publications

1. Mehdi Mahmoodi, Hadis Eghbali, Seyed-Mostafa Hosseini-zijoud, Ahmad Pourrashidi, AliReza Mohamadi, Majid Borhani, Gholamhossein Hassanshahi, Mohsen Rezaeian. "Study of the Effects of Walnut Leaf on Some Blood Biochemical Parameters in Hypercholesterolemic Rats. " Biochem Anal Biochem 1.103 (2011): 1-2.
2. Reza, Bidaki, Pour Rashidi Ahmad, and Mansoori Mohammad. "A Case Of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome With Quetiapine From Iran." Asean Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 13 (1): January–June 2012: 96-98.
3. Seyyed Ahmad Mirhosseini, Seyyed Mohammad Mahdy Mirhosseini, Reza Bidaki,
   Ahmad Pourrashidi Boshrabadi. Sprengel deformity and Klippel-Feil syndrome leading to cervical myelopathy Presentation in old age: A rare case report. J Res Med Sci. 2013 Jun; 18(6): 526–528.
4. Abdolhamid Amouei, Ahmad Boshrabadi Pourrashidi, Amir Rahnama. Foregut duplication cyst as a rare cause of hematemesis: a case report. Journal of Pakistan Medical Students 3.3 (2013).
5. Sasannejad Payam, Moghadam-Ahmadi Amir, Shahsavari Sasan, Pourrashidi-Boshrabadi Ahmad, Tafakhori Zahra, Sharifi-Razavi Athena. Treatment  of  patients  with  suspected  brain  tuberculoma  without bacteriologic  confirmation  in endemic  places: report  of  two  cases. Acta Neurol Belg 115, 181–185 (2015).
6. Ahmad Reza Ahmad Khaniha, Mitra Hakim Shooshtari, Mehrdad Mohammadian, Reza Bidaki,
   Ahmad Pourrashidi Boshrabadi. Familial characteristics of street children in Iran. Iranian journal of psychiatry and behavioral sciences 2014;8(2):86
7. Reza bidaki, Tafti tahere dabestani, Hamid mirhosseni, hosseini Meysam amiri, Boshrabadi
   Ahmad Pourrashidi, Baniasad fateme arab. Prevalence of sleep disorders and restless legs syndrome in hemodialysis patients in the hospital, Ali Ibn Abi Talib Rafsanjan 2011-2012. zahedan journal of research in medical sciences (tabib-e-shargh) 2014;16(9):95
8. Mashaei Naffise, Asadpour Mohammad, Pourrashidi Boshrabadi Ahmad, Rezahosseini Omid, Bidaki Reza, Arab BaniAsad Fatemeh. The Prevalence Of Internet Addiction Among The Students Of Rafsanjan University Of Medical Sciences. Asean Journal of Psychiatry 14(2);2013.
9. Sara Hosseinpoor, Reza Bidaki, Seyyed Razi Ghalebi, Saeed Jalili, Seyyed Mohammad, Mahdi Mirhosseini, Fateme Akrami Mohajeri,
   Ahmad Pourrashidi Boshrabadi. Case Report:“Comorbidity of a case with traits of schizotypal personality with animal hoarding”. International J. of Healthcare & Biomedical Research 2013;1(4):258-61

10.  Abbas Amirjamshidi, Kourosh Karimi-Yarandi, Mohammad Hosseini, Shahab Ghazy-Mirsaeed,
Ahmad Pourrashidi-Boshrabadi. Painful sporadic osteolysis of the parietal bone ‘Gorham’s disease’; case report. British journal of neurosurgery 2016;30 (6): 687-688

11.  Ahmad Purrashidy Basharabadi Mohammad Alahtavakoli Mohammadreza Zarsyfi, Mohammad Amin Hoseeini Kahnouei, Hossein Rezazadeh, Mohammad Hossein Mahmoudi. Protective Effect of Combination Therapy of Local Brain Hypothermia and Decompressive Craniectomy on Stroke Model in Rat. journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Science 2014;24(113):81-90

