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DR. RAMIN NIKNAM
Associate professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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DR. RAMIN NIKNAM

Associate professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Personal Background

Name: Ramin Niknam

Place of Birth: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Address: Shiraz Organ Transplant Center, Abu-Ali Sina Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, No 985, Boostan Blvd, Pasdaran Blvd, Sadra New City, Shiraz 71994-67985, Iran

Address 2: Gastroenterohepatology Research Center (GEHRC); 9th floor, Pagooheshi Borj; Namazi Hospital, P.O.Box 71935-1311 Shiraz, Iran

Tel: +9871133440000

E-mail: niknamramin@yahoo.com

Fax: +98-71-3647-4307

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Current Position
  • Associate professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Education

1990-1997: Guilan University of medical sciences; M.D.

2003-2007: Kermanshah University of medical sciences; Board Certified in Internal Medicine.

2009-2011: Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Board Certified in Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Subspecialty in Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Current and past experiences
  1. Member of Gastroenterohepatology Research Center (GEHRC – SUMS)
  2. Member of the Supreme Council of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2018- 2020
  3. Research Director of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2017-2018
  4. Member of the Supreme Council for Drug Abuse, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2017-2019
  5. Head of research clinic of Celiac disease in SUMS from 2016
  6. Head of Clinical Research Development Center of Nemazee Hospital,SUMS, 2016-2017
  7. Member of Iranian Association of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  8. Head of Gastroenterology and hepatology ward of Aboo-Ali Sina hospital
  9. Head of post transplantation ward of Aboo-Ali Sina hospital
  10. Editorial Board of Galen Medical Journal
  11. Member of Achalasia group of Digestive Disease Research, Institute, TUMS, 2009 – 2012,
  12. Member of Strategic Committee of Education Development Center (EDC- KUMS), 2006-2007
  13. Member of Gifted and talent Committee, KUMS, 2006-2007
  14. Chief of medical and health center, BUMS, 1998-1999
Interests and Activities
  1. Education of medical sciences
  2. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
  3. Interventional Endoscopy
  4. Research in medical sciences
  5. Liver transplantation
Innovation

