dR.ZAHRA RAUOFI
Dr. Zahra Raoufi | Gynecologist
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Dr. Zahra Raoufi | Gynecologist
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 1360-1367-
- Medical intern, Namazi, Saadi and Hafez Hospital, 1366-1367.
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Assistant, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Namazi, Saadi and Hafez Hospital, 1367 – 1371.
- Infertility expert (IVF), Shahid Sadouqi University, Yazd IVF Center 1371-1372.
- Advanced laparoscopy course at St. Luke’s Roosevelt University, Columbia University, New York, 2009.
Dr. Zahra Raoufi
Professional medical history:
October 2002 – until now, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Member of the faculty of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Infertility Center.
*Participation in setting up the infertility center of Rasool Hospital (PBUH) of the University of Iran.
*Participation in setting up the Infertility Center of Akbarabadi Hospital, University of Iran.
* Training the specialists, assistants, medical and paramedical students in the field of gynecology, childbirth, infertility.
*Training assistants of obstetrics and gynecology department and medical students.
* Performing gynecological, infertility, ART and laparohysteroscopy procedures in Dey, Atiyeh, Madaran, Mostafa Khomeini, Rasool, Akbarabadi hospitals.
*Participating in holding the Congress of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Infertility as a faculty member of the Congress.
*Member of the Research Committee of the Gynecology and Obstetrics and Infertility Department of Iran University of Medical Sciences
October 1992 – June 1997 and November 1999 – September 2002, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Scientific staff of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department and Yazd Infertility Center
*35 years of experience in managing infertile couples, induced ovulation, egg pickup and embryo transfer.
* Training the specialists, assistants, medical and paramedical students in the field of gynecology, childbirth, infertility, and vaginal ultrasound
*ART laboratory experiments
* Performing treatments for gynecological diseases, infertility, ART and laparohysteroscopy in Mahdiyeh, Lulagar, Tehran and Madar, Gudarz, Seyed Shohada, Bahman and Shahid Beheshti hospitals in Yazd.
*Vaginal ultrasound training at the workshop of the 7th Infertility Congress in January 1997 in Yazd.
July 1998 – December 1999, Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education
*Participation in conducting research in the field of reproductive health.
* Coordination between the reproductive health research centers of the provinces.
July 1997 – June 1998, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Tehran. Iran.
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department and Infertility Center.
*Active participation in setting up the infertility treatment center of Mahdieh Hospital in Tehran.
Professional associations:
Member of the Iranian Obstetrics and Gynecology Association
Member of the Society of Iranian Surgeons
Member of the American, European and Middle East Association of Infertility Specialists
Sabbatical leave at Columbia University:
Medical supervision program in minimally invasive gynecological and robotic surgeries.
St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University Hospital, New York, USA 2009
Reviewer of medical journals:
Reviewer of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Healthcare Services Journal
Referee of Iranian Journal of Fertility Medicine
Referee of Iranian Nursing Journal
Journalist of Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Lectures and scientific presentations:
Comparison of thyroid hormones between normal and preeclamptic pregnancies in EPHAR Manchester, UK, 2008
Metformin and pregnancy at the 5th World Ovulation Induction Congress, Rome, Italy, 2007
Laparoscopy in infertility in the 10th Congress of Mediterranean and Middle East Endoscopic Surgery and the 8th Annual Congress of the Iranian Association of Endoscopic Surgeons, May 2014, Tehran, Iran.
Indications for ART in the 38th Clinical Congress of Iranian Surgeons Association, May 2014, Tehran. Iran
The effect of ovarian cysts on the results of intracytoplasmic sperm injection in the 3rd Iran Obstetrics and Gynecology Congress, November 1997, Tehran, Iran.
Stem cells and cloning in the 5th International Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, December 2003, Tehran, Iran.
Disadvantages of zift in the 6th International Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, November 2005, Tehran, Iran.
The effects of pretreatment with oral contraceptive pills on the formation of ovarian cysts with GnRH-a and with the topic of subsequent implantation and pregnancy rate in ART cycles in the 9th Iran Fertility and Infertility Congress, October 2001, Yazd, Iran.
Minimal monitoring of ART cycles at the International Infertility Congress, January 1997 in Yazd.
PCO and ART in the 15th Fertility and Infertility Congress of Iran, February 2009, Tehran, Iran.