12.  Hossein Bagheripoor, Zahiraaddin Khaje Karimaddini,
Ahmad Purrashidi Boshrabadi, Ahmad Reza Sayyadi Anar, Masoud Sabouri Ghanad, Reza Bidaki, Sara Hosseinpoor, Mohammad Hossein Salehi Shahrbabaki, Mahdy Shafee, Ali Ryahi. Frequency of Major Psychiatric Disorders in Patients with HIV in Health Care Centers of Rafsanjan and Kerman in 2012.
Galen Medical Journal 2013;2(3): 95-99

13.  MR Khajehaminian, F Taleghani, M Mozayan, H Mirhoseini,
A Pourrashidi Boshrabadi, R Bidaki. Does Exercise Change Quality of life in Patients with Breast Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy? A Randomized Controlled Trial.

14.  Ahmad Pour Rashidi, Saeed Saeedinia, Mohammad Shiran, Kourosh Karimi Yarandi, Maysam Alimohamadi. Whole cerebral blood flow originating from vertebral arteries after bilateral internal carotid arteries occlusion; a case report. Acta Medica Iranica 2017; 718-21

15.  Ahmad Pourrashidi Boshrabadi, Ali Naiem, Seyed Shahab Ghazi Mirsaeid, Kourosh Karimi Yarandi, Abbas Amirjamshidi. Hydrocephalus as the sole presentation of primary diffuse large B cell lymphoma of the brain; a case report and literature review. Surgical neurology international 2017;8

16.  Ahmad Pourrashidi Boshrabadi, Mohammadali Surakiazad, Kourosh Karimi Yarandi, Abbas Amirjamshidi. Primary intraventricular osteosarcoma in a 3-year-old boy; a case report and review of literature. Child's Nervous System 2017; 33(8): 1389-94

17.  Alireza Mojtabavi, Parastoo Farnia, Alireza Ahmadian, Meysam Alimohamadi,
Ahmad Pourrashidi, Hamidreza Saligheh Rad, Javad Alirezaie .Segmentation of GBM in MRI images using an efficient speed function based on level set method. 2017 10th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, BioMedical Engineering and Informatics (CISP-BMEI) 2017;1-6

18.  Hedieh Moradi-Tabriz, Dorna Motevalli,
Ahmad Pourrashidi Boshrabadi, Ali Mahdavi, Arezoo Eftekhar-Javadi. Intradural intramedullary spinal hydatid cyst mimicking cystic malignancy; a case report.
Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018;13(3)

19.  Maysam Alimohamadi, Mohammad Shirani, Reza Shariat Moharari,
Ahmad Pour-Rashidi, Mehdi Ketabchi, Mohammadreza Khajavi, Mohamadali Arami, Abbas Amirjamshidi. Application of awake craniotomy and intraoperative brain mapping for surgical resection of insular gliomas of the dominant hemisphere. World neurosurgery 2016;92:151-158

20.  Kourosh Karimi Yarandi, Esmaeil Mohammadi, Maysam Alimohammadi,
Ahmad Pourrashidi Boshrabadi, Mohammadreza Golbakhsh, Abbas Amirjamshidi. Prevalence of Abnormal Urodynamic Study Results in Patients with Congenital and Idiopathic Scoliosis and Its Predictive Value for the Diagnosis of Tethered Cord Syndrome: A Single Institution Clinical Study. Asian Spine Journal 2020

21.  S Jalili M Mojibian, H Mirhoseini, M Asadpour, A Pourrashidi Boshrabadi, S Hosseinpoor, O Rezahosseini, R Bidaki, M Binesh, AR Jalili, S Ebrahimi. Frequency of Suicidal Thoughts and Attempt in Pregnant Women Referred to Four Hospitals of Yazd City, Iran in 2011. J Sci Technol 2014; 4(1): 31-8

22.  M Mahmoodi, MA Fahmidehkar, M Rezaeian, MR Hajizadeh, A Khoshdel,
A PourrashidiBoshrabadi. Study of the effects of walnut leaf on the levels of a number of blood biochemical factors in diabetic male rats. Journal of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences 2016;15(8): 753-64

