Mohammad Hosein Motamedi
Dr. Mohammad Hosein Kalantar Motamedi is a Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Trauma Research Center, and formerly attending faculty of OMF Surgery at AUMS, Tehran. He received his American Diploma from Pennington High School, in Pennington, VA, USA (honor student) and his Iranian Diploma from Hurr High School in Tehran (honor student). After graduation he was accepted at the University of Houston, Texas, USA (1978) where he studied predent. Two years later he transferred to the University of Tehran College of dentistry where he received his Doctorate of Dental Surgery Degree (DDS) in 1985. He applied and was accepted for Residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at SBUMS from 1986-1991, and was valedictorian of the National Board Exam in 1991. In 1995 he completed his fellowship at the University of Basel, Switzerland; he obtained full Professorship in 2007. He has published 25 books, 61 international conferences proceedings, supervised 63 doctorate dissertations, and published 190 papers indexed in PUBMED with an h-index of 25. He is Editor-in-Chief of TRAUMA MONTHLY journal and one of the founders of the BMSU Trauma Research Center and more recently the Craniomaxillofacial Research Center. He was granted 1st place prize at the Bagher Alum National Research Festival in 2010 and awarded 2nd Place Prize at the 16th International Razi Research Festival on Medical Sciences. The Iranian Society of OMF Surgeons awarded him “Most Published” in 2009 and 2010, and he was chosen for membership in the National Elite Foundation. In 2013 he was accepted in the Academy of Medical Sciences and he is listed in the Marquis Book \'Who’s Who in the World” (1999-2023).