Dr. Ali Razmkon
Ali Razmkon, MD is a Neurospine surgeon, with a Fellowship in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery He is also the Director and founder of, Center for Neuromodulation and Pain, Shiraz, Iran
Education[edit]
2011 - 2017: European Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship program
2014 - 2016: Young Neurosurgeons Training for DBS surgery
2013: Clinical research fellowship for surgeons at AOCID, Zurich, Switzerland
2010: Board - certified by the Iranian Board of Neurosurgery (on the first attempt) at the age of 30
2009 - 2010: Chief - resident of Neurosurgery, Nemazee hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
2005 - 2010: Resident of neurosurgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
1998 - 2005: General medical education, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
1994 - 1998: Tohid 1 high school for gifted students, Shiraz, Iran
Occupation[edit]
Since 2018: Director of Research Center for Neuromodulation and Pain (NeuroMaPC), Shiraz, Iran
Since 2016: Neurosurgeon in private practice
2011 - 2015: Employment as an assistant professor in the department of Neurosurgery of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, division of functional neurosurgery and neuro-oncology
2011 - 2014: Research organizer in Shiraz Neuroscience Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
2011 - 2012: Part-time employment as a neurosurgeon (as a commitment to serve in underserved areas) in Lamerd, Fars Province (Southwest Iran)
2009 - 2011: Performing compulsory military service simultaneously with education as a special privilege granted by the Iranian National Elite Foundation
Awards and Honors[edit]
2010 - Synthes award for resident research on the brain and craniofacial trauma – Congress of Neurological Surgeons, San Francisco, USA 2017 - Awarded the ESSFN fellowship diploma
2017 - Awarded the ESSFN fellowship diploma
2013 - Granted the position of “clinical research fellow” with a 2500 Swiss - Franc grant by AOCID, Zurich, Switzerland
2009 - Razi (Rhazes) international Festival award for the best student research in surgery at the 16th International Razi Festival, Tehran, Iran
2005 - Nevzat Bilgin best poster presentation award on clinical organ transplantation, Ankara, Turkey
2005 till now - Member of the Iranian National Elite Foundation
2005 - Highest mean score among the '98 Shiraz class of medical students and getting the privilege as a top student to apply for residency without having to work in underserved areas (as a routine commitment)
2005 - Iranian Presidential award for being selected as the exemplary medical student in Iran
2000 - Student research award in the 13th congress of geographic medicine, Shiraz, Iran
1999 - Student research award in the 12th congress of geographic medicine, Shiraz, Iran
1998 - Standing on the 20th rank in the annual national Iranian entrance exam among one and a half million competitors
Achievements[edit]
2018 - Establishment of Research Center for Neuromodulation and Pain, Shiraz, Iran
2016 - Establishment and performance of sacral neuromodulation and spinal cord stimulation surgeries for incontinence and chronic pain conditions in Shiraz for the first time in Southern Iran, as the second center in Iran
2014 - Establishment and performance of deep brain stimulation surgery for movement disorders in Shiraz for the first time in Southern Iran, as the second center in Iran
2013 - Performance of ablative functional neurosurgery for pain and spasticity in Shiraz for the first time, as the second center in Iran
2011 – Performance of general neurosurgery operations in Lamerd city, Fars province, for the first time
International Publications[edit]
25 publications; +500 citations; Current Hirsch Index : 13
1. Razmkon A, Yousefi O, Rezaei R, Salehi S, Petramfar P, Mani A, Rahmati H, Vaidyanathan J, Ilami G, Amirmoezzi Y. Initial Results of Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation for Parkinson Disease in a Newly Established Center in a Developing Country : Shiraz, Southern Iran. World Neurosurg. 2019 Jan;121:e129 - e135.
2. Ansari M, Mosalaei A, Ahmadloo N, Rasekhi A, Geramizadeh B, Razmkon A, et al. A comprehensive approach in high-grade glioma management: a position statement from the Neuro-Oncology Scientific Club (NOSC), Shiraz, Iran. Ger Med Sci. 2017 Feb 28;15:Doc05. DOI: 10.3205/000246. eCollection 2017.
