The Educational Council of the School of Medicine meets periodically to discuss and investigate several educational issues. The most important responsibilities of this council include the following:

  • Planning and paving the way to implement the decrees issued by the Vice-Chancellery for Education or the Educational Council of LUMS
  • Determining the educational policies of the School of Medicine based on the bylaws of LUMS
  • Examining and approving the educational plans of the School and presenting them to the Educational Council of LUMS
  • Addressing the educational issues of students, and developing an efficient educational strategy to resolve their problems
  • Coordinating the educational affairs of the departments
  • Making executive decisions to coordinate and adjust the time and duration of education and research at the School
  • Determining the employment of new faculty members and submitting the demands to the Vice-Chancellery for Education in order to meet the requirements of the departments
  • Specifying the annual number of admitted and recruited students and presenting the final decision to the Vice-Chancellery for Education
  • Discussing the issues referred to the Educational Council by the Dean or Vice-Deans of the School

 

Members of the Educational Council

Name

Position

Dr. Ghafar Ali Mahmoudi

Dean of the School of Medicine

Dr. Shirzad Fallahi

Vice-Dean for Basic Sciences

Dr. Azita Zafar Mohtasham

Vice-Dean for Clinical Sciences

Dr. Hasan Ahmadvand

Vide-Dean for Research

Dr. Mandana Beigi Boroujeni

head of the Department of Anatomy

Dr. Asadollah Tavakoli

head of the Department of Physiology

Dr. Somayeh Delfani

head of the Department of Microbiology

Dr. Khatereh Anbari

head of the Department of Community Medicine

Dr. Sadegh Rezapour

a faculty member of the Department of Biochemistry and Genetics

Dr. Farhad Shasavar

a faculty member of the Department of Immunology

Dr. Mehrdad Veiskarami

head of the Department of Islamic Studies

Dr. Farnaz Kheirandish

head of the Department of Parasitology

Dr. Mostafa Moradi Sarabi

head of the Department of Laboratory Sciences

Dr. Ali Mohammad Varzi

head of the Department of Immunology

Dr. Maryam Hormozi

head of the Department of Biochemistry and Genetics

Dr. Sayyad Khanizadeh

head of the Department of Virology

Maryam Nazari

administrator of the Department of Education