Continuous training of gynecology, maternity and infertility specialists and fellowships in the following topics:
*Benign diseases of the cervix February 2001
*Benign uterine diseases, February 2001
* Family arrangement December 2003
* Causes of infertility January 2003
*Ovulation induction September 2004
*Side effects of ovulation induction drugs December 2005
* Ambiguous external genitalia July 2006
* Amenorrhea, April 2007
* Absence of ovulation, April 2008
*Relaxing the pelvic muscles, December 2008
*Overstimulated Ovary Medications, February 2009
* Ultrasound in obstetrics, January 2010
*Androgen-producing tumors, February 2010
*Treatment of PCO, January 2011
*Medical and surgical treatment in PCO June 2011
*Sexual diseases January 2012
* Pathophysiology of anovulation 2013
* Gonadotropin therapy monitoring 2013
Published articles:
Raoufi. Z. Minimum monitoring of ART cycles. Journal of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, year 4, number 3, winter 1997
Raoufi. Zahra Platonian A. Effect of ovarian cysts on intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) results. Journal of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, year 8, number 3, fall 2000
Zahra Raoufi and Abbas Platonian. Ovarian cyst formation during depot formulation of GnRH-a therapy and the effect of pretreatment with oral contraceptive pills on subsequent implantation and pregnancy rates in ART cycles. Iranian Pharmaceutical Research Journal, Spring 2008
Zahra Raoufi and Nahid Azamgan. A preliminary approach to the traditional method in the superior transverse septum of the vagina, accepted in Journal of Pelvic Medicine and Surgery 2009
Zahra Raoufi, Anahita Jalilian, Mansoura Shabani Zanjani, Seyede Paniz Parvar, Seyed Pegah Parvar. Comparison of thyroid hormone levels between normal and preeclamptic pregnancies. Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, no. 28, No. 1, February 2014
Zahra Raoufi, Maleehe Barchinejad, Laden Haghighi. Value of Chlamydia trachomatis negative antibody in predicting at least one normal tube in infertile women. Clinical and experimental midwifery and childbirth
Laden Haghighi, Huma Hammam, Zahra Raoufi, Zahra Najmi, Intravaginal isosorbide dinitrate or misoprostol for cervical absorption before induction of labor Journal, Volume, Number: Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics: (Accepted)
Raoufi: Laparoscopic evacuation of hematocolpus in the upper transverse septum of the vagina and preparation of the patient for septum removal. 11th World Congress on Human Reproduction, Montreal, Canada, 2002
Platonists A. Raoufi Z. Amir Arjamand M, Soleimani. M., Moghimi, F. Effect of hatch shingles on ART. 7th Fertility and Infertility Congress, Yazd, 1997
Raoufi. Z. Minimal monitoring of ART cycles. 8th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Middle East Fertility Society, Bahrain, 2001
Raoufi. Zahra. Platonists A. Diagnostic accuracy of sonohysterography in uterine cavity defects and tubal patency compared to the results of laparoscopy and hysteroscopy as gold standards. 8th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Middle East Fertility Society, Bahrain, 2001
Raoufi. Zahra. Platonists A. Effect of ovarian cysts on intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) results. 9th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Middle East Fertility Association, Cairo, 2002
Raoufi. Z. Comparison between HMG and HMG+ GnRH-a stimulation protocols in 100 sessions of ICSI 4th World Congress on Obstetrics and Gynecology and Infertility, Berlin, Germany, April 2003
Raoufi. Z. Gonococcal culture for patients with cervical discharge. 2nd Iranian Microbiology Congress, Yazd, Iran, 1996
Raoufi. Z. Aflatounian. Effects of pretreatment with oral contraceptive pills on the formation of ovarian cysts with GnRH-a and on implantation and subsequent pregnancy rates in ART cycles. 11th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Fertility Society, Dead Sea, Jordan, 2004
Raoufi. Z. Sexuality in educated and uneducated women. Fourth Annual Comprehensive Review of Sexual Medicine, Vancouver, Canada, 2006
Raoufi. Homam. Effect of metformin on ovulation and pregnancy in PCO: 5th World Ovulation Induction Congress, Rome, Italy, 2007, oral presentation
Z Raoufi. A. Jalilian. Comparison of thyroid hormones in normal and preeclamptic pregnancies. EPHAR Manchester, UK, 2008, oral presentation
* Effectiveness and acceptance of depot medroxyprogesterone in Tehran in the first year of use
* Death and complications of abortion in Tehran
* Effectiveness and acceptance of natural family planning in urban women.
* Awareness of health care personnel about contraceptive methods in health care centers in Tehran
* The effect of herbal medicines on the amount of human milk
Theses of medical assistants:
* Incidence of dysmenorrhea in medical students, 1991
* Incidence and cause of placental abruption in patients referred to Bahman Hospital in 1996
*ART results in patients of different ages. Accepted in the journal of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, 1997
*Effect of diagnostic laparoscopy in changing the initial treatment plan in infertile patients with normal hysterosalpingography at the 33rd AAGL annual meeting, 2004 (accepted)
* Effect of metformin on ovulation and pregnancy in PCO patients, 2006
* Comparison of thyroid hormones between normal and preeclamptic pregnancies, 2007 Accepted for oral presentation at the World Congress on Maternal and Child Health, Barcelona, Spain, 2010
* Pregnancy outcome in pregnant women with medication or ART compared to spontaneous pregnancy, 2008
*The value of negative chlamydia trachomatis antibody (Ab) in predicting at least one normal tube in infertile women, 2010