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Mohammad Farivar, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.G.
886 Washington Street
Norwood, MA 02062
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TEL: 781-769-3200
FAX: 781-769-7797
E-Mail: m1945f@gmail.com
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Associate Professor
of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine |
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2001 |
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Lecturer on Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
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Licensure and Certification: |
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1972 |
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Missouri Medical Licensure |
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1973 |
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Illinois Medical Licensure |
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1974 |
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Michigan Medical Licensure |
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1974 |
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Ohio Medical Licensure |
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1975 |
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Certified, Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal
Medicine |
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1975 |
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Massachusetts Medical Licensure |
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1977 |
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Certified, Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal
Medicine |
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2005 |
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California Medical Licensure |
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Hospital or Affiliated Institution Appointments: |
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1975 |
- present |
Active Staff, Steward Norwood Hospital, Norwood, MA |
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1976 |
- 1988 |
Active Staff, Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, MA
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1978 |
- 1988 |
Active Staff, Pondville and Southwood Community Hospital,
Norfolk, MA |
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1978 |
- 1996 |
Consulting Staff, Westwood Lodge Hospital, Westwood, MA |
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1995 |
- 2001 |
Associate Staff & Consultant in Gastroenterology,
Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA |
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2001 |
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Consultant in Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center |
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2003 |
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Associate Staff, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA |
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2004 |
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Associate Staff, Beth Israel Deaconess, West Campus, Needham,
MA |
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2005 |
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Affiliate Staff, Gastroenterology Division, Brigham & Women's
Hospital |
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2009 |
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Co-founder, Eastern Mass Surgi Center, Norwood, MA |
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Major Administrative
Responsibilities: |
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1982 |
- 1984 |
Director, Quality Assurance Department, Norwood Hospital |
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1983 |
- 1985 |
Secretary of Medical Staff, Member Board of Directors, Norwood
Hospital |
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1987 |
- 1995 |
Chief, Gastroenterology Department & Director
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy |
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Major Committee Assignments: |
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1976 |
- 1980 |
Member, Patient Care Assessment Committee, Norwood Hospital,
Norwood, MA |
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1980 |
- 1985 |
Member, Credential and Ethics Committee, Norwood Hospital |
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1980 |
- 1982 |
Member, Executive Committee, Norwood Hospital |
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1981 |
- 1983 |
Chairman, Evaluation of Patient Care Committee, Norwood Hospital |
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1984 |
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Member, Board of Directors, Southeastern Massachusetts Professional
Standards Review Organization, Inc. (SEMPRO) |
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1984 |
- 1986 |
Member, Board of Trustees, Southwood Community Hospital |
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1986 |
- 1989 |
Member and chairman, Nominating Committee, Norwood Hospital |
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1990 |
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Member, International Medical Graduates Committee of Massachusetts
Medical Society |
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1990 |
- 1996 |
Member, Education Committee, Norwood Hospital 1990-1995 |
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1993 |
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Chairman, New Technology & Development Committee,
Norwood Hospital |
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1996 |
- 1999 |
Chairman, Nominating Committee,
Norwood Hospital |
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Professional Societies: |
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1975 |
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Massachusetts Medical Society Member |
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1976 |
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American Medical Association, Member |
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1976 |
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American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Member |
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1978 |
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American College of Physicians, Fellow |
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1989 |
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American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Member |
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1990 |
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American College of Gastroenterology, Fellow |
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1990 |
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New England Endoscopy Society, Member |
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1992 |
- 1998 |
New York Academy of Sciences, Member |
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1993 |
- 1999 |
Iranian American Medical Association, Member |
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Community Services: |
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1990 |
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President and Founder, Earthquake
Relief Fund for Orphans (www.ERFO.org) |
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1993 |
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Member, National Board of Directors, U.S. Inter-religious
Committee for Peace |
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1995 |
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Consultant, Board of Trustees, Iranian American Medical
Association (IAMA) |
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1997 |
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Member, Board of Trustees, Boston International Foundation
for Medical Education |
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1998 |
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Member, Andover-Harvard Theological Library Committee, Harvard
Divinity School |
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1995 |
- 2010 |
Founder and Web Master of webGERD.com.,
a non-profit web site dedicated to providing useful information to the patients suffering from GERD and physicians
who care for them.
