Curriculum Vitae Personal Information Name: Ramin Niknam Associate professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology MD Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) Completion date: 2020 Publications of Articles 1. COVID-19 in Liver Transplant Patients: Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature. International Medical Case Reports Journal 2020:13 2. Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components with Severity of Acute Pancreatitis. Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, 2020:13 3. Association Between Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Metabolic Syndrome with Gallstone Disease, South Iran: A Population-Based Study. Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, 2020:13 4. Socioeconomic - related inequalities in overweight and obesity: findings from the PERSIAN cohort study. BMC Public Health; (2020) 20:214 5. A preliminary report on the use of Midodrine in treating refractory gastroesophageal disease: Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial. Acta Biomed 2020; Vol. 91, N. 1: 70-78 1 6. Leiomyosarcoma of the Inferior Vena Cava with Cardiac Extension; A Rare Cause of Acute Liver Failure. Govaresh/ Vol. 25, No.1, Spring 2020; 73-76. 7. The pregnancy-associated gastric cancer: a case report and review of the literature. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2020 Jan 20:1-2. 8. The Association Between Prolonged Proton Pump Inhibitors Use and Bone Mineral Density. December 2019. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy Helicobacter pylori, Endoscopic, And Histologic Features Among Kidney Transplant Candidates In Southern Iran. Infection and Drug Resistance. November 2019. 9. Community pharmacists’ knowledge, attitude, and practice of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): the impact of training courses. June 2019 10. Economic impact of pharmacist interventions on correction of stress-related mucosal damage prophylaxis practice. January 2019. ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research 11. Relationship between Helicobacter Pylori infection and gastric dysplasia: Results from histology of gastric samples in the South of Iran. January 2019Journal of Medical Sciences 12. Diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma in primary sclerosing cholangitis. May 2018; Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 13. Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori in Southern Part of Iran. Apr 2018. Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology 14. 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 15. 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. 16. High efficacy of gemifloxacin-containing therapy in Helicobacter Pylori eradication: A pilot empirical second-line rescue therapy. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Oct;95(42):e4410. 17. 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 2 18. 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. 19. Self-medication of irritable bowel syndrome and dyspepsia: How appropriate is it? J Res Pharm Pract. 2016 Apr-Jun;5(2):121-5. 20. Three Living Fasciola Hepatica in the Biliary Tract of a Woman. IJMS,Vol 40, No 5, September 2015 21. The association between gastric endoscopic findings and histologic premalignant lesions in the Iranian rural population. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 May;94(17):e715. 22. Implementation of Pharmaceutical Practice Guidelines by a Project Model Based: Clinical and Economic Impact. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Oct;94(42):e1744. 23. Monitoring of Thromboembolic Events Prophylaxis: Where Do We Stand? Trends in Phramaceutical Sciences 2015 24. Management of gastroesophageal reflux disease in adults. Trends in Phramaceutical Sciences 2015 25. Is endoscopic nodular gastritis associated with premalignant lesions? Neth J Med. 2015 Jun;73(5):236-41 26. 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. 27. 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. 28. Ethanolamine oleate in resistant idiopathic achalasia: a novel therapy. European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology 23 (12), 1111-1115 29. 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 30. Hemobilia due to rupture of hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm. Acta Medica Iranica 49 (9), 633-636 31. Ethanolamine oleate as a novel therapy is effective in resistant idiopathic achalasia. Diseases of the Esophagus. 3 32. An Incidentally Swallowed Toothbrush. Archives of Iranian medicine 15 (3), 177 33. Limited sampling strategy for estimation of amikacin optimal sampling time in critically ill adults. Anaesthesia and intensive care 42 (2), 228-233 34. Acute Cholangitis due to Anomaly of Right Hepatic Artery. Acta Medica Iranica 51 (12), 910-912 35. Optimal aminoglycoside therapy following the sepsis: how much is too much? Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research: IJPR 12 (2), 261 36. Diffuse Melanoma of the Stomach and Duodenum: A Case Report. Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases (MEJDD) 3 (2), 131-134 37. 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 Presentation and Publications in Congress and TV 1. Abstract: Prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in kidney transplantation candidates. Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2019 2. Lecture: Post liver transplantation biliary complications; Transplantation congress, Tehran, 2018 3. Lecture/Panel: Liver transplantation; Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2018 4. Lecture/Panel: Peri-anal disorder; Surgery congress; Shiraz, 2017 5. Lecture/Panel: Portal vein thrombosis; Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2017 6. Radio and TV 2017- Live lecture-IBD 7. Lecture/Panel: Budd-Chiari syndrome; Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2016 8. Poster: Esophageal candidiasis and helicobacter pylori infection Niknam Ramin, Mahmoudi Laleh. Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2015 9. Poster: Inappropriate drug use in patients with gastrointestinal diseases Niknam Ramin, Mahmoudi Laleh, Safarpour Ali Reza. Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2015 10. Poster: A case-control study about the association of gallstone disease and metabolic syndrome 4 Ramin Niknam • Mohammadreza Fattahi • Masood Sepehrimanesh • Ali Reza Safarpour . Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2015 11. Lecture: Treatment of coagulopathy in cirrhosis, Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2015 12. Lecture in workshop: Lower GI endoscopy, Congress of Iranian Assiciation of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, 2015. 13. 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 14. 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 15. TV 2014, Live lecture, GERD 16. TV 2014, Live lecture, Dyspepsia 17. TV 2014, Live lecture, GI tumors 18. 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 19. 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 20. 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 21. 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 5 RESISTANT IDIOPATHIC ACHALASIA; 20th United European Gastroenterology Week - UEGW Amsterdam;Monday, October 22, 2012; Free Paper Session 22. 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; 23. Poster and Presentation of Abstracts: Javad Mikaeli, Ramin Niknam, Narges Mehrabi, Laleh Mahmoudi,