# Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

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.

## Collaborating schools

Collaborating schools :
| 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:
| 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 | |

## 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.

## 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 Staff | Number |
| Basic Sciences | 87 |
| Clinical | 206 |
| Professor | 17 |
| Associate Professor | 79 |
| Assistant Professor | 193 |
| Instructor | 3 |
| Total | 293 |

### 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 :
| Anatomy | Medical Physics |
| Anesthesiology | Microbiology |
| Clinical Biochemistry | Mycology & Parasitology |
| Biomedical Engineering | Neurology |
| Cardiology | Neurosurgery |
| Clinical Psychology | Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| Dermatology | Ophthalmology |
| Emergency Medicine | Orthopedics |
| Languages & Literature | Pathology |
| E.N.T | Pediatrics |
| General Surgery | Psychiatry |
| Health & Social Medicine | Physiology – Pharmacology |
| Immunology | Radiology |
| Infectious Disease | Radiotherapy & Oncology |
| Internal Medicine | Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation |
| Islamic Education | Alternative & Complementary Medicine |
| Medical Biotechnology | Urology |

### 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 :
| Specialty | Number |
| 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 Dentistry | 2 |
| Total | 46 |