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2000 |
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Member, Steering Committee, The Inter-religious Center on
Public Life, Andover-Newton Theological School and Hebrew College, Brookline,
MA |
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2002 |
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Honoree of the Year, Iranian American Medical Association.
For contribution to the advancement of medical knowledge and IAMA goals,
Chicago, IL, May 26 |
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2002 |
- 2004 |
General Secretary, Iranian American Medical Association |
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2002 |
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Founder Baharan Homes for orphans and street children, now
Negin homes
Www.neginhome.net
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2005 |
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Recipient of 2004 Humanitarian Award, Columbia University
Center for Iranian
Studies, New York, NY
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2005 |
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Speaker for United Nations, on crime prevention at the times
of natural disaster,
in Bangkok, Thailand, April 2005 published in special UN book.
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2006 |
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Co-Founder, Network of Iranians for Knowledge and Innovation
(www.theNIKI.net) |
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Regional, National, & International Contributions
Invited Presentations
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1975 |
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Beneficial Effect of Insulin and Glucagon on Fulminant Murine Hepatitis.
Presented at the AGA plenary session, Miami, FL |
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1982 |
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Efficacy of Colonoscopy in Acute Rectal Bleeding. Presented at the
ASGE plenary session: Chicago, IL |
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1987 |
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Contact Laser Surgery and Endoscopy: Workshop in General Surgery/GI
Endoscopy, Tutor and lecturer, Atlanta, Georgia |
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1987 |
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Contact Laser Surgery and Endoscopy: Workshop in General Surgery/GI
Endoscopy, Tutor and lecturer, Houston, Texas |
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1988 |
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Endoscopic Laser Surgery, Participant and Lecturer,
in the Physicians’ Forum,
Sponsored by Medical University of South Carolina, Granada, Spain |
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1988 |
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Clinical
Endoscopic and Pathologic Manifestations of Bile Reflux Esophagitis. Presented at the New England Endoscopy Society meeting, Cambridge,
MA |
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1990 |
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Nd-YAG Laser Surgery and Endoscopy
in Gastroenterology: Hands-on Tutor and lecturer, St. Mary’s Hospital,
Waterbury, Connecticut |
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1990 |
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Colorectal Cancer diagnosis and management, Organized, Directed
and lectured a weekend CME seminar, sponsored by the American Cancer Society,
and faculties from Dana Farber, MGH at the Norwood Hospital, Norwood, MA |
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1990 |
- 2006 |
National and Local speaker for TAP, Astra Zeneca, Glaxo Smith
Kline, Schering, etc. I have give close to 45 lectures for physicians including
GI, PCPs, internal medicine and surgery groups in several MA Hospitals,
Cape Cod, RI, CT and PA. |
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1993 |
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The Role of H2 blockers in GERD, Speaker in an educational symposium
sponsored by Glaxo Smith Kline for PCPs, IM, and GI. MDs, Pittsburg, PA |
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1995 |
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Endoscopic Evaluation of Common GI Disorder , Speaker and moderator
in a CME course for physicians,. Symposium sponsored by Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Meadowlands, New Jersey |
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1995 |
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Speaker, Innovations in Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.
A joint seminar given by Harvard and Boston University Medical School Faculty
members, Boston, MA |
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1996 |
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Internal Medicine Specialty Program CME course, Moderator and speaker,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Chicago, IL |
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1997 |
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The Role of Colonoscopy in the Diagnosis of Acute Uncomplicated
Diverticulitis. Speaker and Moderator, CME. Review in General and Specialty
Medicine. Sponsored by Montefiore Medical Center, Washington, DC |
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1994 |
- 1996 |
American Society of
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy teacher for advanced endoscopic training
1994-1996 (one of two in Mass), tutored, supervised
and certified several gastroenterologists and surgeons in advanced endoscopic
procedures, including diagnostic and therapeutic ERCP.