3. Razmkon A. Neurotrauma as an Evolving Indication for Neuromodulation. Bull Emerg Trauma. 2017;5(1):4 - 5.
4. Ansari M, Mosalaei A, Ahmadloo N, Rasekhi A, Geramizadeh B, Razmkon A, et al. A connect - approach in high-grade glioma management; Position statement from the Neuro-Oncology Scientific Club (NOSC), Shiraz, Iran. PeerJ reprints 2016; 4:e2575v1
5. Moayer AF, Mohebali N, Razmkon A. Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Patients Undergoing Degenerative Spine Surgery on Prophylactic Dalteparin; A Single Center Report. Bull Emerg Trauma 2016;4(1):38 - 42.
6. Rahmanian A, Mohebali N, Haghnegahdar A, Kamali Sarvestani E, Razmkon A, Kivelev J, Baghban F. Serum Levels of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein - 1 Correlate with Poor Clinical Grades in Cerebral Aneurysms. Iran J Immunol. 2015;12(4):302 - 10.
7. Abdi M, Navidbakhsh M, Razmkon A. A Lumped Parameter Method to Calculate the Effect of Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion on Anterior Cerebral Artery Pressure Waveform. J Biomed Phys Eng 2015.
8. Asadi - Pooya AA, Rakei SM, Kamgarpour A, Taghipour M, Ashjazadeh N, Razmkon A, Zare Z, Bagheri MH. Outcome after temporal lobectomy in patients with medically - refractory mesial temporal epilepsy in Iran. J Neurosurg Sci. 2015 Feb 10.
9. Rahmanian A, Minagar A, Rakei SM, Taghipoor M, Mehrabani G, Razmkon A. A Survey of Tandem Spinal Stenosis in Shiraz, Southern Iran. Neurosurgery Quarterly 2015, 25(2):246 - 249.
10. Javidi M, Heydari M, Karimi A, Haghpanahi M, Navidbakhsh M, Razmkon A. Evaluation of the effects of injection velocity and different gel concentrations on nanoparticles in hyperthermia therapy. J Biomed Phys Eng. 2014:15;4(4):151 - 62.
11. Ghaffarpasand F, Razmkon A, Khalili H. Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury; Facts and Figures. Bull Emerg Trauma. 2014;2(3):101 - 102.
12. Asadi - Pooya A. A, Ashjazadeh N, Kamgarpour A, Taghipour M, Rakei S. M, Farazdaghi M, Inaloo S, Bagheri M. H, Razmkon A, Zare Z. Management of Epilepsy in Resource - Limited Areas: Establishing an Epilepsy Surgery Program in ran. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2014; 28(1):24.
13. Ashjazadeh N, Boostani R, Ekhtiari H, Emamghoreishi M, Farrokhi MR, Ghanizadeh A, Hatam GR, Hadianfard H, Lotfi M, Mortazavi SMJ, Mousavi M, Montakhab A, Nili M, Razmkon A, Salehi S, Sodagar AM, Setoodeh P, Taghipour M, Torabi Nami M, Vesal A. Operationalizing Cognitive Science and Technologies Research and Development; the “Brain and Cognition Study Group (BCSG)” Initiative from Shiraz, Iran. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience 2014, 5(2):104 - 16.
14. Rahmanian AK, Seifzadeh B, Razmkon A, Petramfar P, Kivelev J, Alibi EA, Hernesniemi J. Outcome of decompressive craniectomy in comparison to nonsurgical treatment in patients with malignant MCA infarction. SpringerPlus 2014, 3:115.
15. Kamgarpour A, Riaz - Montazer N, Razmkon A, Derakhshan N, Heidari - Esfahani M. Melanotic Progonoma: An Unusual Pathology for an Infantile Midline Scalp Mass. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2013;49(4):254 - 5.
16. Haghnegahdar A, Razmkon A, Farrokhi MR, Shaghaghian AR, Abdinezhad M. Patient - Reported Outcomes and Plausible Prognostic Factors in Patients With Post - Traumatic Cervical Locked Facets; An Ambidirectional Cohort Study. Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2013.
17. Haghnegahdar A, Niknam H, Rahmanian A, Bagheri MH, Razmkon A, Nemati A, Nasrizadeh - Moqaddam S. Is Conventional Radiography Sufficient for Postoperative Analysis of Pedicle Screw Placement in Thoracic and Lumbosacral Spinal Fixation? Neurosurgery Quarterly 2014, 24(4):233 - 236.
18. Asadi - Pooya AA, Malekmohamadi Z, Kamgarpour A, Rakei SM, Taghipour M, Ashjazadeh N, Inaloo S, Razmkon A, Zare Z. Corpus callosotomy is a valuable therapeutic option for patients with Lennox - Gastaut syndrome and medically refractory seizures. Epilepsy Behav. 2013 Nov;29(2):285 - 8.
