ریاست : جناب آقای دکتر محمد غفرانی                                

 Curricular Vitae 

Personal Data

Full Name :                      Mohammad Ghofrani

Address :                          Mofid Children Hospital

                                         Shahid Beheshtee Univesity of Medical Sciences

                                         Dr. Shariati St.,Tehran,Iran

Data of Birth :                  5.11.1938

Place of Birth:                  Sari,Iran

Sex :                                 Male

Marital Status :                 Married 

Educational Record

1. Degree of Medicine (MD): Theran Univesity, Faculty of Medicine;1965
2. Rotating Internship:The Long Island College Hospital,Brooklyn,New York,NY; Jan 1,1968-Dec 31,1968
3. Pediatric Internship : Meadowbrook Hospital,East Meadow,NY; Jan 1,1969-June 30,1969
4. Board certified in pediatrics: State University at Stonybrook,Nassau University Medical Center;1969-1971
5. Fellowship in Pediatric Neurology: New York University,Belleviue Hospital,NY; July 1,1971-June 30,1972 

Publications

1.Ghofrani M. Child,fever and convulsion (Book): Published in 1994;In Persian

2.Ghofrani M. Efficacy of ketogenic diet on intractable epilepsy in children : A report of  215 cases. Brain & Development,2002;24 (6)

3. Ghofrani M, Mahmoodian T.Rett syndrome. Indian J Pediat.2000;67 (7)

4. Ghofrani M, Salehi-Omran MB.Gelastic epilepsy in children. Med J Iranian Hosp, Dubai,UAE.Jan2000;2(2)

6. Ghofrani M, Zamani GR.MELAS syndrome in two Iranian children.Med J Islamic Republic Iran. Aug 2000;14(2)

7. Ashrafi MR, Ghofrani M, Ghojevand N,Leigh syndrome: Clinical and practical study. Acta Medica Iranica,2002;40(4):214-218

8.Barzegar M,Tonekaboni SH, Ghofrani M.Lamotrigine as add-on therapy in children with drug resistant epilepsy: Iranian experience. Med J Islamic Republic Iran. May 2003; 17:15-18

9. Modarres SH,Ghofrani M.The epidemiology of sub acute sclerosing panencephalitis. Iran J Med Sci,1998;23(102):25-29

10. Modarres SH,Ghofrani M,Acute aseptic meningitis and encephalitis with viral etiology in children. Iran J Med Sci,1999;22(304):94-98

11. Ghofrani M, Modarres SH, Hasanpoor H.Menkes syndrome. Med J Iran Hosp. 1999; 1(2):30-33

12. More than 60 articles in Persian language about pediatric neurology in different Iranian journals

Academic Affiliation

1. Assistant professor of pediatrics:West Virginia University;Aug1974-June 1975
2. Professor of pediatrics: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences;Since 1994
3. Member of American Board of pediatrics
4. Associate fellow of American Academy of pediatrics;Since Oct 1973
5. Member of American Medical Electroencephalography Association;Since May 1976
6. Member of Asian and Oceanian Child Neurology Association
7. President of Board of Iranian Pediatric Neurology
8. Member of Iranian Board of pediatrics
9. Member of Iranian Medical Council

Research

1. Comparing the effect of ketogenic diet with intravenous gamma globulin.Sponsored by Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences(SBUMS),1994
2. Should the first unprovoked seizure be treated,sponsored by SBUMS,1994
3. Comparing the effect of IVIG along with combind methyl prednisolone and IVIG in  treatment of refractory seizure.Sponsored by SBUMS,1997
4. 4. Study on the efficacy of IVIG as add-on therapy on intractable epilepsy,sponsored by SBUMS,1999
5. The comparison of two types of treatment (high and low dose IVIG)in GBS children,2003The comparison of intrav