Cooperation in implementation of standard practice guidelines for costly medications usage in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Publications
  1. The pregnancy-associated gastric cancer: a case report and review of the literature. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2020 Jan 20:1-2. Niknam R, Haghighat S, Mokhtari M.
  1. The Association Between Prolonged Proton Pump Inhibitors Use and Bone Mineral Density. December 2019. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy Mohammad reza Fattahi, Ramin Niknam, Mesbah Shams[…]
  1. Helicobacter pylori, Endoscopic, And Histologic Features Among Kidney Transplant Candidates In Southern Iran. November 2019. Infection and Drug Resistance Ramin Niknam, Maryam Barfei, Laleh Mahmoudi
  1. Community pharmacists’ knowledge, attitude, and practice of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): the impact of training courses. June 2019 Laleh Mahmoudi, Mojtaba Shafiekhani, Hamed Dehghanpour, Ramin Niknam
  1. Economic impact of pharmacist interventions on correction of stress-related mucosal damage prophylaxis practice. January 2019ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research Laleh Mahmoudi, Rahim Mohammadi, Ramin Niknam
  1. Relationship between Helicobacter Pylori infection and gastric dysplasia: Results from histology of gastric samples in the South of Iran. January 2019Journal of Medical Sciences Ramin Niknam, Alireza Manafi, SeyedAlireza Taghavi
  1. Diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma in primary sclerosing cholangitis. May 2018; Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Seyed Alireza Taghavi, Ahad Eshraghian, Ramin Niknam,Kamran B Lankarani
  1. Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori in Southern Part of Iran. Apr 2018 Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology Ramin Niknam, Mohammad reza Fattahi, Masood Sepehrimanesh, Ali Reza Safarpour
  1. Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal Granular Cell Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine. Volume 2017, Article ID 1071623, 4 pages Ramin Niknam, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, and Bita Geramizadeh
  1. Anatomical Variations of the Biliary Tree Found with Endoscopic Retrograde Cholagiopancreatography in a Referral Center in Southern Iran. Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases/ Vol.9/ No.4/October 2017. Seyed Alireza Taghavi, Ramin Niknam, Seyed Ehsan Alavi, Fardad Ejtehadi, Gholam Reza Sivandzadeh, Ahad Eshraghian.
  1. High efficacy of gemifloxacin-containing therapy in Helicobacter Pylori eradication: A pilot empirical second-line rescue therapy. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Oct;95(42):e4410. Mahmoudi L, Farshad S, Seddigh M, Mahmoudi P, Ejtehadi F, Niknam R
  1. Susceptibility testing of Helicobacter pylori: Comparison of E-test and Disk Diffusion for Metronidazole and Mutations in rdxA gene sequences of Helicobacter pylori strains.Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences; 2015 Laleh mahmoudi, Forough sharifzadeh, Sarah Mousavi, Bahman Pourabbas, Ramin Niknam
  1. The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome In Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; A Population-Based Study. Middle East J Dig Dis. 2016 Apr;8(2):131-7. doi: 10.15171/mejdd.2016.18. Fattahi MR1, Niknam R1, Safarpour A1, Sepehrimanesh M1, Lotfi M2.
  1. Self-medication of irritable bowel syndrome and dyspepsia: How appropriate is it? J Res Pharm Pract. 2016 Apr-Jun;5(2):121-5. Niknam R, Mousavi S, Safarpour A, Mahmoudi L, Mahmoudi P.
  1. Three Living Fasciola Hepatica in the Biliary Tract of a Woman. IJMS,Vol 40, No 5, September 2015 Ramin Niknam · Mohammad Hassan Kazemi · Laleh Mahmoudi
  1. The association between gastric endoscopic findings and histologic premalignant lesions in the Iranian rural population. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 May;94(17):e715. Niknam R, Manafi A, Fattahi MR, Mahmoudi L.
  1. Implementation of Pharmaceutical Practice Guidelines by a Project Model Based: Clinical and Economic Impact. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Oct;94(42):e1744. Mahmoudi L, Karamikhah R, Mahdavinia A, Samiei H, Petramfar P, Niknam R.
  1. Monitoring of Thromboembolic Events Prophylaxis: Where Do We Stand? Trends in Phramaceutical Sciences 2015 Laleh Mahmoudi, Soha Namazi, Shiva Nemati, Ramin Niknam
  1. Management of gastroesophageal reflux disease in adults. Trends in Phramaceutical Sciences 2015 Ramin Niknam, Alireza Manafi, Sahar Khazforoosh, Laleh Mahmoudi
  1. Is endoscopic nodular gastritis associated with premalignant lesions? Neth J Med. 2015 Jun;73(5):236-41 Niknam R, Manafi A, Maghbool M, Kouhpayeh A, Mahmoudi L.
  1. Incidental Diagnosis of Appendiceal Abscess by Colonoscopy; A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Middle East J Dig Dis. 2015 Apr;7(2):94-7. Niknam R, Fattahi MR, Mahmoudi L.
  1. Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Patients With Dyspepsia. Jundishapur J Microbiol. 2014 Oct;7(10):e12676. doi: 10.5812/jjm.12676. Epub 2014 Oct 1. Niknam R, Seddigh M, Fattahi MR, Dehghanian A, Mahmoudi L.
  1. Ethanolamine oleate in resistant idiopathic achalasia: a novel therapy. European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology 23 (12), 1111-1115 R Niknam, J Mikaeli, N Mehrabi, L Mahmoudi, E Elahi, S Shirani
  1. Influence of sepsis on higher daily dose of amikacin pharmacokinetics in critically ill patients. European review for medical and pharmacological sciences 17 (3), 285-291 L Mahmoudi, AH Mohammadpour, A Ahmadi, R Niknam, …