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2002 |
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Organizer, Moderator and speaker of two week CME courses
at Mashhad and Kerman.
In each university, I gave one grand round for general medical audiences
attending CME courses, and one or two GI grand round for GI faculty, fellows,
residents
and medical students rotating through GI service. In addition, every day workshops
were held performing procedures on patients previously scheduled, attending morning
reports with the faculty and students, making rounds with the staff and discussing
hospitalized patients. I have followed this format for every participant during
subsequent annual scientific meetings of US physician to Iranian medical schools
and university hospitals.
-General grand round: GERD, an update in diagnosis and treatment
-Special GI grand round: Endoscopy findings in patients with intractable GERD
and extraesophageal GERD symptoms
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2003 |
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Organizer, Moderator and speaker of two week CME course
at Mashhad, Tabriz and Kerman University Medical Schools in Iran
-General grand round: Helicobacter pylori, Peptic ulcer disease and
gastric malignancies
-GI grand round: H. pylori and genetic polymorphism
-GI grand round: What to do with PPI resistant GERD patients
-Work shop: percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for placement
of feeding tube. Diagnostic and therapeutic ERCP with
papillotomy, stone extraction from CBD, endoscopic pancreatic
pseudocyst drainage, how to reach the cecum with difficult
colonoscopy intubation, BLS and ACLS.
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2004 |
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Organizer, moderator and speaker, two week CME courses at
Mashhad, Tabriz and Shiraz medical schools in Iran
-General grand round: Colorectal cancer risk factors, prevention and state
of the art screening
-GI grand round: Use of chromoendoscopy, and high magnification endoscopy
in Barrett’s esophagitis and chronic ulcerative colitis to detect dysplasia
-Work shop: percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for placement of feeding
tube.
Diagnostic and therapeutic ERCP with papillotomy, stone extraction from CBD,
endoscopic pancreatic pseudocyst drainage, how to reach the cecum with difficult
colonoscopy intubations, ACLS and BLS.
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2005 |
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Organizer, Moderator and speaker of two weeks CME course
at Mashhad and Tabriz , Shiraz and Isfahan University Medical Schools in
Iran
-General grand round: Nonulcer dyspepsia and functional upper GI disorders
-GI grand round: Autoimmune pancreatitis case presentation and discussion
-GI grand round: Video capsule enteroscopy, indications, technique and
case presentation.
-Workshop: percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for placement of feeding tube. Diagnostic
and therapeutic ERCP with papilotomy, stone extraction from CBD, endoscopic mucosal
resction of gastric carcinoid tumors and dysplastic Barrett’s, cecum
and terminal ileum intubation with difficult colonoscopy, ACLS and BLS.
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2006 |
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Organizer, moderator and speaker of a three weeks CME course
at Mashhad, Shahid Beheshti, Shiraz, Isfahan, Kerman and Kashan medical
schools in Iran
-General grand round: Hospice, organization, indications and benefits
-GI grand round: Where are we with endoscopic treatment of GERD?
