FULL NAME Kazem Ghaemi

TITLE Consultant Neurosurgeon, Full Professor

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SUMMARY Consultant Neurosurgeon and a full professor with more than 25 years of experience. Graduated from Shahid Beheshti
University of Medical Sciences in 1997. Have Five Fellowship degrees in Micro-neurosurgery, Stereo-tactic and Functional
Neurosurgery, Skull Base Surgery, and Epileptic Surgery from Iran and Germany. Passed different training courses in various
topics. Skilled in all fields of neurosurgery and Performed about 30,000 brain and nerve surgeries such as concussions and
spine, Brain tumors, spinal cord degenerative diseases of the spine and lumbar disc, Neck and congenital brain and spinal
cord diseases, Microscopic Disc Surgery, CNS surgery, Treatment of peripheral nerve injuries, Nerve system trauma, etc.
Lecturer of congresses and retraining courses of the Society of Neurological Surgeons. Strong track record of publications,
Six published books, and a large number of awards. Participated in several congresses as a lecturer.

NATIONALITY Iranian

POSTAL CODE 9717844471

STATUS Married

SEX Male

PLACE OF BIRTH Birjand, Iran

DATE OF BIRTH 25/05/1966

PASSPORT NUMBER J52349914

LANGUAGES Farsi, English

ADDRESS Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Razi Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Ghafari St. Birjand, Iran

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
(Start Date -
Degree University Name , Country
End Date)

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,

Primary Medical Degree 1986_1992
Iran

Special degree in Neurosurgery (Board Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,

1992_1997
Certifed) Iran

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,

fellowship degree in Micro-neurosurgery 2002_2003
Iran
 Fellowship of Stereo-tactic and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,
2006_2007
Functional Neurosurgery Iran

Fellowship of Stereo-tactic and Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH),

2007
Functional Neurosurgery Germany

International Neuroscience Institute (INI),

Fellowship of Skull Base Surgery 2008
Hannover, Germany

Fellowship of Epileptic Surgery Bethel Epileptic Center, Bielefeld, Germany 2008_2009

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
(Start Date - End Date) Job Title Institution Name , Country

Head of Neurosurgery
1997_2005 Imam Reza Hospital, Birjand, Iran
department

1997_2005 Head of ICU department Imam Reza Hospital, Birjand, Iran

1997_2011 Assistant Professor Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Birjand, Iran

1999_2004 President Imam Reza Hospital, Birjand, Iran

2011_2018 Associate Professor Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Birjand, Iran

2013_2014 Medical Advisor of South Khorasan Governor, Birjand, Iran

2014_2018 President Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Birjand, Iran

2018_ now Full Professor Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Birjand, Iran

Head of Department of
2018_ now Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Birjand, Iran
Neurosurgery

LICENSE
License title, Authority Name Inclusive Years

Permanent Medical license 1997_now

TRAINING COURSES
Date
Country Course Name
attended

2016 Inomed in Emmendingen, Germany Stereo-tactic and Functional Course

International Neuroscience Institute, Hands-on Cadaver Course and Live Surgery (Under the
2015
Hannover, Germany supervision of Prof. M. Samii)

International Neuroscience Institute, Hands-on Cadaver Course and Live Surgery (Under the
2013
Hannover, Germany supervision of Prof. M. Samii)

International Neuroscience Institute, Hands-on Cadaver Course and Live Surgery (Under the
2012
Hannover, Germany supervision of Prof. M. Samii)

International Neuroscience Institute, Hands-on Cadaver Course and Live Surgery (Under the
2010
Hannover, Germany supervision of Prof. M. Samii)

First International Stereo-electroencephalography

2010 Lyon, France
(SEEG) Training Course

2010 Melbourne, Australia 8th Asian and Oceanian Epilepsy Congress

 University of Western Ontario in London,
2009 Epileptic Surgery Observation
Ontario, Canada

2009 Toronto Western Hospital, Canada Neurosurgical Functional and Stereotactic Course

PUBLICATIONS
Authors, title. Journal. Date; volume: page

Book: Cervical Spine Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury. Teimoorzadeh Publication, Tehran, Iran, 2004

Book: Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury. Teimoorzadeh Publication Tehran, Iran, 2004

Book:Skull Fracture and Interacranial Hemorrhage in Adult. Teimoorzadeh Publication, Tehran, Iran, 2003

Book: Skull Fracture and Interacranial Hemorrhage in Children. Teimoorzadeh Publication, Tehran, Iran, 2003

Ghaemi K, Darvishpour Kakhki T, Abbasi F, Nikandish M. Acute Severe Bilateral Visual Loss as Presenting Symptom of
COVID-19 Infection. Mod Care J. 2021;18(3):e118316. doi: 10.5812/modernc.118316