19. Abdi M, Karimi A, Navidbakhsh M, Rahmati M, Hassani K, Razmkon A. Modeling the Circle of Willis Using Electrical Analogy Method under both Normal and Pathological Circumstances. J Biomed Phys Eng 2013; 3(2): 45 - 56.
20. Ghaffarpasand F, Razmkon A, Dehghankhalili M. Glasgow Coma Scale Score in Pediatric Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury; Limitations and Reliability. Bull Emerg Trauma 2013;1(4):135 - 136.
21. Abdi M, Razmkon A, Navidbakhsh M, Sharifi G. Investigation of the effect of changes in the deflection angles of cerebral arteries aneurysms on Intra - aneurysmal hemodynamics. Sadra Med Sci J 2013; 1(3) : 149 - 156
22. Razmkon A. Priorities and Concerns for Research on Neurotrauma in the Developing World. Bull Emerg Trauma 2013;1(1):5 - 6.
23. Taghipour M, Razmkon A. Isolation and growth of neural stem cells derived from the adult human hippocampus. J Inj Violence Res. 2012 Nov;4(3 Suppl 1).
24. Asadi - Pooya AA, Taghipour M, Kamgarpour A, Rakei SM, Razmkon A. Management of epilepsy in resource-limited settings: establishing an epileptic surgery program in Southern Iran. J Inj Violence Res. 2012 Nov;4(3 Suppl 1).
25. Khalili H, Razmkon A. Optimal timing of cranioplasty after post-injury decompressive craniectomy: a case-control study. J Inj Violence Res. 2012 Nov;4(3 Suppl 1).
26. Rahmanian A, Jamali M, Razmkon A, Kivelev J, Romani R, Alibi EA, Hernesniemi J. Benefits of early aneurysm surgery; Southern Iran experience. Surg Neurol Int. 2012;3:156.
27. Razmkon A. Editorial. Research on History of Medicine 2012 May; 1(2): 23 - 24.
28. Razmkon A, Sadidi A, Sherafat E, Mehrafshan A, Malekpour B. Administration of ascorbic acid and alpha-tocopherol in severely head injured patients: A randomized double-blind clinical trial. Neurosurgery 2011 Sep; 69 Suppl Operative:133 - 7. Also in Clin Neurosurg. 2011;58:133 - 7.
29. Razmkon A. Razi’s Deviation. Arch Iran Med. 2011 Sep;14(5):365.
30. Razmkon A, Mehrafshan A, Bakhtazad A. Management of post - neurosurgical Acinetobacter infections: experiences obtained during an outbreak. Acta Neurochir (Wien). Acta Neurochir 2011; 153:435–436
31. Rashid M, Razmkon A, Ziaei AR, Taghipour M. Handle with care, penetrating neurotrauma: Case report and review of the literature. Indian Journal of Neurotrauma (IJNT) 2010; 7(2):163 - 166.
32. Farrokhi MR, Razmkon A, Maghami Z, Nikoo Z. Inclusion of the fracture level in short-segment fixation of thoracolumbar fractures. Eur Spine J. 2010 Oct;19(10):1651 - 6.
33. Taghipour M, Razmkon A, Bakhtazad A. High Prevalence of Intracranial Meningioma in Jewish Population in Shiraz, Southern Iran. Neurosurgery Quarterly 2010; 20(2): 68 - 70.
34. Taghipoor M, Razmkon A. Neurological picture: Huge primary intracranial hydatid cysts. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2009 Oct;80(10):1149.
35. Taghipour M, Razmkon A, Hosseini K. Conjoined lumbosacral nerve roots: Analysis of cases diagnosed intraoperatively. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2009 Aug;22(6):413 - 6.
36. Razmkon A, Bakhtazad A. Maintaining CSF drainage at external ventricular drains may help prevent catheter-related infections. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2009 Aug;151(8):985.
37. Razmkon A, Bakhtazad A. Possible mechanisms of rapid neurological deterioration and acute hydrocephalus in drug abusers. Pediatr Radiol. 2009 Mar;39(3):309.
38. Roozbeh J, Razmkon A, Jalaeian H, et al. Outcome of Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Single Center Study. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2008;19(1):72 - 75.
