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1 Curriculum Vitae Hadi Poormoghim MD Addresses: Firoozgar Hospital. Karimkhan St.Behafarin Ave. Tehran. Iran Education: : Fellowship in Rheumatology.Pittsburg University of U.S.A :Subspeciality in Rheumatology.Iran University of medical Sciences :Residency in Internal Medicine.Shiraz University of Medical Sciences : Undergraduate Education.Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Qualification:1997: Subspeciality degree in Rheumatology by passing the Iranian Rheumatology Board Examination. 1991:Speciality degree in Internal Medicine by passing Iranian Internal Medicine Board Examination. 1987: Degree of MD Thesis: 1996: Systemic Sclerosis Sine Scleroderma 1991:Demographic findings, Clinical manifestation and Lab results in 100 patients with SLE in South of Iran 1987: Listeria and abortion Last appointment: Since 1995: Assistant Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology in Iran university of Medical Sciences. Since : Associated Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology in Iran university of medical sciences. Teaching Experince: Since 1992: 1.Teaching in Internal Medicine for medical students in Bandar Abbass University of Medical Sciences. 2.Teaching medical students in Azad University in Tehran. 3.Teaching in rheumatology physiopathology course for medical students in Iran University of Medical Sciences. 4.Teaching rheumatology course for students of physiotherapy in Iran University of Medical Sciences. 5.Maneger of general conferences in Firoozar Hospital for 3 years( ). 6.Training in clinical rheumatology of internal medicine resident for 14 years ( ).

2 Laboratory Experience: I work in thimoty lab in division of rheumatology and immunology in Pittsburg University.I had the following experience:gel diffusion method, electrophoresis, cloning, bacterial transformation, restriction enzyme digestion, DNA sequencing, polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Research organization established: I had the following achievement: In 1998 I set up research clinic for patients with systemic sclerosis, in firozgar hospital for study of clinical presentation, lab findings,outcome in Iranian patients. Research: 1. Systemic Sclerosis sine Scleroderma.( Demographic,clinical,serologic features and survival in 48 patients. 2.Long term outcome and predictive factors of organ involvement in systemic sclerosis 3. Assesment of severity index in 40 patients with systemic sclerosis 4. Association and likelihood ratio of HLA-B5 Antigen Iranian Behcet s disease. 5.Demographic,clinical feaaturess and response to treatment in 54 patients with Behcet s disease 6. Comparison the effect of Methotrexate and Azathioprine in rheumatoid arthritis, double blind study in 45 patients. 7. Cross cultural reliability and validity of Coop-chart questionnaire in Rheumatoid arthritis. persion version. 8. Cross cultural reliability and validity of Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale (AIMS) questionnaire in Rheumatoid arthritis. persian version. 9. Cross cultural reliability and validity of Health Assessment questionnaire (HAQ) in Rheumatoid arthritis. persion version. 10. sensivity and specificity of MRI in diagnosis of inflammatory myopathies. 11. Demographic,clinical featuress and response to treatment in 40 patients with Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis 12.Role of sociodemographic, radiographic findings and obesity on osteoarthritis of knee 13. Cardiac manifestation in 40 cases of systemic sclerosis 14. Articular manifestation in 40 cases of systemic sclerosis 15. Assesment sensivity and specificity of 6 group of clinical criteria in Behcet,s disease. 16. Sensivity and specificty of Anti-citrullin antibody in rheumatoid Arthritis 17. Relationship of Radiogrphic severity in Rheumatoid arthritis with Anti-Keratinine & Antiperinuclear antibodies 18. Association of HLA-B27, HLA-B5 with rheumatic disease. 19. associated of autoanibodies with disease subtypes in systemic sclerosis 20. Meta-analysis of endoxan in treatment of alveolitis in systemic sclerosis.

