Cardiovascular Research Center

Cardiovascular Research Center (CRC), a part of the DRT, is the medical research agency making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.

Director

Dr. Ali Ghaemian, Ph.D., is the director of the research center

Email: a.ghaemian@mazums.ac.ir

Center Leadership

Research center leadership plays an active role in shaping the agency's research planning, activities, and outlook.

Dr. Maryam Nabati

Email: maryam.nabati@mazums.ac.ir

Partner Organizations

The list of organizations we work within research affairs

- Deputy of research and technology – without signing a contract

- Deputy of health – without signing a contract

- Research and education deputy of Fatemeh Zahra hospital – without signing a contract

- Other research centers of Mazandaran University of medical science – without signing a contract

- Faculties of Mazandaran University of medical science - without signing a contract

Members Directory

Experts

Mahna Gholami Gorzini

Mahnaneh Gholami Gorzini

Members of the Council

Members of the Center

Center at a glance

Vision

We plan to be recognized as the best cardiology hospital in the north of the country in accordance to the Five-year vision plan document of Mazandaran University of medical science and the related ministry.

Mission

The mission of the center is to create the necessary infrastructure and environment for researchers to do the community’s required fundamental and applied studies with cardiovascular diseases on top of their priorities in order to improve the public health in the community, and produce science by utilizing the capabilities of researchers and professors, advanced equipment and facilities and forming relationship with domestic and foreign research centers within the boundaries of ethical standards in research.

 Goals

Cardiovascular diseases are some of the new challenges of this age regarding the changes in lifestyles. Statistics reveal that a heart attack is the most likely reason for people’s death. Every year, 17.3 million people lose their lives due to cardiovascular diseases; this means, on average, every 1.8 seconds someone passes away because of this problem.

Only in Mazandaran, cardiovascular problems cause the death of 16 people every day. Many of these cases, however, can be prevented as among all non-contagious diseases, the risks of cardiovascular diseases are the most preventable of all. The cardiology research center of Mazandaran has aligned all its efforts to guard against cardiovascular diseases especially the coronary artery diseases with the following goals:

- Developing and implementing human science in cardiology

- Doing fundamental epidemiologic and clinical researches to reform the country’s healthcare system in order to respond to the needs of the community

- Collecting, sorting and classifying documents and essays and publishing them

- Training research human force in the field of cardiology

- Motivating, encouraging and employing researchers

- Attempting to attract the attention and contribution of related research and administrative centers across the country

- Academic cooperating with research and educational centers in other countries and international organizations observing the laws and regulations of the Islamic Republic of Iran

 Ongoing Activities

- Selecting and notifying the members of the research council and the academic staff

- Consulting with professors and the academic staff to improve the quality of studies

- Consulting with other research centers in the university and country and visiting Rajaee cardiology research center and the cardiology center of Tehran

- Coordinating the congress of cardiology on a national scale

- Equipping the center with necessary hardware facilities and directing the human workforce

- Holding meetings in the research council of the center

- Holding meetings with the deputy of research in order to achieve the goals of the center

- Holding a meeting with the IT chairman of the university and HIS supporting companies in order to upgrade the current software or produce new software

- Creating RFP forms with the help of the experts in the office of technology and their initial confirmation

- Holding meetings with the deputy of health about the cooperation of family doctors with Registry HTN

- Holding meetings with the president of the university and all deputies in order to coordinate and boost the process of reaching the center’s goals

- Setting up the software for recording the information of high blood pressure patients

- Working with the cohort center of Mazandaran to make it possible for our academic staff to have access to the data collected by them

- Creating a form for recording the initial information of patients including 150 different variables and saving it in the form of Excel spreadsheet with reporting capabilities

- Creating the center’s hyperlink on the web site of the university

- Reviewing the web sites of all other research centers across the country and asking for experts’ comments

- Designing the web site of the center and completing the activation information

- Publishing the latest medical information on the web site

- Annually evaluating the essays conducted by the academic staff of the cardiology research center

- Cooperating with Mazandaran University of medical science

- Collaborating to carry out educational accreditation

- Helping to coordinate the action plan for the cardiology research center

- Making a flowchart for identifying research problems and doing research activities

- Conducting a list of the center’s research priorities and reviewing it annually

- Creating the working schedule for the center’s counselors

- Sending experts to the deputy of research to teach the process of research

- Holding courses on Syat (research automation integrated system), SPSS and etc

- Managing affairs regarding the Syat system and easing research activities for students and professors

- Cooperating with researchers according to their duties

- Creating CVs for the academic staff and keeping them up to date

- Informing and emphasizing on the execution of plans after obtaining the ethics code from the Ethics Committee of the university

- Supervising the progress of research projects after registering them at the cardiology research center

- Insisting on the addition of the center’s affiliation to the publications of the academic staff

History

The cardiology research center of Mazandaran was founded on March 16, 2015, after obtaining its permit (No 3757) from the extension council of ministry of health and medical education. The center started its activities in April 2015 with the aim to expand and develop research in cardiology, and offer proper solutions for healthcare affairs. The cardiology research center is located within Hazrat Fatemeh cardiology hospital on Artesh Boulevard in Sari, Mazandaran, and is chaired by Dr. Ali Ghaemian who holds an international fellowship in cardiology, in addition to being a professor in Mazandaran University of medical science. Enjoying decent multimedia and computer equipment and seasoned research experts, this center is ready to offer its contributions to all research plans.

Contact us

Please note

We do not provide medical advice or referrals to practitioners. Decisions about medical care and treatment should be made in consultation with a health care provider, based on the condition and needs of each person

The phones are monitored Saturday through Wednesday from 09:00 a.m.– 14:00 p.m.

Telephone : +98 - 01133314086

Fax : +98 01133324002

Email : arc@mazums.ac.ir

Address : Mazandaran Heart Center, Artesh Blvd., Sari, Mazandaran, Iran