23.  H Khoramdelazad, A Pourrashidi, G Hasanshahi, R Vazirinejad, M Hajizadeh, M Mirzaei. Effect of the Iranian Walnut (Juglans regia) Leaves Extract on Gene Expression of Gluconeogenic and Glycogenolytic Enzymes in STZ-Induced Diabetic Rats. International Journal of Current Research, Bioscience and Plant Biology 2015;2(5):47-55

24.  Sina Jelodar, Ahmad Pourrashidi, Abbas Amirjamshidi. Uncomplicated Wide Oblique Clivus Fracture, the First Case to be Included in the List of Classification; Report of the Case and Review of Literature. Bulletin of Emergency & Trauma 2019;7(4): 416

25.  Arezoo Eftekhar-Javadi, Dorna Motevalli, Ahmad Pourrashidi Boshrabadi, Hedieh Moradi-Tabriz, Hoda Asefi. Multiple High Grade Rhabdoid Papillary Meningiomas Mimicking Choroid Plexus Carcinoma: A Case Report. Iranian journal of pathology 2019;14(4):338

26.  M alimohamadi, Ahmad Pour-Rashidi, Mohammad shirani, Yarandi kourosh karimi, ali Naiem, Seyed ebrahim ketabchi, Abbas amirjamshidi. Predictive value of pathobiological biomarkers in patients with glioblastoma multiforme. iranian journal of neurosurgery 2016;2(3)

27.  Mohsen Forughipur, Ahmad Saheb-Alam, Ahmad Pourrashidi-Boshrabadi, Zahra Tafakhori, Athena Sharifi-Razavi, Amir Moghadam-Ahmadi. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) findings in patients with brain small vessel disease. Internal Medicine and Medical Investigation Journal 2016;1(2)

28.  Mohsen Forughipur, Amir Moghadam-Ahmadi, Ahmad Pourrashidi, Zahra Tafakhori, Atena Sharifi-Razavi, Sahar Fadaee, Elham Salehian Nik. Brain MRI findings in patients with optic neuritis. Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2013;23(103): 20-26

29.  Kourosh Karimi Yarandi, Ahmad Pourrashidi (Corresponding author), Mohammad Hosseinzade, Hedieh Moradi Tabriz, Mohammad Shirani, Abbas Amirjamshidi. Misdiagnosis of a Fulminant Case of Primary CNS Lymphoma due to COVID-19 Overdiagnosis. world journal of advance healthcare research (WJAHR) 2020;4(5):221-3

30.  The Role of Bizhan Aarabi in Neurotrauma Science and Knowledge Development. Under publishing in Acta Medica Iranica

31.  Abolghasem Mortazavi, Mohammad Ali Suraki Azad, Abbas Amirjamshidi, Seyed Ebrahim Ketabchi, Kourosh Karimi Yarandi,
Ahmad Pourrashidi (Corresponding author).
The effect of presurgical fMRI on decision-making, extent of resection, and outcome of the supratentorial gliomas; a single-center experience. Submitted in Acta Neurochirurgica

32.  Ahmad Pourrashidi, Mehmet Turgut, Mahshid Fallahpour, Sara Hanaei, Nima Rezaei. Submitted in Archives of medical research

33.  Esmaeil Mohammadi, Kourosh Karimi Yarandi, Abbas Amirjamshidi, Mohammad Shirani Bidabadi,
Ahmad Pour-Rashidi, Sina Azadnajafabad, Maisam Alimohammadi. Statistical Relationship Between Underlying Spinal Cord Tethering and Scoliosis Convexity, Scoliosis Type, and Cobb Angle; A Single Institution’s Experience on a Cohort of 128 Cases. Submitted in Turkish neurosurgery journal

v Books

1-       Genetic Syndromes. A Comprehensive Reference Guide.
»Neurofibromatosis, Type I (NF1)« (Author(s): Pourrashidi, A.*, Hanaei, S.). under publishing

2-      Genetic Syndromes. A Comprehensive Reference Guide.
»Neurofibromatosis, Type II (NF1)« (Author(s): Pourrashidi, A.*, Hanaei, S.). under publishing

3-      The questions and answers in neurosurgery. Ahmad Pourrashidi, 2020, Artin Teb (in Persian)

4- Translation of the neurological surgery book 2017 to Persian, Youmans & Winn, oncology part, Ahmad pourrashidi,