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In return of the July 2015 visit of TUMS Chancellor Dr. Jafarian, and Director of International Relations, Accreditation and Ranking Dr. Nekoofar, Dr. Michael Josef Kowolik traveled from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) Schools and Research Centers and met with officials of the university.
On August 1, 2015 he visited the different school departments and facilities of Dentistry. The next day, he visited various TUMS affiliated hospitals including Sina hospital, Shariati hospital and Tehran Heart Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute (DDRI) in Tehran and also National Museum of History of Medical Sciences. On the third day of his stay in Tehran, he visited International Campus of Dentistry, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine and facilities of the center and its expert faculties. On Tuesday, August 4th Dr. Kowolik visited Research Centre for Biomedical Technology and Robotics in Imam Khomeini Hospital of TUMS.
Professor Kowolik had a meeting with TUMS Vice-Chancellor for Global Strategies and International Affairs, Dr. Arabkheradmand, on August 1, 2015 and also had meeting with TUMS Chancellor, Dr. Jafarian on August 3, 2015.
Dr. Kowolik planned to visit TUMS for the second time to follow up the collaboration between the two universities, therefore he and Dr. chu, Associate Dean for Research at School of Dentistry and the officials of School of Dentistry of IUPUI traveled to Iran on July 2016. they met with Dr. Bayat, Dean and Dr. Khami, Vice-Dean for International Affairs of School of Dentistry, Dr. Nekoofar, director of International Relations, Accreditation and Ranking of TUMS, and Ms. Tania Azadi, Accreditation Senior Officer of TUMS to follow up the accreditation activities on July 31th. Meanwhile, they provided the audience with the details of CODA program and how it works and also the standards that must be met for getting accredited by CODA. They also provided TUMS officials with their suggestions and recommendations.
Right after the meeting, Dr. Chu visited a few departments of the School and Dr. Kowolik had another meeting with Dr. Khami and Dr. Bonabi to follow up an unfinished joint project.
On the same day, Indiana University delegations visited Research Center for Biomedical and Robotics at Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex. They met with Dr. Ahmadian the Dean of Research Center and were amazed by the latest technologies in the research center.
Dr. Kowolik and Dr. Chu visited Children Medical Center Hospital and met with Dr. Nima Rezaei, Vice-Dean for International Affairs of School of Medicine on 1st of August. In the meantime they got introduced with Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN) for further cooperation. They also got to know the different cultural activities performed by this center for the patients.
Later the delegation paid a visit to TUMS Core Facilities Laboratory. Dr. Lotfi, Vice-Dean for International Affairs of School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine gave thorough explanation about the center and its activities to the guests.
In their final visit, Dr. Kowolik and Dr. Chu spent two hours in Dental Research Center. Dr. Akhoondi, Dean, Dr. Etemedmoghadam, Vice-Dean for International Affairs, Dr. Shahabi, Vice-Dean for Research of the Research Center welcomed to the gusts and introduced the center activities and different labs. In the conclusion meeting, both parties expressed their hopes for future collaboration in joint programs and research projects.
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