Asghar Aghamohammadi

Asghar Aghamohammadi (Persian: اصغر آقامحمدی) (born 1951, Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, Iran) is an Iranian (Persian) medical scientist, Immunologist and Immunology professor at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Aghamohammadi has studied in many institutes, including the Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Great Ormond Street Hospital (Institute of Child Health) and the University of Toyama. He has been one of the most distinguished Iranian Immunologists and awarded many national scientific prizes for his works, mostly in the field of primary immunodeficiency. Aghamohammadi is recognized internationally by hundreds of publications in this field and is currently the most important contributor to awareness of primary immunodeficiencies and to the management of immunodeficient patients in Iran. He has even been regarded as one of the most notable Iranian people in some lists.
Early life.
Aghamohammadi was born on 31 May 1951 in Ahvaz to an average family. In childhood he studied in Shahandeh and Bahar elementary schools and then in Doctor Hesabi Highschool. His father was Ahmad Aghamohammadi, who constantly encouraged his children to seek academic education. in his first high school years, Asghar was interested in studying Law, until he was taught Basic life support by a physician who was a friend of his father. This resulted in his shift of enthusiasm to medicine, and his later studies in this field.
Higher education.
At 1970, Aghamohammadi Entered the Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences for a 7-year Medicine course by way of Iranian University entrance exam. after completing this course, he took an interest in children's diseases, particularly those with a genetic basis. He traveled to Tehran and specialized in Pediatrics in Children's Medical Center, Tehran university of medical sciences and subspecialized in Pediatric Clinical Immunology in the same Hospital, which finished in 1991. To further study Pediatric Clinical immunology, he moved to London and enrolled in a 3-year Pediatric Clinical Immunology fellow ship in the Department of Pediatric Clinical Immunology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Institute of Child Health, London, UK. Aghamohammadi then returned to Iran and began his career as a physician and researcher until he decided to enroll in a medical sciences' Ph.D. course in the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
Career.
Since the beginning of his active career, Aghamohammadi has held several key administrative positions both nationally and in the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. At 1994 after returning from the UK, he became an Assistant professor of Pediatrics in the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in the field of Clinical Immunology. He then quickly rose to the rank of associate professor and Professor of Pediatrics in 2001 and 2007, respectively, including:
He has held several continuing medical education programs about primary immunodeficiencies in several medical universities in the country and has participated in many different national and international congresses related to these diseases.
Memberships.
Aghamohammadi is a member of many national and international committees and societies related to Primary immunodeficiency diseases and is also part of the editorial board of many notable journals in the field of Immunology:
Publications.
Aghamohammadi's research area includes primary immunodeficiency mainly primary antibody deficiency disorders (X-linked agammaglobulinemia, Common variable immunodeficiency, Selective immunoglobulin A deficiency and Hyper IgM syndrome), Molecular diagnosis of patients with antibody deficiency and Management and treatment of patients with antibody deficiencies.
As of 2013, he has an author status in about 200 articles indexed in PubMed and/or ISI, more than 20 articles published in Iranian journals and more than 50 International Podium participation and Presentations. He also participated in writing of 6 books on the subject of Primary immunodeficiency diseases, of which 3 are in Persian, two are in English and were published by Springer international publications and one is in the process of drafting by Springer.
Honors and recognition.
Since he started his career as a researcher, Aghamohammadi has been given many awards by different national organizations in Iran, including three prestigious Avicenna awards and one razi award, which are given to the most distinguished researchers and scientists of the country.