Ramin Zargham
Positions
Clinical Assistant Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Staff Pathologist
Alberta Public Laboratories
Member
Libin Cardiovascular Institute
Contact information
Phone number
Office: 403.770.3251
Background
Educational Background
MD Shahid Beheshti University, Iran,
PhD McGill University,
Biography
Dr. Zargham earned his medical degree at Shahid Beheshti Medical School in Iran. He completed pathology residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN where he received an annual achievement award from the Anatomical Pathology Division. He was also nominated in Pathology Research the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) and The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP). Following his residency, Dr. Zargham completed fellowships in Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology.
He completed a PhD in Cell Biology at McGill University. He was honoured by a nomination for McGill's best dissertation award by the experimental medicine division. Dr. Zargham completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Virginia and University of California, San Diego. He also completed several months of research in the field of In-vivo Microscopy at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Zargham received two prestigious awards from the American Heart Association and published several papers including two invited and single-authored review papers in the field of vascular restenosis and integrins. Dr. Zargham has reviewed several manuscripts in the field of vascular biology for American and European Journals including the Journal of Atherosclerosis as a recognized reviewer. Currently, his main research focus is to investigate the role of Alpha8 integrin in vascular occlusive disorders. He is specifically interested in the dichotomy between proliferation and migration of smooth muscle cells.
Research
Areas of Research
Awards
- Achievement award, Annual celebration of Anatomical pathology division, Mayo clinic. 2017
- Best PhD dissertation, Experimental medicine division, McGill University. 2007
- New Investigator Award, American Heart Association. 2005
Publications
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