The Department of Physiology was founded in 1934 and was one of the three departments which were established at the time of the establishment of the School of Medicine. Thus, this department is now more than 80 years old. Located on the first floor of building Number 7, this department has 11 academic staff, 6 laboratory personnel, and 4 administrative staff.
The Department of Physiology has the responsibility of teaching physiology to students of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, hygiene, rehabilitation, paramedics, and nursing & midwifery. It is also active in educating M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. The department also has an animal house which breeds and provides lab animals. The active setups in the department are as following: kidney physiology and pathophysiology, addiction, cardio Vascular, isolated organs, the respiratory system, memory and behavior, reproduction, gastrointestinal, the nervous system and the endocrine.
Academic Staff:
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Hamid Reza Sadeghipour Roudsari, DVM, Ph.D., Full Professor and Head of Department - Area of Research: Reprodution
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Seyed Morteza Karimian, DVM, Ph.D., Full Professor - Area of Research: Addiction and Neurology, Endocrine
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Mehri Kadkhodaee, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Full Professor - Area of Research: Kidney Physiology and Pathophysiology
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Shahabdin Sadr, M.D., Ph.D., Full Professor - Area of Research: Neurology, Endocrine
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Mansoor Keshavarz, M.D., Ph.D., Full Professor - Area of Research: Isolated Organs
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Mahdieh Faghihi, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Full Professor - Area of Research: Cardiovascular
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Fatemeh Nabavizadeh, Ph.D., Full Professor - Area of Research: GI Tract
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Mohsen Parviz, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor - Area of Research: Memory and Pain
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Alireza Shaebanzadeh, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Area of Research: Stroke
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Alireza Imani, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - Area of Research: Cardiovascular
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Behjat Seifi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - Area of Research: Renal Failure and Renal Sympathetic Nerve Activity Recording
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Esmail Riahi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - Area of Research: Addiction Biology
Lab Staff:
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Ali Ahadi
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Hamid Sohanaky
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Soheyla Adeli
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Maryam Bahrami
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Rana Ghaznavi
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Teyyeb Ghasemi
Office Staff:
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Mehr Ali Abbasi: Secretary
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Khalil Dowlati: Supporting Staff
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Yadollah Shahmoradi: Supporting Staff
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Mahmoud Abbasi: Animal Breeder
Contact Information:
Seyed Morteza Karimian, DVM, Ph.D.
Professor in Physiology
Tel: (+98 21) 6405 3269
Email: karimian@tums.ac.ir