39. Alibai EA, Rahmanian AK, Razmkon A, Nabavizadeh SA. Tension pneumocephalus following pterional craniotomy for treatment of intracavernous internal carotid artery aneurysm. Emerg Radiol. 2008 Nov;15(6):441 - 4.
40. Taghipour M, Razmkon A. May Head - Injured Patients with Thinner Skull Bones Have a Better Prognosis? A Hypothesis. Med Hypotheses. 2008;70(4):894.
41. Kamgarpour A, Izadfar MA, Razmkon A. Neglected intramedullary cord abscess in a 3 - year old child: a case report. Childs Nerv Syst. 2008 Jan;24(1):153 - 5.
42. M.A. Ostovan, A. Fazelzadeh, A.R. Mehdizadeh, A. Razmkon, and S. - A. Malek - Hosseini. How to Decrease Cardiovascular Mortality in Renal Transplant Recipients. Transplant Proc. 2006; 38, 2887–2892.
43. H. Salahi, A. Fazelzadeh, A. Mehdizadeh, A. Razmkon, and S. - A. Malek - Hosseini. Complications of Arteriovenous Fistula in Dialysis Patients. Transplant Proc. 2006; 38, 1261–1264.
44. Malek - Hosseini SA, Mehdizadeh AR, Salahi H, Bahador A, Imanieh MH, Razmkon A. Liver transplantation in pediatric recipients: A Single - Center Analysis. Transplant Proc. 2006;38:594 - 595.
45. Malek - Hosseini S, Razmkon A, Mehdizadeh A, Salahi H, Bahador A, Raiss - Jalali GH, Roozbeh J, Behzadi S, Salehipour M, Khosravi M, Anbardar MH. Long - Term Results of Renal Transplantation : A Single - Center Analysis of 1200 Transplants. Transplant Proc. 2006 Sep;38:454 - 456.
46. Roozbeh J, Mehdizadeh AR, Izadfar MA, Razmkon A, Salahi H, Malek - Hosseini SA.. Comparison of Spousal with Other Donor Groups: Study at a Single Center. Transplant Proc. 2006 Sep;38:562 - 563.
47. Razmkon A, Moradi - Sarvestani M, Mehdizadeh AR. Military Humanitarian Assistance in Bam Earthquake. International Review of the Armed Forces Medical Services 2005; 78 (1): 60 - 64.
48. Tabei SZ, Amin A, Mowla A, Nabavizadeh SA, Razmkon A. Anthrax: pathological aspects in autopsy cases in Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran, 1960 - 2001. East Mediterr Health J. 2004 Jan - Mar;10(1 - 2):27 - 36.
49. Raiss - Jalali GA, Mehdizadeh AR, Razmkon A, Rouzbeh J, Behzadi S, Memari H, Malek - Hosseini SA. Effect of body mass index at the time of transplantation and weight gain after transplantation on allograft function in kidney transplant recipients in Shiraz. Transplant Proc. 2005 Sep;37(7):2998 - 3000.
50. Roozbeh J, Mehdizadeh AR, Razmkon A, Malek - Hosseini SA. Incidence of posttransplantation diabetes mellitus in kidney transplantation: a single-center experience. Transplant Proc. 2005 Sep;37(7):3095 - 7.
51. Malek - Hosseini SA, Mehdizadeh AR, Salahi H, Saberi - Firouzi M, Bagheri - Lankarani K, Bahador A, Imanieh MH, Nik - Eghbalian S, Lahsaee M, Khosravi MB, Arasteh MM, Bagheri MH, Geramizadeh B, Razmkon A, Tabei SZ. Results of liver transplantation: analysis of 140 cases at a single center. Transplant Proc. 2005 Sep;37(7):3157 - 8.
52. Salahi H, Razmkon A, Mehdizadeh AR, Saberi - Firoozi M, Bahador A, Bagheri - Lankarani K, Imanieh MH, Malek - Hosseini SA.. Biliary tract complications after liver transplantation in a single center. Transplant Proc. 2005 Sep;37(7):3177 - 8.
