Curriculum Vitae (C.V.)

Kasra Navabi, M.D. 

Personal Background:

1. Family name: Navabi

2. First name: Kasra

Languages:

1. Persian: (Farsi) My first language

2. English: Fluently

   • Holder of the academic "International English Language Testing System (IELTS)"

   • Holder of the FCE (First certificate in English from University of Cambridge, UK) and I attended the CAE (Certificate of Advance in English from University of Cambridge, UK) courses.

   • Attended and passed all 15 levels of Iran Language Institute English courses. (Former Iranian and American Society)

3. French: Moderate

4. Arabic: Moderate

Computer Skills:

1. Designing website at professional levels (Click to view my portfolio)

2. Well user of MS Office software: MS FrontPage, MS Excel, MS Word…

3. Designing flash and animation…

4. Digital Graphic with Photoshop at professional level

5. Many other useful software

Education and Achievements:

1. Universities:

   • Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

   • Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

   • Faculty of Medicine, Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

   • Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Azad Technology University, Tehran, Iran

2. High school: Mofid High School, Tehran, Iran

3. Educational achievements: 

   • Ranked 1^st in 2 terms as medical student in Zahedan University of medical sciences

   • Ranked 671^st among 400,000 people taking part in Iran nationwide University entrance exam in 1991

   • Ranked 459^th among 300,000 people taking part in Azad Medical University nationwide entrance exam in 1991

Membership in Societies and Licenses:

1. United State Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK), Score 230

2. United State Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS)

3. I.R. Iran Medical Council

4. I.R. Iran General Practitioner society

5. I.R. Iran Permanent Medical Practice License

Administrative Posts:

1. Medical researcher at Medical Legal Consultants LLC, Newark, California, USA

2. Academic staff member and manager for planning of the research affairs in the Avesina Research Institute, which is a center for research in reproductive biology, biotechnology and infertility, monoclonal antibody, biological nanotechnology in Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

3. Committee chairman of the "National Standard Compilation for Medical Education" and medical education expert in the Iran Council for Medical Education, Deputy of Education and University Affairs in the Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education

4. Human resource management expert and medical education expert in the Iran Council for Graduate Medical Education, Deputy of education and University affairs in the Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education

5. Tehran Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Emergency physician

6. Abadgaran Sadad Andisheh Company Physician, Tehran, Iran

7. Physician for a health and medical center in Galikesh, Minoodasht, Golestan, Iran

8. Shahriar Emergency Medical Services (EMS) physician, Shahriar, Tehran, Iran

9. Emergency ward physician in Sadjad Hospital in Shahriar, Tehran, Iran

10. Chief and physician of a health and medical center in Shahriar, Tehran

Researches and Publications:

1. Oral presentation of the "Patient History Predicts Pregnancy Outcome in Diabetics" abstract in the Diabetes Pregnancy Study Group-West Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, May 17-20, 2007

2. I have designed, established and managed the Medical Health Workforce Planning Department in Iranian Council on Graduate Medical Education (ICGME) in the Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education.

3. Took part in a cohort research project of Upper GI Cancer between DDRC (Digestive Disease Research Centre) of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), US and the International Agency for  Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, WHO/UN.

4. My Thesis was a survey on the prevalence of low-grade astrocytoma in 1996-99 in Sina Hospital, Tehran University of medical sciences (registration No.17788), under supervision of Dr. Ketabchi, University professor and president of the Iranian Neurosurgery Board. My thesis obtained A+ grade.

5. I set up a research on the effect of cholestasis and cirrhosis on the reproductive system of male rats and the impact of NO and opioid systems on the reproductive system.

6. Former member of the Gene Therapy research group in the Student Research Center of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

7. I compiled a book on “LASER in medicine” for the biophysics department of the Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.

8. I conducted and wrote a study on finding the best and most appropriate location for constructing the potato processing factories.

Extra Curriculum:

1. Teaching Experience:

   • Teaching Biology at “Iran Air Airline” High School

2. Sports:

   • Swimming

   • Tennis

   • Hiking

3. Arts:

   • Calligraphy

   • Santoor (Musical Instrument)