-GI grand round: Narrow band imaging; high definition; magnification endoscopy
-GI grand round: use of Impedance 24 hour pH monitoring in GERD
-Workshops: workshops for Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement,
endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of superficial gi malignancies, stent placement
for beningn and malignant GI strictures, Impedance esophageal Manometry and pH
studies, endoscopic band ligation of esophageal varices and hemorrhoids, ERCP,
papillotomy and stent placement, colonoscopic removal of large polyps, use of
Nd Yag laser and argon plasma coagulators and videocapsule enteroscopy . Formal
ACLS training courses for anesthesiologists, ER physicians, and ICU nurses in
several Iranian medical schools in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 during CME
courses. In 2005 and 2006 ACLS training was offered to interns and residents
in medicine and surgery in Mashhad university medical school. I have taught the
same endoscopic techniques in training GI fellows from BU and BWH rotating thru
Boston VA hospital systems in Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury
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2006 |
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Updates in Gastroenterology, part of monthly medical department
meetings, at the Caritas Norwood Hospital covering the following subjects:
Drug induced hepatotoxicity, advances in treatment of hepatitis B and C,
probiotics and non-absorbable antibiotics, NSAIDs and GI tract, video capsule
enteroscopy, the new more virulent C. difficile, serologic markers in IBD
and bacterial overgrowth related IBS
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2007 |
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Organizer, speaker and moderator of a 3 week CME Mashhad,
Tabriz, Isfahan, Shiraz, Kashan, Shahre Kord Medical Schools, Iran, general
grand round functional GI disorders, specialized grand round Barrett's
esophagus definition and treatment
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2008 |
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Two weeks CME seminars in Shahid Beheshti, Tabriz, Arak,
and Kermanshah medical schools in Iran
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2009 |
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Two weeks CME seminars, lectures, hands on work shops at
the Zahedan, Kashan, Kermanshah med schools. Instrumental in establishing
the first chronic wound clinic in Zanjan, Iran
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2010 |
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10 days medical seminars at the Kashan, zanjan medical schools
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2012 |
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Organizer, lecturer 1 week CME seminar at Zahedan and Zabol
Medical Schools, general lecture IBS, specialized lecture Eosinophilic
Esophagitis, workshop ERCP and pancreatic pseudocyst drainage
Please see www.theniki.net reports for details of the CME meetings in medical
universities of Iran
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Publications: |
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Farivar, M., Wands, J., Isselbacher, K.J., Buchner, NLR: Effect of
Glucagon and Insulin on Fulminant Hepatitis. Rapid communication, Lancet
1976;1:696-7 |
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Farivar, M., Wands, J., Benson, G., Dienstag, J.L. Isselbacher, K.J.:
Cryoprotein Complexes and Peripheral Neuropathy in a Patient with Chronic
Active Hepatitis. Gastroenterology 71:1976;490-3. |
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Farivar, M., Wands, J., Isselbacher, K.J., Buchner, NLR: Effect of
Insulin and Glucagon on Fulminant Murine Hepatitis. New England Journal
of Medicine 1976; 295:1517-1519. |
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Farivar, M., Kolton, J., Improving Diagnostic Accuracy of Upper GI
Endoscopy in Patients with GERD. www.webgerd.com, 1999, 1-12 pages |
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Abstracts: |
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Farivar, M., Wands, J., Storer, R.D., Isselbacher, K.J.: Isolation
and characterization of Tissue Lymphocytes and Macrophages from Mice with
Viral Hepatitis. Gastroenterology 1976; 71:904. |
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Farivar, M., Perrotto, JL.:
Evaluation of Dysphagia Esophagoscopy vs. X-ray. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1979; 25:39 |
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Farivar, M., Perrotto, JL.: The Efficacy of Colonoscopy in Acute Rectal
Bleeding. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1981; 28:130 |
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Farivar, M., Perrotto, JL.: The Importance of Colonoscopy in Patients
with a History of Hematochezia. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1982; 28:130. |
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Farivar, M., Perrotto, JL.:
Use of Endoscopic Feeding Gastrostomy (EFG) in Patients with Neuromuscular
Dysphagia. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1982;28:130. |
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Farivar, M., Perrotto, JL.: The Role of Colonoscopy and Arteriography
in Determining the Etiology of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Patients with
Hemoccult Positive Stools. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1982; 28:130. |
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Farivar, M., Perrotto, JL.:
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, Experience in a Community Hospital.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1987; 33:170 |