Other Publications[edit]
Generation, a 3 - volume scientific journal in Genetics (as editor-in-chief)
Peer Review and Journals[edit]
1. Associate editor in the Journal of research on the history of medicine
2. Invited for peer review in different international journals, including Journals of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry (JNNP); Neuroepidemiology; Journal of Pediatric Neuroradiology; Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy; Case Reports in Orthopedics, Journal of Pathology and Forensic Medicine; CRTER; Philosophical Papers and Reviews (PPR)
3. Associate editor in the International Journal of Advanced Biological Science and Engineering
4. Member of the editorial board of Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma (BEAT)
5. Member of the editorial board of Iranian Journal of Neurosurgery (IJN)
6. Member of the editorial board of Syndromes Journal
Memberships[edit]
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) - European Society of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery (ESSFN) - World Society of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery (WSSFN)
International Courses - Fellowships[edit]
Oct. 2017 – Medtronic training for Stealth and O - arm navigation – Tolochenaz, Switzerland
Feb. 2017 - Training for stereotactic procedures using CRW frame – Istanbul, Turkey
Aug. 2016 - One week as an observer of DBS surgery in Queen Square trained by Dr. Ludvic Zrinzo, London, England
June 2016 – ESSFN hands-on course for pain and spasticity, Stockholm, Sweden
Sep. 2015 - ESSFN hands-on course for radiosurgery, Marseilles, France
May 2015 - ESSFN hands-on course for psychosurgery, Lausanne, Switzerland
May 2015 - one week as an observer of DBS surgery in CHU Grenoble trained by Prof. Chabardes, Grenoble, France
Mar. 2015 - Medtronic's course for sacral neuromodulation (SNM), Dubai, UAE
Nov. 2014 - Young neurosurgeons training program YNTP 2014 - 2016, Tolochenaz, Switzerland
Oct. 2014 - Course for neuromodulation treatments (spinal cord stimulators and pumps) in EHC Morge Hospital, Switzerland
April 2014 - ESSFN hands-on course for functional neurosurgery, with the honorary presence of Dr. AL Benabid, Marseilles, France
Feb. 2014 - Deep brain stimulation treatment course for movement disorders, NETCARE Proteria Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
Sep - Oct 2013 - Two-month clinical research fellowship for surgeons at AOCID, Zurich, Switzerland
Oct. 2013 - Observed cases of deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson’s disease and Tourette’s Syndrome in Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland
Oct. 2013 - Observed cases of deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson’s disease at Universitӓt Spital, Zurich, Switzerland
Oct. 2013 - Observed cases of deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson’s disease in Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
Oct. 2013 - NIH training course on "Protecting Human Research Participants"
Oct. 2012 - Training course for functional neurosurgery with Leksell stereotactic frame, Hospital Ruber Internacional, Madrid, Spain
Jan. 2012 - Endoscopic skull base surgery course – ENT research Center of Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
Oct. 2011 - ESSFN Hands-on the cadaveric course on epilepsy surgery – Ghent, Belgium
2009 - 2011 - Multiple practical workshops on the management of spinal disorders (AO Spine) in Iran and UAE
Executive performance[edit]
Jan 2016 - Scientific regional faculty in "The first middle eastern congress for stereotactic and functional neurosurgery", Dubai, UAE
June 2015 – Presenter and organizer at "Deep brain stimulation workshop for students of neuroscience", Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
June 2013 - Executive secretary for "The first Iranian national seminar on Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery", held on June 28th, 2013, in Shiraz, Iran
Teaching experience[edit]
Since Jan 2011 - Involved in a residency program, at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Since Jan 2011 - Monthly lectures and weekly teaching rounds on general neurosurgery for medical students
Participation in Congresses[edit]
Participation and presentation in nearly 30 national and international medical congresses
Independent Surgical Experience[edit]
- 42 cases of deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson's disease, Dystonia, essential tremor - 20 cases of other neuromodulation therapies including SNS, SCS - 100 cases of stereotactic surgeries using the Leksell stereotactic system - 100 cases of stereotactic surgeries using the Leksell stereotactic system - 20 cases of stereotactic surgeries using the CRW stereotactic system - 80 cases of pain surgery including trigeminal nerve microvascular decompression and RF, spinal cord DREZ procedures, and other pain procedures - 50 cases of epilepsy surgery, including callosotomy, amygdalohippocampectomy, etc. - 200 cases of brain tumors, including gliomas, meningioma, pituitary adenoma, brain metastasis, and other lesions - 300 cases of different spinal operations, including laminectomies, fusion, and tumor resections - 200 cases of traumatic brain injuries
Sources[edit]
https://drrazmkon.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-razmkon-76095b5b/?originalSubdomain=ir https://doctoreto.com/doctor/dr-ali-razmkon/zqoggq https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RXeOu3gAAAAJ&hl=en https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ali-Razmkon
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