3 21. pulmonary outcome in systemic sclerosis Publication: Articles 1. Systemic Sclerosis sine Scleroderma.(Demographic,clinical,serologic features and survival in 48 patients).hadi Poormoghim, Mary Lucas, Noreen Fertige, Thomas Medsger.Arthritis & Rheumatism.vol43.No2.feb 2000.pp Theraputic effect of Alprostadil on finger ulcer in a patient with systemic sclerosis.a case report of new treatment.hadi Poormoghim,Maryam Rezaii Salim JIUM. vol7. No pp Massive pericardial effusion in a case of limited scleroderma.hadi Poormoghim. Ali kabir.lila Zahedi.JIUM.vol9.No pp Long term outcome and predictive factors of organ involvement in systemic sclerosis. Hadi Poormoghim..M. Ali Poorkarimi, Maryam Haj-Hashemi. JIUM.vol9. No pp Assesment of severity index in 40 patients with systemic sclerosis. Hadi Poormoghim, Nayereh Erfanimoghadam. JIUM. vol 10, No pp Scleroderma renal crisis(review of aricles).journal of Pezeshk..vol6,2003. pp 7.Comparison the effect of Methotrexate and Azathioprine in rheumatoid arthritis, double blind study in 45 patients.jium vol 10,No 34, 2003 pp Cross cultural reliability and validity of Coop-chart questionnaire in Rheumatoid arthritis. persian version.hadi Poormoghim, Mohamad A.K.Langaroudi. JIUM.vol 6. No1,1999.pp Alveolar hemmorhage in rheumatic disease (review of aricles).hadi Poormoghim. Journal of Pezeshk 2002,14.P Association and likelihood ratio of HLA-B5 Antigen Iranian Behcet s disease.hadi Poormooghim, Gholamhossein Gafarpoor, javad Malbobi. Iranian Journal of Dermatology. Vol 3, No 6,2003 PP Relapsing polychondritis (review of aricles).hadi Poormoghim.Journal of Pezeshk.vol pp A case report of cutaneous Zygomycosisin a diabetic patient. Iranian Journal of Dermatology. Vol 4, No pp Prevalence of knee chondrocalcinosis in patients with primary knee osteoarthritis in rheumatology clinics of iran university of medical sciences and health services( ).a.shafahi, F.Ahmadi, H, Poormoghim. JIUMS,1999,1,pp521-6

4 14. Neonatal lupus,long term outcome in children and asympthomatic mothers. Hadi Poormoghim, Mohamad H. Badakhsh.Azita Mehranian.JIUM.vol7. No pp SLE causing IVC syndrome. Hadi Poormoghim.Practitioner.vol7.No pp Clinical features of Septic arthritis (review of aricles).hadi Poormoghim.journal of Pezeshk.vol 2,No 7, 2003,pp Management of septic arthritis.(review of articles). Hadi Poormoghim.journal of Pezeshk.vol 2,No 7, 2003,pp Nongonococcal arthritis.(review of articles). Hadi Poormoghim.journal of Pezeshk.vol 2,No 7, 2003,pp Role of sociodemographic, radiographic findings and obesity on osteoarthritis of knee. Hadi Poormoghim.Farideh Ahmadi. Mitra Najafi. Annals of Iranian Medicine vol 5, summer Focal segmental glomerulonephritis due to D-pencillamine in a case of systemic sclerosis.hadi Poormoghim. 21. Management of gouty arthritis.(review of articles). Hadi Poormoghim. journal of Pezeshk.vol,No, 2003, Rheumatic fever.(review of articles). Hadi Poormoghim.journal of Pezeshk.vol,No, 2003,pp. 23. A case report of Churg-stuss syndrome in postpartum period. Hadi Poormoghim. Maryam Rezaii Salim Iranian journal of Dermatology.vol8, NO 29 (sup I).2004, pp Relationship of Radiogrphic severity in Rheumatoid arthritis with Anti-Keratinine & Antiperinuclear antibodies. Hadi poormoghim, Mehdi Shekarabi, hamed Derakhshani, f.karimi (Accepted for publication in Iranian journal of immunology). 25. Sensivity and specificity of MRI in diagnosis of inflammatory myopathies.hadi poormoghim, Homayon hadizadeh. Mohamad Reza Vahedfar.Farydeh Ahmadi, Fatemeh shervanian, Ali Javadzadeh.( Accepted for publication in Annals of Iranian Medicine ) 26. A case report of sarcoidosis with sjogren s like syndrome.hadi poormoghim, Maryam Mazahere. (Submit for publication in journal of Iran University of Medical Sciences JIUM) 27. A case report of infiltrative skin sarcoidosis. Hadi poormoghim, Maryam Mazahere. (Accepted for publication in Iranian journal of Dermatology) 28. Pattern of diagnosis in arthritis. Hadi poormoghim. journal of Pezeshk.vol,No24, 2005, General management of osteoarthritis.(review of articles). Hadi poormoghim.

5 30. Cardiac manifestation in 56 cases of systemic sclerosis 31. Sensivity and specificty of Anti-citrullin antibody in rheumatoid Arthritis 32. Meta-analysis of endoxan in treatment of alveolitis in systemic sclerosis. 33. pulmonary outcome in systemic sclerosis Books: 1.Diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Hadi poormoghim.1 st edition. Publisher:Iran university of medical sciences Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. 1 st edition. Publisher:EDC of Iran university of medical sciences Nature, labratory tests, clinical significance of Antinuclear antibodies in rheumatic disease. 1 st edition. Publisher: Iran university of medical sciences2007; 4. Rheumatic fever and other non-infectious complications of streptococcus (under publish)

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