Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Kermanshah University
دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی درمانی کرمانشاه
Danushgah-e 'lum-e Pezeshki-ye vâ Xedâmat-e Behedashti-ye Dârmati-ye Kârmanshah
TypePublic
Established1968 (1968)
ChancellorGhobad Mohammadi, M.D.
Academic staff
521
Students5500
Undergraduates4504
Postgraduates996
Location
Kermanshah
,
Kermanshah province
,
Iran

35°44′54″N 51°22′52″E / 35.7483°N 51.3812°E / 35.7483; 51.3812
CampusUrban
ColorsTurquoise and Orange    
NicknameKums
Websitegsia.kums.ac.ir/en

Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences 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. Based on the vote of 222nd meeting of the Development Council of Universities of Medical Sciences on March 18, 2013, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences was promoted to type I university. It was also recognized as the national pole of community-oriented medicine at the same year.

Collaborating schools

Collaborating schools[1]
CountryUniversity
CyprusEastern Mediterranean University
UkraineKharkiv National Medical University(KNMU)
IraqUniversity of Sulaymanyah
FranceInstitut Francais de research et Denseignement Superieur International
IraqHawler Medical University
NetherlandsAcademic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam
IraqUniversity of Garmian
RussiaPacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry
NetherlandsMaastricht University
IraqUniversity 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. The first specialist residency recruitment was started by admitting residents of Anesthesiology in 1991. Nowadays, KUMS is pledged to admit a total number of 141 medical specialties in all medical specialty fields per year.

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

Faculty of Dentistry

Background

Established in 2008, the faculty started admitting students in general dentistry in 2009. Also, students in Oral Health have been accepted at KUMS since 2015. In terms of infrastructure, the newly established faculty of Dentistry in KUMS campus, with an area over 11500 square meters. is the largest faculty in west part of Iran which will be opened at December 2019.

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

References

  1. ↑ "MOUs and Contracts". Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) -GSIA.
  2. ↑ "Adjunct Professors". Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) -GSIA.
  3. ↑ "Visiting Professors". Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) -GSIA.
  4. ↑ "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020 - Clinical Medicine | Shanghai Ranking - 2020". www.shanghairanking.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
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