Rezaei F, Saebipour MR, Ghaemi K, Hassanzadeh-Taheri MM, Foadoddini M, Hosseini M. Intra-cerebroventricular

Administration of Crocin Attenuates Sleep Deprivation-induced Hyperalgesia in Rats. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience.
2020 May;11(3):261

Moodi M, Firoozabadi MD, Kazemi T, Payab M, Ghaemi K, Miri MR, Sharifzadeh G, Fakhrzadeh H, Ebrahimpur M,
Arzaghi SM, Zarban A. Birjand longitudinal aging study (BLAS): the objectives, study protocol and design (wave I:
baseline data gathering). Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders. 2020 Jun;19(1):551-9

Mohammadifard M, Ghaemi K, Hanif H, Sharifzadeh G, Haghparast M. Marshall and Rotterdam Computed Tomography
scores in predicting early deaths after brain trauma. European journal of translational myology. 2018 Jul 10;28(3)

H Khosrojerdi, R Afshari, K Ghaemi, E Farzaneh, O Mehrpour. Successful Treatment of Zolpidem Dependency with
Replacement Benzodiazepine Therapy: A Case Study. 2017

K Ghaemi, A Ghoreishi, N Rabiee, S Alinejad, E Farzaneh, AA Zadeh. Blood Lead Levels in Asymptomatic Opium Addict
Patients; a Case Control Study. 2017

Tosan S, Mehrshad N, Ghaemi K. Two phase MRI segmentation method for brain tumor extraction. Journal of Machine
Vision and Image Processing. 2017 Nov 22;4(2):49-57.

Khosrojerdi H, Afshari R, Ghaemi K, Farzaneh E, Mehrpour O. Successful treatment of zolpidem dependency with
replacement benzodiazepine therapy: A case study. Prof. RK Sharma. 2017 Jul;11(2):2100

Hami J, Vafaei-Nezhad S, Ivar G, Sadeghi A, Ghaemi K, Mostafavizadeh M, Hosseini M. Altered expression and
localization of synaptophysin in developing cerebellar cortex of neonatal rats due to maternal diabetes mellitus.
Metabolic brain disease. 2016 Dec 1;31(6):1369-80.

Moradi M, Ghaemi K, Mehrpour O. A hospital base epidemiology and pattern of acute adult poisoning across Iran: a
systematic review. Electronic physician. 2016 Sep;8(9):2860

Hami J, Vafaei-nezhad S, Ghaemi K, Sadeghi A, Ivar G, Shojae F, Hosseini M. Stereological study of the effects of
maternal diabetes on cerebellar cortex development in rat. Metabolic brain disease. 2016 Jun 1;31(3):643-52

Vafaei-Nezhad S, Hami J, Sadeghi A, Ghaemi K, Hosseini M, Abedini MR, Haghir H. The impacts of diabetes in
pregnancy on hippocampal synaptogenesis in rat neonates. Neuroscience. 2016 Mar 24;318:122-33

Alinejad S, Ghaemi K, Abdollahi M, Mehrpour O. Nephrotoxicity of methadone: a systematic review. SpringerPlus. 2016
Dec 1;5(1):2087

Saebipour MR, Zare M, Ghaemi K. The Conference of Birds: An Artistic Concept Making Sense in Modern Science. 2016
New Ideas in Psychology,1–9

Golrou A, Maghooli K, Amiri AM, Mankodiya K, Ghaemi K. Automatic sleep apnea detection using fuzzy logic. In Signal
Processing in Medicine and Biology Symposium (SPMB), 2015 IEEE 2015 Dec 12 (pp. 1-5). IEEE
 Farajirad E, Ghaemi K, Khajavi M, Hamidi Alamdari D, Arjmand M H, Farajirad, M. Comparison of Prooxidant-antioxidant
Balance between Patient with High Grade Gliomas (IV) and Control Group. Iranian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2015, 1 (2):
27-30

Ghaemi K, Elsharkawy AE, Schulz R, Hoppe M, Polster T, Pannek H, Ebner A. Vagus nerve stimulation: outcome and
predictors of seizure freedom in long-term follow-up. Seizure. 2010 Jun 30;19(5):264-8

Ghaemi K, Mirzayan J, Krauss J. Interdural Epidermoid of the Cavernous Sinus. Central European neurosurgery.
2010March: 71(3):155-6

Ghaemi K, Krauss JK, Nakamura M. Hemiparkinsonism due to a pontomesencephalic cavernoma: improvement after
resection: Case report. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2009 Aug;4(2):143-6