  1. Hemobilia due to rupture of hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm. Acta Medica Iranica 49 (9), 633-636 R Niknam, R Afrough, L Mahmoudi
  1. Ethanolamine oleate as a novel therapy is effective in resistant idiopathic achalasia. Diseases of the Esophagus R Niknam, J Mikaeli, N Fazlollahi, L Mahmoudi, N Mehrabi, S Shirani, …
  1. An Incidentally Swallowed Toothbrush. Archives of Iranian medicine 15 (3), 177 R Niknam, L Mahmoudi, S Nasseri-Moghaddam
  1. Limited sampling strategy for estimation of amikacin optimal sampling time in critically ill adults. Anaesthesia and intensive care 42 (2), 228-233 L Mahmoudi, A Mohammadpour, R Niknam, A Ahmadi, M Mojtahedzdeh
  1. Acute Cholangitis due to Anomaly of Right Hepatic Artery. Acta Medica Iranica 51 (12), 910-912 R Niknam, L Mahmoudi, R Ansari
  1. Optimal aminoglycoside therapy following the sepsis: how much is too much? Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research: IJPR 12 (2), 261 L Mahmoudi, R Niknam, S Mousavi, A Ahmadi, H Honarmand, S Ziaie.
  1. Diffuse Melanoma of the Stomach and Duodenum: A Case Report. Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases (MEJDD) 3 (2), 131-134 R Niknam, M Saberifiroozi, L Mahmoudi, ZF Tehrani
  1. A Case with a Fistula Draining into the Stomach due to Retained Surgical Gauze. Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases (MEJDD) 2 (2), 116-117 R Niknam, L Mahmoudi, S Nasiri, S Merat
Presentation and Publications in Congress and TV
  1. Lecture: Post liver transplantation biliary complications; Transplantation congress, Tehran, 2018
  2. Panel: Liver transplantation; Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2018
  3. Panel: Peri-anal disorder; Surgery congress; Shiraz, 2017
  4. Panel: Portal vein thrombosis; Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2017
  5. IBD: Radio and TV; 2017
  6. Panel: Budd-Chiari syndrome; Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2016
  7. Poster: Esophageal candidiasis and helicobacter pylori infection; Niknam Ramin, Mahmoudi Laleh. Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2015
  1. Poster: Inappropriate drug use in patients with gastrointestinal diseases; Niknam Ramin, Mahmoudi Laleh, Safarpour Ali Reza. Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2015
  1. Poster: A case-control study about the association of gallstone disease and metabolic syndrome; Ramin Niknam • Mohammadreza Fattahi • Masood Sepehrimanesh • Ali Reza Safarpour . Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2015
  1. Lecture: Treatment of coagulopathy in cirrhosis, Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2015
  2. Lecture in workshop: Lower GI endoscopy, Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2015.
  3. Poster: Estimation of Helicobacter pylori positivity in peoples who lived in Kavar city, southern of Iran. Ramin Niknam • Mohammadreza Fattahi • Masood Sepehrimanesh • Ali Reza Safarpour. Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2015
  4. Poster: A population based study about the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in non-alcoholic fatty liver syndrome. Ramin Niknam • Mohammadreza Fattahi • Masood Sepehrimanesh • Ali Reza Safarpour
  5. GERD; TV; 2014
  6. Dyspepsia; TV; 2014
  7. GI tumors; TV; 2014
  8. Poster: Ramin Niknam, Laleh Mahmoudi, and Amirreza Dehghanian; Recent prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in south of Iran; Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology & Hepatology , Tehran-2013
  9. Poster: Ramin Niknam, Javad Mikaeli, Narges Mehrabi, Laleh Mahmoudi,Elham Elahi, Shapoor Shirani, Reza Malekzadeh ; Ethanolamine oleate in resistant idiopathic achalasia: a novel therapy; 19th United European Gastroenterology Week – UEGW Stockholm /Sweden /October, 2011; Poster
  10. Poster: Ramin Niknam, Javad Mikaeli, Narges Mehrabi, Laleh Mahmoudi,Elham Elahi, Shapoor Shirani, Reza Malekzadeh ; Ethanolamine oleate in resistant idiopathic achalasia: a novel therapy; 11th Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology & Hepatology , 2011; Poster
  11. Poster: Javad Mikaeli, Ramin Niknam, Narges Mehrabi, Laleh Mahmoudi, Narges Fazlollahi, Shapour Shirani, Reza Malekzadeh, Morteza Khatibian, Rasoul Sotoudehmanesh;ETHANOLAMINE OLEATE AS A NOVEL THERAPY IS EFFECTIVE IN RESISTANT IDIOPATHIC ACHALASIA; 20th United European Gastroenterology Week – UEGW Amsterdam;Monday, October 22, 2012; Free Paper Session
  12. Poster: Javad Mikaeli, Seyed Mohsen Dehghani, Shapoor Shirani, Narges Fazlollahi, Narges Mehrabi, Morteza Khatibian, Rasoul Sotoudehmanesh, Ramin Niknam;TIMED BARIUM OESOPHAGRAM AND CLINICAL SYMPTOMS CONCORDANCE IN ACHALASIA PATIENTS TREATED BY PNEUMATIC BALLOON DILATION: LONG-TERM FOLLOW UP; 20th United European Gastroenterology Week – UEGW Amsterdam; Wednesday, October 24, 2012;
  13. Poster and Presentation of Abstracts: Javad Mikaeli, Ramin Niknam, Narges Mehrabi, Laleh Mahmoudi, Narges Fazlollahi, Reza Malekzadeh, Shapour Shirani; Ethanolamine oleate as a novel therapy is effective in resistant idiopathic achalasia ; Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology & Hepatology , 2012;
  14. Lecture: Double balloon endoscopy; 10th Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology & Hepatology , Tehran-2010
  15. Publication of Book; Nutrition in gastrointestinal and liver diseases (Book); Kamran Bagheri lankarani, Ramin Niknam and others, 2013