Saeed Reza Ghaffari
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Dr Saeed Reza Ghaffari is an Iran
ian scientist and physician born in 1962, Fasa
, Iran. He graduated from Tehran Medical School in 1986. He received his MSc and PhD degrees in medical Genetics from Glasgow university, UK. He is the first Iranian doctor who obtained MSc, MD and PhD in medical genetics
. He has founded the Iranian Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF Iran), Hope Generation Foundation of Iran, Center for prevention of congenital disorders and developmental delays and the "Gene Clinic". He is the founder of the Electronic Journal of Medical Genetics and current elected head of the Iranian Society of Medical Genetics. Dr Ghaffari has pioneered the Down syndrome and newborn screening programs using Tandem mass spectrometry
(MS/MS) in Iran. "Iranian Genetic Core Facility" designed and established by Dr Ghaffari was opened officially in February 2010 in Imam hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian scientist and physician born in 1962, Fasa
Fasa
Fasa is a city in and the capital of Fasa County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 90,251, in 22,097 families.-Colleges and universities:*# *# *# *#...
, Iran. He graduated from Tehran Medical School in 1986. He received his MSc and PhD degrees in medical Genetics from Glasgow university, UK. He is the first Iranian doctor who obtained MSc, MD and PhD in medical genetics
Medical genetics
Medical genetics is the specialty of medicine that involves the diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders. Medical genetics differs from Human genetics in that human genetics is a field of scientific research that may or may not apply to medicine, but medical genetics refers to the...
. He has founded the Iranian Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF Iran), Hope Generation Foundation of Iran, Center for prevention of congenital disorders and developmental delays and the "Gene Clinic". He is the founder of the Electronic Journal of Medical Genetics and current elected head of the Iranian Society of Medical Genetics. Dr Ghaffari has pioneered the Down syndrome and newborn screening programs using Tandem mass spectrometry
Tandem mass spectrometry
Tandem mass spectrometry, also known as MS/MS or MS2, involves multiple steps of mass spectrometry selection, with some form of fragmentation occurring in between the stages.-Tandem MS instruments:...
(MS/MS) in Iran. "Iranian Genetic Core Facility" designed and established by Dr Ghaffari was opened officially in February 2010 in Imam hospital, Tehran, Iran.