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Farivar, M., Perrotto, JL., Lyons, K,: Garren- Edwards Gastric Bubble
for Morbidly Obese Patients. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1987; 33:170 |
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Farivar, M., Kolton, JP.:
How to Increase the Diagnostic Yield of Upper
GI Endoscopy in Patients with Non-Cardiac Chest Pain. Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy 1995;41:4, A208 |
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Farivar, M., Kolton, J.P.:
Incidence of Posterior Laryngeal Erythema and
Edema in Patients Undergoing Upper GI Endoscopy (EGD). Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy 1995; 41:4, A209 |
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Farivar, M., Kolton, JP.:
Laryngeal Visualization During Upper GI Endoscopy
Increases Diagnostic Yield in Patients with Gastoesophageal Reflux
(GER). Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1995; 41:4, A210 |
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Farivar, M., Kolton, JP.:
The Role of Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) in
Patients with Nonspecific GI Symptoms. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1995;41:4,
A211 |
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Farivar, M., Kolton, JP.:
Morphometric Studies on Esophageal Pinch Biopsies
for Reflux Esophagitis.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1995; 41:4,
A229 |
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Farivar, M.: Omeprazole’s
Efficacy in Patients with Intractable Erosive Esophagitis. Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy 1996;
43:4, A178 |
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Farivar, M.: H2-Receptor
Antagonists’Effectiveness
in Patients with Reflex Related Erosive Esophagitis (A Long Term Clinical
Study). Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy,1996; 43:4, A177 |
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Farivar, M.: Omeprazole
may Promote Cancer Development in Patients with Severe Exudative Barrett’s
Esophagitis. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1997; 92:9, A30 |
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Farivar, M., Farivar A., Farivar, R.S.: Severe Hematochezia Associated
with Colonoscopic Diverticulitis. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1998; 47:A96 |
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Farivar, A., Farivar, M., Farivar, R.S.: The Role of Colonoscopy
in the Diagnosis of Acute Uncomplicated Diverticulitis. Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy 1998; 47, A95 |
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Farivar, A.S., Farivar, M.:
Clinical Endoscopic and Pathologic Manifestations
of Bile Reflux Esophagitis.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 1999; 49:4, A574 |
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Farivar, A.S., Farivar, M.:
A Retrospective Review Concerning the Safety of Colonoscopy in Patients
with Acute Uncomplicated Diverticulitis.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1999; 49:4, A104 |
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Farivar, A., Farivar, M.,
Farivar, R.S.: Colonoscopic Findings in Surgically Proven Diverticulitis.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2000; 51:4,
AB279 |
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Farivar, M., Farivar, SR.,
Farivar, AS.: Safety of Colonoscopy in a Community Setting. Am J Gastroentrol
2001; 96: A878 |
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Farivar, M., Farivar, RS.
Farivar, AS.: Acute Pancreatitis as a Possible Complication of Colonoscopy.
Am J Gastroenterol 2001; 96: A289 |
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Farivar, M., Alexander S.
Farivar, Robert Saeid Farivar: A clinical survey
comparing the effectiveness of Esomeprazole and Pantoprazole to
traditional PPIs (Omeprazole and Lansoprazole) in relieving severe heartburn.
Am J Gastroentrol. 2003; 98: S217
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Other Published
Material - Newspaper Articles, Magazine article, and audiovisual
materials |
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Author of multiple health related
articles promoting Norwood hospital, in several local newspapers including
Boston Globe magazine, Patriot Ledger, Daily Transcript, Attleboro Sun
Chronicle, etc. Also featured on Channel 5 1986 about innovations in
Endoscopy |
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Other
Published Material - Nonprint Materials: |
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Farivar, M: Endoscopic
Feeding Gastrostomy, Indications & Techniques.
Teaching Videotape, submitted to ASGE teaching files. 1981 |
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Web Based: |
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2000 |
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Gastroenterology Online Specialist Director for Harvard Pilgrim
Healthcare |
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1996 |
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www.webGERD.com, dedicated
to teaching patients and physicians about GERD (replaced by www.web-gerd.com
as of 2013) |
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1990 |
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www.erfo.org |
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2002 |
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www.theniki.net |
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2013 |
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www.GERD-IBS.com |
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