Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

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Kermanshah University
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
Established1968 (1968)
Chancellor Ghobad Mohammadi, M.D.
Academic staff
521
Students5500
Undergraduates 4504
Postgraduates 996
Location, ,
35°44′54″N51°22′52″E / 35.7483°N 51.3812°E / 35.7483; 51.3812
CampusUrban
Colors Turquoise and Orange    
Nickname Kums
Website gsia.kums.ac.ir/en

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.

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Collaborating schools

Collaborating schools [1]
CountryUniversity
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 ProfessorsVisiting Professors
Khosrow Adeli,PhD/University of TorontoJuan Francisco Asenjo,MD/McGill University
Mohammad Abdoli-Ermaki,PhD/Ryerson UniversitySerge Brand,PhD/Basel University
Farahnak Assadi,MD/Chicago UniversityWalter Klimscha,MD/Vienna University
Ali Asgari,PhD/Toronto UniversityChristopher Franco,PhD/Flinders University
Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi,PhD/UCLA UniversityMichael 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

Rankings

According to the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities that released by Shanghai Ranking of Academic Subject 2019, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences ranks between 201 and 300 among the top universities in the world based on Clinical Medicine. [4]

Faculties

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine was founded in 1975. Currently, 192 medical students are studying at this faculty, and over 3878 medical students have graduated so far.

Educational Status

Currently, there are eleven basic sciences department, eight departments in master programs, two departments in PhD programs, and twenty two clinical departments at the faculty of medicine.

Table 1: Academic Staff of the Faculty of Medicine According to Academic Level and Ranking
Academic StaffNumber
Basic Sciences87
Clinical206
Professor17
Associate Professor79
Assistant Professor193
Instructor3
Total293

Departments

There are over 35 clinical and basic sciences departments and programs in the faculty of medicine, which are summarized in Table 2.

Table 2. The Departments in the Faculty of Medicine
AnatomyMedical Physics
AnesthesiologyMicrobiology
Clinical BiochemistryMycology & Parasitology
Biomedical EngineeringNeurology
CardiologyNeurosurgery
Clinical PsychologyObstetrics & Gynecology
DermatologyOphthalmology
Emergency MedicineOrthopedics
Languages & LiteraturePathology
E.N.TPediatrics
General SurgeryPsychiatry
Health & Social MedicinePhysiology - Pharmacology
ImmunologyRadiology
Infectious DiseaseRadiotherapy & Oncology
Internal MedicineSports Medicine & Rehabilitation
Islamic EducationAlternative & Complementary Medicine
Medical BiotechnologyUrology

Faculty of Dentistry

Background

Established in 2008, the faculty started admitting students in general dentistry in 2009.

Educational status

The Faculty of Dentistry has 46 academic staff, working in 10 departments in which they have trained 417 students including six international residency students. The table below summarizes the academic staff of the faculty based on their specialties.

Table 1. Academic staff of the Faculty of Dentistry by specialty
SpecialtyNumber
Endodontics 4
Orthodontics 6
Oral and maxillofacial medicine 5
Periodontics 6
Dental prostheses 4
Restorative dentistry 4
Oral and maxillofacial surgery 5
Oral and maxillofacial radiology 5
Pediatric dentistry 5
Research Center of Dentistry2
Total46

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