Ghaemi K, Capelle HH, Kinfe TM, Krauss JK. Occipital nerve stimulation for refractory occipital pain after
occipitocervical fusion: expanding indications. Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. 2008 Nov 25;86(6):391-3

Moradi A, Semnani V, Djam H, Tajodini A, Zali AR, Ghaemi K, Nikzad N, Madani-Civi M. Pathodiagnostic parameters for
meningioma grading. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2008 Dec 31;15(12):1370-5

Tosan, S., Mehrshad, N., Ghaemi, K. Two phase MRI segmentation method for brain tumor extraction. Journal of
Machine Vision and Image Processing, 2017; 4(2): 49-57

GHaemi K. Penetrating trauma of skull with knife. Forensic Medicine Journal. Fall, 2002, 27

Research Project: The effect of planned and written education on anxiety in patients with neurosurgery. (Supervisor),
2015, Birjand University of Medical Sciences

Thesis: Epidural hematoma relation with skull fracture

Thesis: Skull Base fracture in multiple trauma pa

Thesis: Low Back Pain, epidemiology and correlation with heavy working

Thesis: Assessment of thyroid function test in comatose patient in ICU ward

Thesis: Coagulation abnormality in trauma patient with GCS less than 8

Thesis: The effect of probiotics on the prevention of pneumonia associated with ventilator in ICU patients

Thesis: The effect of intracerebroventricular injection of Crocin on pain tolerance in sleep deprived rats

Thesis: The effects of diabetes during pregnancy on the distribution pattern of lectin-sensitive glycoconjugates in
different regions of the hippocampus in infant rats

Thesis: Investigating factors determining the need for serial CT scans in mild to moderate cerebral trauma patients
referred to Imam Reza Hospital in Birjand in 2016 and 2017

Thesis: Comparison of the predictive power of the initial outcome of head trauma patients based on Marshall and
Rotterdam scoring in brain CT scans

Thesis: An epidemiological study of neural (central and peripheral) tumors in the pathologic reports of Imam Reza
Hospital in Birjand during the years 2005-2015

Thesis: An evaluation of hygroma subdural treatment outcomes after traumatic brain injury in both surgical and non-
surgical procedures

AWARDS
Year. Tile of the award. Issuing authority or institution

1997, Board certification of neurosurgery. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2014-present, A member of the scientific council of Elite Foundation of South Khorasan Province, Iran

Head of Medical Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran in South Khorasan, since 2017
 Member of the scientific council of Elite Foundation of South Khorasan Province, 2014-present

2017, Honored by the Minster of Health and Medical Education, Iran

1999, Distinguished Surgeon of the year. Birjand University of Medical Sciences

1992, Ranked 8th in pre-internship and residentship examination among more than 400 medical students in Shahid
Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Patent: Construction of a surgical bed capable of changing the patient's position from supine to prone position without
touching the patient's hand. Number and date of registration: 88404-20 March 2017

PRESENTATIONS
Year, title country

Slow wave sleep enhancement and pain, Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Congress 2016

DBS for sleep improvement in neurological disorders, Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Congress 2015.

Impact, from inside of a single neuron to entire of the external world!, Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Congress 2015

The effect of inductive teaching method program on self-care patients. First International Conference on Modern
Approach in Humanities, Kualalumpur, Malaysia, 14 December, 2015

Training self-control and stress management techniques using a novel musical neuro-feedback system, Basic and
Clinical Neuroscience Congress 2014

Vagus nerve stimulation: outcome and predictors of seizure freedom in long-term follow-up, 8th Asian and Oceanian
Epilepsy Congress, October 2010, Melbourne, Australia

Improvement of hemiparkinsonism after surgical resection of pontomesencephalic cavernoma. WSSFN, Toronto

Canada, 24-27 May 2009

Interadural epidermoid tumor in cavernous sinus, Congress of Skull base tumor in Hannover Germany. Oct 2008, with
prize of the best poster

New care in coma patients. Research Conference on Health Development with Focus on Modern Health Care. May
2013. Birjand. Iran

Metastases of the central nervous system in gastrointestinal cancers with emphasis on colorectal cancer. The first
specialty seminar on advanced and molecular advancements in the prevention and treatment of colorectal cancer.
January 2017, Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Birjand, Iran

SKILLS
Name of the skill

Correct and timely diagnosis of diseases

Appropriate treatment of patients

Providing outpatient and inpatient medical services

Neurosurgical Functional and Stereotactic

Epileptic Surgery

Skull Base Surgery

Micro-neurosurgery

Signature
DATE 15/11/2022