Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
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دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی درمانی کرمانشاه Danushgah-e 'lum-e Pezeshki-ye vâ Xedâmat-e Behedashti-ye Dârmati-ye Kârmanshah | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1968 |
| Chancellor | Ali Soroush, M.D., Ph.D. |
Academic staff | 521 |
| Students | 5500 |
| Undergraduates | 4504 |
| Postgraduates | 996 |
| Location | , , 35°44′54″N 51°22′52″E / 35.7483°N 51.3812°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Turquoise and Orange |
| Nickname | Kums |
| Website | gsia |
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Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences is a medical university in Kermanshah, Iran. was inaugurated as the Nursing High School in 1968, and became a medical college in 1975. After the Islamic revolution, it was further developed into the Medical University in 1985. The university has 521 academic staff and 5500 students studying at all levels of medical fields at its faculties, and doing their practical training and placement in Teaching Hospitals, and prepare them for the job market. The university regulates and coordinates the activities of medical education, training and research in healthcare profession throughout Kermanshah province. In addition to teaching and treatment, it has also been dealing with such areas as research and innovations in order to improve allied health sciences. Among the research activities, the university mainly focuses on higher research programs in Basic Medical Sciences, Allied Health Sciences and Nursing. This university has eight Vice-Chancellors, eight faculties, and seventeen Hospitals. eight of these Hospitals are in Kermanshah city, and the others are located in its towns as follows: Islam Abad, Paveh, Javanroud, Sarpole' Zohab, Sonqor, Sahneh, Qasre-Shirin, Kangavar, Gilan Qarb and Harsin.
| Country | University |
|---|---|
| Cyprus | Eastern Mediterranean University |
| Ukraine | Kharkiv National Medical University(KNMU) |
| Iraq | University of Sulaymanyah |
| France | Institut Francais de research et Denseignement Superieur International |
| Iraq | Hawler Medical University |
| Netherlands | Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam |
| Iraq | University of Garmian |
| Russia | Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry |
| Netherlands | Maastricht University |
| Iraq | University of Human Development Sulaymanyah |
Adjunct and Visiting Professors
The Adjunct and Visiting Professors below collaborate with KUMS:[2][3]
| Adjunct Professors | Visiting Professors |
|---|---|
| Khosrow Adeli, PhD/University of Toronto | Juan Francisco Asenjo, MD/McGill University |
| Mohammad Abdoli-Ermaki, PhD/Ryerson University | Serge Brand, PhD/Basel University |
| Farahnak Assadi, MD/Chicago University | Walter Klimscha, MD/Vienna University |
| Ali Asgari, PhD/Toronto University | Christopher Franco, PhD/Flinders University |
| Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, PhD/UCLA University | Michael Nelson, PhD/King's College London |
| Bijan Bijan, MD/University of California | |
| Elaheh Mahdavian, PhD/Louisiana State University Shreveport | |
| Mohammad Amin Mohammadifar, PhD/Thecnical University of Denmark | |
| Ramin Pakbaz, MD/Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (CA) | |
| Amir Sharafkhaneh, MD, PhD/Baylor College of Medicine | |
| Ziaeddin Shariat-Madar, PhD/University of Messissippi | |
| Hojatollah Vali, PhD/McGill University |
