Professor Mohammad Hassan Karimi Nejad, M.D. (Cytopathology and Human Genetics)

• DOB. Nov. 13. 1928 Sirjan Kerman
• MD degree: Tehran University, School of Medicine 1954
• Speciality : Surgical Pathology 1957 – 1961

• Subspeciality : Pediatric Path., Karolinska, Sweden, 1961 – 1963,
• Cytopathology, School of Medicine, Tehran University,WHO, 1965,
• Human Genetics, Denmark (Intermitent) 1968 – 1972
• Gynecological Pathology Mass General Hosp., Harvard University,
• Boston, 1971 – 1973

Academic memberships :

Iranian Pathology Society (Executive member)

since establishment 1960

Academy of Pathology

Iranian Genetic Society (Executive member)

since establishment 1965

European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG 1972)

International Gynecological Path. Society (IGPS) 1977

American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 1990

President of Human Genetics, IGS. Two periods 2002 – 2006

President of Iranian Conservation Neurogenetics Society 2004

President and Director of Education & Welfare Kerman Raad 2006

President of Iranian Neurogenetics Society 2006

President of 41 Clinical Genetics Seminars from March 2002 – March 2007

Academic Position :

Professor Pathology Department, School of Medicine,

Tehran University 1971

Member of pathology Board, Tehran University 1976 – 1980

Member of Board of Accreditation, Tehran University 1978 – 1980

Honorary Memberships :

Iranian Pediatrics Society

Iranian Gynecological & Obstetrics Society

Iranian Society of Fertility & Infertility

Iranian Society of Female Genital Cancer

Awards :

Fellowship in Pediatric Pathology Swedish NIB foundation 1962  –  63

Fellowship in Cytopathology Course, WHO. 1964

Fellowship in 4th Training Course in Human Genetics for

Medical School Teachers 1968 and two refresher

Courses 1970 and 1972 (WHO)

Award for the best Scientific book 1991

Basis of Human Genetics and Genetic Diseases

Teaching :

Tehran University of Medical Science and

other Universities including: Iran, Red Lion & sword

Kerman (Afzalipoor ) Ahvaz,

Iran, Zahedan,Yazd, Qazvin,Medical Faculty, Islamic Azad University

Behzisty (Welfare & Rehabilitation) University

Training :

More than 200 trainers Person including :

Specialists in Pediatrics, Gynecology,

Genetics, Pathology, Many Masters and B.C. graduates

Related to Genetics field.

Conducting numbers of theses and articles.

Foundation:

Pathology & Genetic Center 1970

Prenatal Diagnosis department 1985

Iranian Down Syndrome Society 1991

Medical Genetic department

Kerman University of Med. Science 1993

Neurogenetic Conservation Society 2003

Education & Welfare Kerman Raad Society 2003

Iranian Neurogenetic Society 2006

Founder and editor in chief

Genetic in third Millennium; March 2002

Research Publication:

A-More than 60 original articles in National Journals (Farsi)

B-More than 45 articles in International Journals (English)

C- Participation & Oral Presentation in Congress and Symposium, recently:

18 Years Struggle to introduce the PND as a Practical and reliable tool

for Prevention

of Genetic Disease and Congenital Abnormalities

The 1st International Congress of Medical Genetics in Kuwait March 12 – 14th 2006

Genetic Counseling in Pregnancy Continuing Medical Education

Tehran May 14 – 17, 2006

History of Prenatal Diagnosis in our Country Kinolecture

9th Iranian Genetics Congress Tehran May 20, 2006

Recent Classification of abnormal sex differentiation Review of 250 cases

Royan International Congress Tehran, September 13 – 15, 2006

History of Medical Genetics in the world and our country

Regional Congress of Medical Genetics Qeshm Sept. 17 – 22, 2006

Sex assignment in ambiguous baby, the most Chalenging Problem in Neonatalogy

18th International Congress of Pediatrics October 27 – 31, 2006

Sixteen Years of Experience of Biochemical Analysis and Prenatal Diagnosis of

Lysosomal Storage Disease in Iran

Lysosomal Storage Network’s 3rd Annual World Symposium December 7 – 9, 2006, Orlando, Florida, USA